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Climate change and food safety: An emerging issue with special focus on Europe
- Source :
- Food and Chemical Toxicology 47 (2009) 5, Food and Chemical Toxicology, 47(5), 1009-1021
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- According to general consensus, the global climate is changing, which may also affect agricultural and livestock production. The potential impact of climate change on food security is a widely debated and investigated issue. Nonetheless, the specific impact on safety of food and feed for consumers has remained a less studied topic. This review therefore identifies the various food safety issues that are likely to be affected by changes in climate, particularly in Europe. Amongst the issues identified are mycotoxins formed on plant products in the field or during storage; residues of pesticides in plant products affected by changes in pest pressure; trace elements and/or heavy metals in plant products depending on changes in their abundance and availability in soils; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in foods following changes in long-range atmospheric transport and deposition into the environment; marine biotoxins in seafood following production of phycotoxins by harmful algal blooms; and the presence of pathogenic bacteria in foods following more frequent extreme weather conditions, such as flooding and heat waves. Research topics that are amenable to further research are highlighted.
- Subjects :
- Greenhouse Effect
durum-wheat
atmospheric circulation
united-states
RIKILT - Business Unit Veiligheid & Gezondheid
Climate change
Food Contamination
Toxicology
Climate prediction
Food safety
Food Supply
Extreme weather
Environmental protection
Alterra - Centre for Water and Climate
escherichia-coli o157
fusarium ear blight
Humans
Wageningen Environmental Research
Greenhouse effect
skin and connective tissue diseases
polycyclic aromatic-hydrocarbons
Food security
Research policy
Pesticide residue
business.industry
fungi
food and beverages
temperature
General Medicine
Europe
harmful algal blooms
Food hazards
Consumer Product Safety
Agriculture
enteric viruses
foodborne diseases
Food Microbiology
RIKILT - Business Unit Safety & Health
Environmental science
sense organs
Settore AGR/12 - PATOLOGIA VEGETALE
business
Environmental Health
Food Science
Food contaminant
Alterra - Centrum Water en Klimaat
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02786915
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Food and Chemical Toxicology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5ea3c1ed239bc28f156bb66cf08633ba