Since the acceptance of the farm-to-table concept in food safety systems, the importance of upstream sources in food manufacturing has become the recent focus in global trade. Keeping food safe as it travels along the food chain seamlessly is complicated. It is aggravated by global trade, which allows opportunities for spreading or transmitting an ever growing list of foodborne hazards.

Excerpt from the article of Dr. Manny Garcia “Supplier Food Safety Program in the Food Chain: A Critical Issue for the Philippine Food Industry.”