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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2005

Bird Flu Pandemic ...


Bird Flu Pandemic 'As Grave A Threat As Terrorism
'By Geoffrey LeanEnvironment Editor - The Independent6-26-5

Bird flu is now as much of a danger to Britain as terrorism, ministers have been told by the Government's official emergency body.

Top officials from the Civil Contingency Secretariat (CCS), part of the Cabinet Office, told a cabinet subcommittee last week that a flu pandemic - which it believes could kill 700,000 Britons - is now one of the most serious threats facing the country.

Plans are being made to close schools and cancel sporting fixtures in an attempt to limit the spread of the virus, and official advice on how to try to avoid being infected will be ready for publication this summer.

Cobra, Britain's emergency committee, will co-ordinate attempts to fight the virus. But the Government accepts that, if the flu reaches Britain, there is no hope of stopping an epidemic, and that the only hope is to mitigate its effects.

The top-level warning comes as alarming evidence emerges from Asia that the virus, which has killed more than half of those known to have caught it, is spreading.

Patchy reports from China and Vietnam suggest that the disease is affecting larger clusters of people, raising concern that it is mutating into a highly infectious strain that will sweep through the world.

The World Health Organisation has warned that "the world is now in the gravest possible danger of a pandemic", while the Food and Agriculture Organisation calls it a "sword of Damocles" hanging over the globe.

Last week's warning was delivered by the CCS's head, Bruce Mann, to the cabinet subcommittee. The secretariat, which says its job is to "look for trouble", keeps tabs on about 100 potential threats from floods to major accidents in factories to a terrorist attack. It now rates bird flu as among the greatest of them all.

On the same day as the ministerial warning, Britain had its first official exercise to prepare for the epidemic. Operation Arctic Sea was staged in the East Midlands to test capabilities to deal with mass illness and death. Officials have also been scouring the country to find sites for mass mortuaries, but Sarah Webb, a regional health emergency planning adviser for the official Health Protection Agency, says that military bases which had been investigated for the purpose had been declared "off-limits" to them "because of Iraq activities".

Official advice is being prepared to help people to cut the risk of catching the disease - including simple hygiene, staying at home, and avoiding gatherings of people - and local authorities are urged to get prepared. But Steve Miller, the head of public protection for the London Borough of Newham, told a seminar organised by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health last week that there was still "some lethargy".

He said: "The biggest drawback is that people feel it is not their job, but somebody else's, or that someone will tell them what to do. We are late, but not too late."

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Source:"The Independent" newspaper, UK.

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MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2005

cGMP and WHO - GMP

CENTRAL DRUGS CONTROL ADMINISTRATION
(a) Central Authorities
Under the Drug and Cosmetics Act, the regulation of manufacture, sale and distribution of Drugs is primarily the concern of the State authorities while the Central Authorities are responsible for approval of New Drugs, Clinical Trials in the country, laying down the standards for Drugs, control over the quality of imported Drugs, coordination of the activities of State Drug Control 0rganisations and providing expert advice with a view of bring about the uniformity in the enforcement of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.

Drug Controller General of India is responsible for approval of licenses of specified categories of Drugs such as blood and blood products, I. V. Fluids, Vaccine and Sera.
http://www.cdsco.nic.in/html/Central.htm


India to have US FDA-like drug regulator
http://us.rediff.com/money/2005/jun/23drug.htm

WHO - GMP
http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/qsm/activities/qualityassurance/gmp/orggmp.shtml

WHO Representative in India
http://www.whoindia.org/


Drug Controller of India
http://www.cdsco.nic.in/html/Central.htm


cGMP
http://www.fda.gov/cder/dmpq/cgmpregs.htm

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SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2005

stat and regulatory bodies .. ...




CODEX
The Codex Alimentarius Commission was created in 1963 by FAO and WHO to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. The main purposes of this Programme are protecting health of the consumers and ensuring fair trade practices in the food trade, and promoting coordination of all food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp

FAO
http://www.fao.org/

WHO
http://www.who.int/en/


Action Auditing has over 40 yearscombined experience in the food industry.
Working to Food Standards Agency (FSA), Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Officers (CIEHO), British Retail Consortium (BRC) and International Standards Organisation (ISO) guidelines we have implemented many food safety and business systems successfully.

The systems we have put in place (HACCP, SQA, ISO 9001:2000 & BRC) have been audited and verified by all the major high street food retailers, EHO's, BRC and ISO auditors.
HACCP is coming - it's going to affect you!

New EU and UK food hygiene law will make it a legal requirement for all food and drink outlets in the UK to have a documented HACCP system in place.

What is HACCP?
HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points. It is a food safety system which is based on preventing food poisoning. It is recognised world wide as the most effective way of controlling food safety.

FACTHACCP was developed by NASA to ensure food safety during space travel. Well - can you imagine having the runs in a space suit …………..PHEW!!!!



FACT"Approx 800,000 businesses" in the UK will need to install HACCP.

When will the law come into force?Food businesses have until the end of 2005 to install a HACCP system to comply with the regulations.



So why should I worry about it now?Setting up the HACCP system and drawing up the plan will take time. If all the businesses that are required to install HACCP wait until the last moment they will struggle to get help in implementing the system.

FACTIn the year 2000 nearly 500 people died from foodborne disease in the UK.



FACTIn the year 2000, over 1.3 million cases of foodborne disease were recorded.

What are the benefits of having a HACCP system in place?

It increases your control of food safety.
Once in place it is an easy system for staff to follow and adhere to.
Should you be accused of causing food poisoning, a HACCP system forms the cornerstone of a defence of 'due diligence' in court.

A government survey has ascertained that the general public are willing to pay more for food that is HACCP controlled.
Who will be enforcing the new law?

Environmental Health Officers will check food and drink outlets to ensure that they have HACCP in place.

FACT80 - 90% of all cases of foodborne disease originate in catering/restaurants or retail outlets .

Who can help with all this?Action Auditing is a company which specialises in HACCP systems for food related businesses.

With over 20 years combined experience in setting up and maintaining HACCP systems for a variety of uses, including complex food manufacturing processes, Action Auditing is ideally placed to advise and assist businesses achieve HACCP.

http://www.actionauditing.co.uk/


ISO 15161 Guidelines on the application of ISO 9001:2000 for the food and drink industry International Organization for Standardization 01-Nov-2001

Description Related Products
This International Standard gives guidance to organizations in applying the requirements of ISO 9001 during the development and implementation of a quality management system in the food and drink industry.This International Standard gives information on the possible interactions of the ISO 9000 series of standards and the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) system for food safety requirements.This International Standard is not intended for certification, regulatory or contractual use.
This product references
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ISO 9001
This product referenced by
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BS EN ISO 14698-1:2003
This product replaces
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ISO/DIS 15161
Browse related products from ISO ISO Index > Food Safety and Quality Systems/HACCP-9000 ISO Index >Quality > Quality management and quality assurance

http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=933982+



some other useful links
http://www.fda-mah.com/

http://www.fda.gov/

The HACCP System
http://www.fda.gov/oia/embslides/haccp/

European Medicines Agency
http://www.emea.eu.int/

http://www.dq3.eudra.org/

www.nihs.go.jp/dig/ich/ichindex.htm

www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/index.htm

http://www.ich.org/


DRUG CONTROL ADMINISTRATIONS
AR Singh, Deputy Drug Controller, India, Central Drug Standard Control ...HG Gujral, Asstt. Drugs Controller (India), Customs House, Indira Gandhi ...
www.cdsco.nic.in/html/Central.htm
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CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organization : Indexwww.cdsco.nic.in/ - 2k - Cached - Similar pages
Pharma Policies India - Pharmaceutical Policy,Pharmaceutical Drugs ...Industrial licensing for all bulk drugs cleared by Drug Controller General (India),all their intermediates and formulations will be abolished, ...www.pharmaceutical-drug-manufacturers.com/ pharmaceutical-policies/pharmaceutical-policy2002.html - 46k -Cached - Similar pages
Tough resistance by Drug Controller of India to genetically ...The Drug Controller of India, P Dasgupta, says: ``We are generating more expertopinion on the issue so as to arrive at a wiser decision whether to approve ...www.organicconsumers.org/indiabgh.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
Essentialdrugs.org[india-drug] Letrozole for Inducing Ovulations - Questions but what are the answers?... The Kerala Drugs Controller's argument is that Letrozole could be ...www.essentialdrugs.org/indiadrug/ archive/200411/msg00010.php - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] In the Matter of Rule 17 C (c)of the Drug and Cosmetics Act, 1940 ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLthe written approval of the Drugs Controller of India to avoid misbranding ...A copy of this order is also submitted to the Drugs Controller India, Advisor ...www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/SCN-Kimalaya.pdf - Similar pages
Businessworld - Play the game The reason is that the state drug controller and the food and drug inspectors... (commonly known as the Office of the Drug Controller General of India). ...www.businessworldindia.com/Dec0803/indepth03.asp - 41k -Cached - Similar pages
India Medical Info - Regulations, Trends, Business OpportunitiesThe Drugs Controller of India (DCI) and State Food and Drug Administrations (FDAs)are responsible for drug regulation and control, while the Drug Price ...www.pacificbridgemedical.com/publications_India2.html - 39k -Cached - Similar pages
A Mother in India: The Patent Act 2005 - The genesis of uneasiness ...
The Health Ministry told me to contact the Drug controller of India. The corridorsof the building where the drug controller of India sits are dusty and ...www.schizophrenia.com/indiam/archives/001640.html - 14k -Cached - Similar pages
Wockhardt First Quarter, 2002 Net Profit up 37%, Sales up by 27 ......
became the first Indian company to get Drug Controller General of India (DGCI)... I human clinical trial with the Drugs Controller General of India, ...www.wockhardtin.com/pr_29april2002.htm - 25k -Cached - Similar pages

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TUESDAY, JUNE 07, 2005

know the enemy, bacteria

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