 | Food Safety and Informal Markets: Animal Products in Sub-Saharan Africa Subjects: Environment & Agriculture; Area Studies; Bioscience; Built Environment; Global Development; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Environment and Sustainability; Food Science & Technology; Geography; Health and Social Care; Medicine Dentistry Nursing & Allied Health; African Studies; Microbiology; Rural Development; Economics and Development; Health & Development; Environment & Health; Food Laws & Regulations; Agriculture & Environmental Sciences; Health and Safety; Economics; Business Management and Accounting; Industry & Industrial Studies; Food Chemistry; Human Geography; Public Health Policy and Practice; Medicine; Agriculture and Food; Environmental Health & Safety; Risk Assessment; Development Economics; Risk Management; Food Microbiology; Rural Studies; Development Geography; Health Geography; Environmental health; Infectious Diseases; Agriculture; Primary Industries; Manufacturing Industries; Animal products are vital components of the diets and livelihoods of people across sub-Saharan Africa. They are frequently traded in local, unregulated markets and this can pose significant health risks. This volume presents an accessible overview of these issues in the context of food safety, zoonosesnbsp;and public health, while at the same time maintaining fair and equitable livelihoods for poorer people across the continent.nbsp; The book includes a review of the key issues and 25 case studies of the meat, milk, egg and fish food sectors drawn from a wide range of countries in East, West and Southern Africa, as part of the "Safe Food, Fair Food" project. It describes a realistic analysis of food safety risk by developing a methodology of 'participatory food safety risk assessment', involving small-scale producers and consumers in the process of data collection in a data-poor environment often found in developing countries. This approach aims tonbsp;ensure market access for poor producers, while adopting a realistic and pragmatic strategy for reducing the risk of food-borne diseases for consumers. Kristina Roesel is co-ordinator of the Safe Food, Fair Food project, based at the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, and also a doctorate candidate at the Free University, Berlin, Germany. Delia Grace is Program Leader, Food Safety and Zoonoses, Integrated Sciences, at the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. |
