Someone who has never been through a recall doesn’t truly understand how costly even a small mistake can be. According to a New Jersey PIRG study, food recalls and foodborne illnesses cost approximately $77 billion each year in the United States alone.
Entropy has always been taught as a measure of the disorder in a system containing energy or information. In this definition the less ordered any system is, the greater is its entropy or disorganization.
Never before has “food safety awareness” been as high as it is today. As a result of the efforts of industry over the last 20 years, we have seen a drastic decrease in the annual number of outbreaks and recalls. In the food industry, however, even a single illness is one too many.
As more meat processors, retailers and restaurant companies begin to ponder their approach to handling the issues associated with animal welfare, the advisory board concept is becoming increasingly common to help decision makers get the information they need.