scholarly journals Food safety in the face of climate change

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-286
Author(s):  
Oluwawapelumi A. Oyedele ◽  
Muiz O. Akinyemi ◽  
Tihomir Kovač ◽  
Ukpai A. Eze ◽  
Chibundu N. Ezekiel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Harmful Algal Bloom ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Heavy Precipitation ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Mycotoxigenic Fungi

Food safety encompasses the elimination of biological, chemical, and physical hazards along the food chain; however, climate change, an abnormal change in weather conditions, is a threat to food safety due to irregularities in the elements of weather essential for food production. Such factors include elevated atmospheric carbon (IV) oxide (CO2), precipitation, rainfall, and temperature. Considering that the aim of food safety is to eliminate food hazards along the food chain, it is threatened by climate change in several ways, resulting in adverse effects such as severe consequences for livestock production, harmful algal bloom, mycotoxins (produced by mycotoxigenic fungi on crops), residues of pesticides and tenacious contaminants, and pathogenic microorganisms from contaminated water. These climate changes include landslides and avalanches, drought and extreme heat waves, drought, heavy precipitation, flooding and tropical storms, ocean warming, climate change related acidification, and changes in ocean salinity. Therefore, there is a great need to employ adaptive strategies such as the establishment of a food safety management programme which would expound on the need to detect food hazards in food as a result of climate change. This programme should include setting up awareness for consumers, the improvement of epidemiological surveillance, improved co-ordination among food safety organizations, public health officials, and veterinary officials, amongst others. Thus, to achieve the sustainable development goal two, of eradicating hunger, it is imperative to harness the strategies for reducing the food safety hazards associated with climate change.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES ON FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 386-394
Author(s):  
Antoaneta Stoyanova
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

PURPOSE: Preserving the health of consumers is the basis of adopted policies for food safety worldwide. The dynamic changеs in regulatory requirements and the growing number of notifications about dangerous food products sold on the market are a prerequisite for introducing appropriate measures with which participants in the food chain can ensure and demonstrate food safety. The purpose of the present study is to assess the impact of external and internal issues that form the context of food-producing companies, using approaches based on risk-based thinking featuring in ISO 22000:2018. METHODS: The goal is achieved by identifying and analyzing the impact of external and internal circumstances on the surrounding environment. This study has applied the PESTLE and FMEA methods for identifying and assessing the circumstances as elements forming the company's context and objectives related to food safety management through proven expertise. RESULTS: On the basis of the analysis, factors of the environment which can raise concerns are defined and these can be followed by a company risk-and-opportunity assessment. CONCLUSIONS: Through the assessment performed, a basis is created for achieving better results and preventing negative consequences for the development of the company.

scholarly journals The risks of warm nights and wet days in the context of climate change: assessing road safety outcomes in Boston, USA and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Ignacio Nazif-Munoz ◽  
Pablo Martínez ◽  
Augusta Williams ◽  
John Spengler
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Warm Season ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Heavy Precipitation ◽  
Traffic Fatalities ◽  
Santo Domingo ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
Precipitation Events

Abstract Background There remains a dearth of cross-city comparisons on the impact of climate change through extreme temperature and precipitation events on road safety. We examined trends in traffic fatalities, injuries and property damage associated with high temperatures and heavy rains in Boston (USA) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Methods Official publicly available data on daily traffic outcomes and weather conditions during the warm season (May to September) were used for Boston (2002–2015) and Santo Domingo (2013–2017). Daily maximum temperatures and mean precipitations for each city were considered for classifying hot days, warm days, and warm nights, and wet, very wet, and extremely wet days. Time-series analyses were used to assess the relationship between temperature and precipitation and daily traffic outcomes, using a quasi-Poisson regression. Results In Santo Domingo, the presence of a warm night increased traffic fatalities with a rate ratio (RR) of 1.31 (95% CI [confidence interval]: 1.00,1.71). In Boston, precipitation factors (particularly, extremely wet days) were associated with increments in traffic injuries (RR 1.25, 95% CI: 1.18, 1.32) and property damages (RR 1.42, 95% CI: 1.33, 1.51). Conclusion During the warm season, mixed associations between weather conditions and traffic outcomes were found across Santo Domingo and Boston. In Boston, increases in heavy precipitation events were associated with higher traffic injuries and property damage. As climate change-related heavy precipitation events are projected to increase in the USA, the associations found in this study should be of interest for road safety planning in a rapidly changing environment.

scholarly journals CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACT ON MYCOTOXINS INCIDENCE AND FOOD SAFETY

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragan Milicevic ◽  
Brankica Lakicevic ◽  
Radivoj Petronijevic ◽  
Zoran Petrovic ◽  
Jelena Jovanovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Contamination ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Fungal Species ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Toxigenic Fungi ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
Toxic Chemical Substances

Climate change may have an impact on the occurrence of food safety hazards along the entire agri-food chain, from farm to fork. The interactions between environmental factors and food contamination, food safety and foodborne diseases are very complex, dynamic and difficult to predict. Extreme weather conditions such as floods and droughts which have not occurred previously in Serbia, may be supporting factors to contamination of crops by various species of toxigenic fungi and related mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are a group of naturally occurring toxic chemical substances, produced mainly by microscopic filamentous fungal species that commonly grow on a number of crops and that cause adverse health effects when consumed by humans and animals. Recent drought and then flooding confirmed that Serbia is one of the few European countries with very high risk exposure to natural hazards, as well as that mycotoxins are one of the foodborne hazards most susceptible to climate change.

The impact of global climate change on the characteristics of seasons in the Carpathian Basin

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Csenge Dian ◽  
Rita Pongrácz ◽  
Judit Bartholy ◽  
Attila Talamon
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Carpathian Basin ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
The Impact

<p>Similarly to many other regions, warming and extreme weather conditions (e.g. related to temperature and precipitation) are expected to increase due to the effects of climate change in the Carpathian Basin during the 21st century. Consequently, as a result of the clearly detectable warming, the number of frost days in winter decreases and the summer heat waves become more frequent. The transition between winter and summer tends to become shorter and the inter-annual variability is likely to increase. The precise definition of the transition periods between the two extremes of the annual temperature course is very important for several disciplines, e.g. building energy design, where outdoor temperature is a key input to determine the beginning and end of heating and cooling periods. The aim of this research is to examine the possible transformation of the four seasons characteristics of the Carpathian Basin in details using various specific climate indexes (e.g. monthly percentiles, daily temperature fluctuation time series) based on the data of regional climate model simulations taking into account different future scenarios. For this purpose, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios are compared to historical runs, and simulated temperature data series are analyzed for the middle and end of the century.</p>

Climate Change

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry S. Levy ◽  
Jonathan A. Patz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Heavy Precipitation ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Adverse Health ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact

Environmental consequences of climate change include increases in temperature as well as frequency, severity, and/or duration of heat waves; heavy precipitation events; intensity and/or duration of drought; intense tropical cyclone activity, and sea level. Adverse health consequences of climate change include heat-related disorders, respiratory disorders, allergic disorders, vector-borne diseases, waterborne and foodborne disease, and injuries related to extreme weather events. Adverse health consequences also include indirect effects of climate change on health related to decreased agriculture yields and food shortages, distress migration, and collective violence. In addition, all of the consequences of climate change can adversely affect the mental health of individuals, communities, and entire nations. The primary ways of addressing climate change are mitigation (policies and actions to stabilize or reduce the emission of greenhouse gases) and adaptation (policies and actions to reduce the impact of climate change). Building popular and political will to address climate change is essential.

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