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EXCEPT IN A FEW CIRCUMSTANCES THE AUSTRALIAN FOOD STANDARD CODE DOES NOT ADDRESS FOOD SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AS IT CONCENTRATES ON THE COMPOSITION AND LABELLING OF FOOD.
IN SOME PEOPLE FOOD POISONING MAY CAUSE ONLY A MILD ILLNESS BUT FOR OTHERS IT MAY MEAN MORE THAN A FEW DAYS INCAPACITATION.
FOOD POISONING MAY CAUSE SEVERE ILLNESS AND EVEN DEATH PARTICULARLY IN YOUNG OR ELDERLY PEOPLE.
WHAT MUST ALSO BE CONSIDERED 1S THE COST OF TIME LOST FROM EMPLOYMENT, THE COST OF MEDICAL TREATMENT, THE INDIRECT COSTS OF PAIN, SUFFERING, AND LOSS OF LEISURE TIME AS WELL AS COST OF POSSIBLE LITIGATION AND RECALLING OF PRODUCTS.
R IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF ILLNESS CAUSED BY CONTAMINATED OR UNSAFE FOOD IN AUSTRALIA BECAUSE ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF SUFFERERS LODGE A COMPLAINT.
THE BILL ALSO MANS PROVISION FOR FOOD THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY INJURIOUS TO OUR HEALTH, BUT DOES NOT FORM PART OF OUR DIET AND AS SUCH IS CONSIDERED UNFIT TO EAT. FOR EXAMPLE; FOOD THAT CONTAINS PARTS OF ANIMALS SUCH AS THE SPLEEN WHICH WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE SUPPLIED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
THE BILL ADDRESSES FOOD THAT IS UNSAFE TO EAT BECAUSE R IS SO CONTAMINATED BY EXTRANEOUS MATTER THAT IT WOULD BE -UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT ANYONE TO EAT R. FOR EXAMPLE; IF FOOD IS FULL OF GRIT, THE POINT BEING IF GRIT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO GET INTO THE FOOD WHAT ELSE MAY BE PRESENT? ANYWAY, ANY FOREIGN MATERIAL IN FOOD IS SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE..
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