Companies have to work together to cut out food safety scares, says Mars

Famed for its chocolate, Mars wants to reduce the number of food safety scares through the creation of its Global Food Safety Center

Listeria, E coli, adulterants and fungal toxins are all too common in food supplies around the world, sickening and even killing untold numbers of people every year.

However, improving food safety can only be achieved by raising the performance of all participants in the food supply chain. In business-speak, this means making food safety precompetitive - every food business takes certain steps as a minimum requirement before trying to get the better of its rivals.