The International Food Safety Network (iFSN) at
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...
imparts the opportunity of improving the overall safety of the
food supply by connecting all those in the
agriculture and
food industry
The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. The food industry today has become highly diversified, with manufacturing ranging from small, traditiona ...
.
iFSN offers a resource of
evidence-based information through its website,
listserves, research projects, on-farm food safety programs, publications, educational initiatives, graduate courses and policy analysis.
iFSN used to operate under the direction of
Doug Powell.
History
International Food Safety Network began as a communications experiment, collecting and rapidly redistributing information about
food safety
Food safety (or food hygiene) is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent food-borne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from t ...
using the then just-burgeoning Internet.
Created in January 1993, as a combination of Powell's interests in science, media and the public following an outbreak of
E. coli O157:H7 associated with
Jack in the Box restaurants, in which over 600 were sickened and four died from undercooked hamburgers.
International Food Safety Network's emphasis is on the integration of public perceptions of food safety risks into traditional food safety risk analysis, and engaging the public on the nature of food-related risks and benefits.
Powell and the International Food Safety Network are a primary source for food safety information during outbreaks and are often quoted in mainstream media reports.
[http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/16925851.htm ]
The International Food Safety Network was replaced with the bites mailing list and website according to a notice on the former's home page.
References
External links
International Food Safety Network
thehealthline.caFood Safety News, Iowa State University
{{Consumer Food Safety
Food safety organizations
Kansas State University
1993 establishments in Kansas