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To achieve food security, food has to reach the entire population and involves not only growing or importing food, but also storage, transportation and marketing. The food must processed, warehoused and distributed in a manner that avoids spoilage, avoids losses due to pests and avoids cross contamination with microbial, chemical or physical hazards. Food safety and quality programs designed around the HACCP concept, that incorporates good manufacturing practices helps insure that food is stored and distributed in a manner to avoid safety hazards and minimize losses due to spoilage, pests and cross-contamination. This paper looks most at transportation by trucks, but the principles apply to rail and ship transportation. Warehousing concerns are addressed in the context of good manufacturing practices. Finally we examine the importance of clean water for food processing and food security.
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This paper was presented at the NATO Advance Training Course: Strategies for Achieving Food Security in Central Asia, Antalya, Turkey 2011.
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Hackney, C., Sumner, S. (2012). Distribution and Water as Related to Food Safety and Food Security. In: Alpas, H., Smith, M., Kulmyrzaev, A. (eds) Strategies for Achieving Food Security in Central Asia. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2502-7_13
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