Abstract

• Food safety is an issue not only in Myanmar but also in the United States. Recall and market withdrawals of unsafe food products and safety alerts to customers by Food and Drug Administration, U.S. are well known recognized while Department of Food and Drug Administration, Myanmar takes action on some food products which adulterated with unpermitted chemicals and pathogens. Five types of packaged food processed in Myanmar and the United States were assessed for their nutritional constituents and hygienic practices. Physical and biological contaminations in packaged foods were investigated. Proper labeling of packaged foods was also studied. It was observed that American packaged food manufacturers described full information of product ingredients, nutritional facts per serving and claims while Myanmar packaged food manufacturers could not be able to include nutritional facts and claims. No physical contamination and no contamination of food borne pathogens such as E.coli, Listeria, mold and yeast were found in all American and Myanmar packaged foods.