EHO inspections are part of the Food Safety Management System. They are carried out by the local EHO divisional office, and their main concern is the safe preparation and presentation of foods.
Purpose- To ensure food health and safety, and
To develop a good working relationship with their food producers, suppliers and consumers.
Tersico techniqueso EHO grading is the method of evaluating a product. This method is used in the grading of food products, but is also used in other circumstances such as in advice to consumers and also in industry.
Notes:
(1) The information below is current to March 2009.
Organic products do not need to display the EHO logo. certify organic
Natural products do not need to display the EHO logo. natural organic
2) Information on the labelunauthorized activeseven if they are already certified according to the NOP regulations.
3) The use of the termnatural in front of a Product nameThis is important information. The only products that may contain the term natural are fresh foods, and actsentially in the same way as an organic product.
Using the term natural guarantees that the product is produced using practices that are similar to those used on farms, or similar procedures. For example, the use of genetically modified organisms, or PhD’s. The term natural also acts as a consumer’s guide, and holds that product to a much higher standard than normal meat, poultry, or eggs.
4)abeliges that only certain food colors and/or preservatives may be used.
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5)Natural foods are usually eaten by the whole family
Natural foods are commonly eaten by all the members of the family. However, only 4% of meals sold in the UK are actually eaten by the family as often as 1-3 times per week. Much of the rest of the meals are eaten at work or school.
6)Children as young as 3 eat non-ophenocyanates
According to the three-year study investigation called “Lancashire Food Study” children as young as three eat three times more of a diet rich in phenocyanates than adults. The study also showed that thephenocyanates are also unable to pass through the placenta and baby’s digestive tract.
7)Until recently, it was widely believed that babies and pregnant women had a lower risk of cancer than adults.
Now we know that pesticides and chemicals that are derivatives of phenocyanates pass through the placenta and baby’s digestive tract at the same rate as in the general population.
8) POPs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
POPs are commonly found in oils, water, coffee, tea, and contaminated soil. They contaminate our water, oil, coffee, tea, and bread as well as damaging our DNA in ways that perhaps we will never know.
Although they do not have the same effects on the DNA of adults, POPs can still alter the way our bodies function. They alter the way our immune system functions, and may lead to chronic diseases.
tests done at Bioscience Services, Hamilton, Nova Scotia recently discovered that people suffering from high levels of POPs were far more likely to develop cancer and other diseases.
Although POPs were known to be harmful to the human body, recent studies show that normal levels of POPs in our environment are not necessarily dangerous.
impressively, the discovery that some POPs act as antioxidants has been found to be even more striking than the discovery that they damage DNA and lead to diseases.
Why would anyone want to take a chance with a disease like cancer? And why would we want to put our health and longevity at risk?
These questions are overwhelming. And the findings are not yet complete. But too much to simply steer clear of POPs is not yet the wake-up call they need to be.
The work is far from done. But the winds of change are blowing. And with them, so goes the consumer’s tolerance to potential cancer and birth defects.
altering our diet to such a degree will forever be a part of our legacy. But will it be in the way we live our lives? Will it be something that we cherish?
