Food Safety Issues in Animal Source Foods Related to Animal Health and Welfare

With the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, specific principles and rules were conceived. These rules, or Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (e.g., SPS Agreement), relate to three primary issues or concerns: food safety, animal health, and plant health. While still controversial, the WTO/SPS Agreement does provide for more detailed control of food safety concerns and for more standardization and harmonization regarding rules and regulations. This document is FSHN034, one of a series of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, University of Florida. Publication: March 2003. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fs100

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Consumer perceptions of food safety in animal source foods choice and consumption in Nairobi’s informal settlements

BMC Nutrition ◽

10.1186/s40795-021-00441-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Salome A. Bukachi ◽

Mariah Ngutu ◽

Ann W. Muthiru ◽

Aurélia Lépine ◽

Suneetha Kadiyala ◽

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Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Health Risks ◽

Low Income ◽

Value Chain ◽

Informal Settlements ◽

Consumer Perceptions ◽

Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽

Animal Source Foods ◽

Animal Source ◽

Urban Informal Settlements

Abstract Background Animal-source foods (ASFs) are high-quality nutrient-dense products key to reducing stunting and micronutrient deficiencies. However, their consumption among the poorest households in urban informal settlements is low. Several drivers beyond price, including health considerations have been reported to drive ASF choice and consumption among consumers. This current study explores consumer perceptions of food safety associated with animal source foods (ASFs) consumption in urban informal settlements with a view to unpacking the health considerations driving their choice and consumption. Methods Coupled households with children 6–59 months formed the study sample. The Food Environments Working Group (FEWG) Framework of the Agriculture and Nutrition for Health academy (ANH) was used to guide the study which utilized qualitative methods namely, 60 in-depth interviews (IDIs), 19 focus group discussions, and 19 key informant interviews (KIIs) complemented by unstructured observations. Data were transcribed and analysed according to emerging themes. Results Consumer perceptions of food safety are driven by concerns about food production, processing, handling, storage and the health risks associated with consumption of the ASFs. For all the ASFs, lack of traceability of source, unhygienic environments in which they were sold and health risks around consuming too much or improperly cooked products were key perceptions from the community. To mitigate against food safety risks, consumers used strategies such as boiling the ASFs, purchasing their products from trusted retailers, avoiding vendors in unhygienic environments and reducing the amount and frequency of consumption of ASFs or totally avoiding their consumption. These consumer perceptions are increasingly influencing the ASFs choice and consumption in low-income populations besides other drivers. Notably, given limited incomes that influence their purchasing power and the need for nutritious diets that included ASFs, the dilemma of quality vis-a-vis quantity persists and consumers still accessed and consumed these ASF products to supplement their diets. Conclusions To enhance food safety for ASFs, as well as assure consumer access to safe ASFs from informal markets, there is need to contextualize the value chain as informed by consumer perceptions on food safety as these influence their ASFs choice and consumption.

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Cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Global Health ◽

10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003621 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (12) ◽

pp. e003621

Author(s):

James Manley ◽

Yarlini Balarajan ◽

Shahira Malm ◽

Luke Harman ◽

Jessica Owens ◽

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Keyword(s):

Child Nutrition ◽

Social Protection ◽

Dietary Diversity ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Cash Transfer ◽

Animal Source Foods ◽

Animal Source ◽

Z Scores ◽

Households With Children ◽

The Impact

BackgroundCash transfer (CT) programmes are implemented widely to alleviate poverty and provide safety nets to vulnerable households with children. However, evidence on the effects of CTs on child health and nutrition outcomes has been mixed. We systematically reviewed evidence of the impact of CTs on child nutritional status and selected proximate determinants.MethodsWe searched articles published between January 1997 and September 2018 using Agris, Econlit, Eldis, IBSS, IDEAS, IFPRI, Google Scholar, PubMed and World Bank databases. We included studies using quantitative impact evaluation methods of CTs with sample sizes over 300, targeted to households with children under 5 years old conducted in countries with gross domestic product per capita below US$10 000 at baseline. We conducted meta-analysis using random-effects models to assess the impact of CT programmes on selected child nutrition outcomes and meta-regression analysis to examine the association of programme characteristics with effect sizes.ResultsOut of 2862 articles identified, 74 articles were eligible for inclusion. We find that CTs have significant effects of 0.03±0.03 on height-for-age z-scores (p<0.03) and a decrease of 2.1% in stunting (95% CI −3.5% to −0.7%); consumption of animal-source foods (4.5%, 95% CI 2.9% to 6.0%); dietary diversity (0.73, 95% CI 0.28 to 1.19) and diarrhoea incidence (−2.7%, 95% CI −5.4% to −0.0%; p<0.05). The effects of CTs on weight-for-age z-scores and wasting were not significant (0.02, 95% CI −0.03 to 0.08; p<0.42) and (1.2%, 95% CI: −0.1% to 2.5%; p<0.07), respectively. We found that specific programme characteristics differentially modified the effect on the nutrition outcomes studied.ConclusionWe found that CT programmes targeted to households with young children improved linear growth and contributed to reduced stunting. We found that the likely pathways were through increased dietary diversity, including through the increased consumption of animal-source foods and reduced incidence of diarrhoea. With heightened interest in nutrition-responsive social protection programmes to improve child nutrition, we make recommendations to inform the design and implementation of future programmes.

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Food supply and food safety issues in China

The Lancet ◽

10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60776-x ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 381 (9882) ◽

pp. 2044-2053 ◽

Cited By ~ 168

Author(s):

Hon-Ming Lam ◽

Justin Remais ◽

Ming-Chiu Fung ◽

Liqing Xu ◽

Samuel Sai-Ming Sun

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Food Supply ◽

Safety Issues

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Spatiotemporal Visualization of Insecticides and Fungicides within Fruits and Vegetables Using Gold Nanoparticle-Immersed Paper Imprinting Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Nanomaterials ◽

10.3390/nano11051327 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1327

Author(s):

Run Qin ◽

Ping Li ◽

Mingyi Du ◽

Lianlian Ma ◽

Yudi Huang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Food Safety ◽

Gold Nanoparticle ◽

Pesticide Residue ◽

Rational Design ◽

Mass Spectrometry Imaging ◽

Fruits And Vegetables ◽

Detection Methods ◽

Safety Issues ◽

Spatiotemporal Visualization

Food safety issues caused by pesticide residue have exerted far-reaching impacts on human daily life, yet the available detection methods normally focus on surface residue rather than pesticide penetration to the internal area of foods. Herein, we demonstrated gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-immersed paper imprinting mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) for monitoring pesticide migration behaviors in various fruits and vegetables (i.e., apple, cucumber, pepper, plum, carrot, and strawberry). By manually stamping food tissues onto AuNP-immersed paper, this method affords the spatiotemporal visualization of insecticides and fungicides within fruits and vegetables, avoiding tedious and time-consuming sample preparation. Using the established MSI platform, we can track the migration of insecticides and fungicides into the inner region of foods. The results revealed that both the octanol-water partition coefficient of pesticides and water content of garden stuffs could influence the discrepancy in the migration speed of pesticides into food kernels. Taken together, this nanopaper imprinting MSI is poised to be a powerful tool because of its simplicity, rapidity, and easy operation, offering the potential to facilitate further applications in food analysis. Moreover, new perspectives are given to provide guidelines for the rational design of novel pesticide candidates, reducing the risk of food safety issues caused by pesticide residue.

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Insights into the nature of food safety issues in Beijing through content analysis of an Internet database of food safety incidents in China

Food Control ◽

10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.11.017 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 206-211 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Yang Liu ◽

Feiyan Liu ◽

Jianfang Zhang ◽

Jianbo Gao

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Food Safety ◽

Safety Issues

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Agricultural marketing and food safety in China: a utility perspective

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies ◽

10.1108/jadee-02-2013-0009 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 23-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

David L. Ortega ◽

Colin G. Brown ◽

Scott A. Waldron ◽

H. Holly Wang

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Numerical Data ◽

Marketing System ◽

Agricultural Marketing ◽

Content Type ◽

Safety Issues ◽

Time Form ◽

Made In ◽

Chinese Food

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore Chinese food safety issues by analysing select incidents within he Chinese agricultural marketing system. Design/methodology/approach – A marketing utility framework is utilized to discuss some of the major food safety incidents in China and potential solutions are explored. Findings – The paper finds that food safety issues arise from problems of asymmetric information which leads to the profit seeking behaviour of agents distorting rather than enhancing the creation of one of the four types or marketing utility (time, form, place and possession). Additionally, structural causes found within the Chinese food marketing system have contributed to the food safety problems. Research limitations/implications – This is not an empirical research with numerical data. Originality/value – This study is one of the first to address Chinese food safety problems from an agricultural marketing utility perspective. Key anecdotes are used to support the claims made in this study.

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