The Association of Public Health Physicians believes that the Ministry of Health's announcement that there will be no need to recall products made from Tnuva's milk powder was inaccurate and it can not be said that there is no danger from these products.
As you may recall, final results were obtained over the weekend, according to which there is a salmonella bacterium in Tnuva's milk powder.
The powder was marketed to other plants as a raw material and the Ministry of Health instructed the plants not to use the product.
Also, Tnuva will make a proactive return from the verbs of one of its batches of its milk powder.
"It is too early to rule out the possibility of a direct or indirect link between the salmonella infections at the Strauss and Tnuva plants. The investigation must be completed first, including identifying contributing defects and molecular characterization of the bacteria," says Prof. Hagai Levin, chairman of the Public Health Physicians Association.
He also warned that "there are significant deficiencies in the organization of food control in Israel, combined with a shortage of manpower and resources. There is a lack of a national policy to promote safe food and a healthy diet, and a strong professional mechanism to address complex challenges, in the field and at headquarters." "Together with the epidemiological and laboratory data. The establishment of a national food authority must be examined. It is time to move from 'firefighting' and an emergency approach, to building infrastructure for effective and long-term protection of public health."
In light of statements by the Ministry of Health that there is no need to carry out an initiated return (recall) of products containing milk powder and that there is no danger to public health, Prof. Levin says: "Apparently, the direct risk is low in light of raw material heating. As long as a comprehensive investigation has not been completed and the basic causes of the pollution have been identified. "
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