No Have your say on the message board . As a number of food manufacturers have discovered to their cost, product contamination poses more than just a threat to consumers' health. In most cases an unforeseen event occurs as a consequence of either an accidental or malicious act.
Accidental contamination is the most common form of product contamination.
The reason being that a product usually has to go through several stages of production before it is sold. Consequently there are numerous opportunities for the product to become contaminated say through an alien ingredient, incorrect dosage, production fault, packaging defect or labelling error. Any one of the following could, or at least make a threat to, contaminate a product - vandal, animal rights campaigner, political activist, disgruntled employee or even a competitor. As you can see, there are many ways and reasons for a product to be rendered in breach of its specification, and as such deemed contaminated. Legislation governing consumable products is vast and covers every aspect of a manufacturer's business, from the raw ingredients used within the product to the labelling and packaging used to contain it.