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Title (eng)
A FoodSafeR perspective on emerging food safety hazards and associated risks
Author
John Leslie
Author
Chibundu Ezekiel
Author
Martin Wagner
Author
Chris Elliott
Author
Oonagh McNerney
Author
Mieke Uyttendaele
Author
Yongning Wu
Author
Songxue Wang
Author
Sheila Okoth
Author
James Lindsay
Author
Dorothea F. K. Rawn
Author
Sheot Harn Chan
Author
Kai Zhang
Author
Veronica M. T. Lattanzio
Author
Felicia Wu
Author
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay
Author
Eleonora Dupouy
Author
Steve Wearne
Author
Samuel Godefroy
Author
Michele Suman
Author
Rudolf Krska
Abstract (eng)
The recently launched FoodSafeR initiative is a cooperative and coordinated approach to the identification, assessment, and management of emerging food security challenges and associated risks-both chemical and microbial. The FoodSafeR consortium includes global stakeholders across governmental, inter-governmental, academic and industrial institutions involved in food safety, research, and production. Consortium members have led in-depth discussions on identifying, assessing and managing chemical and microbial food safety issues resulting from climate change, emerging microbial and chemical contaminants, and evolving dietary preferences. Food safety research often is episodic in nature, increasing after a crisis and then decreasing when there are no major problems. Timely communications about and a central source containing data on previous outbreaks were identified as crucial issues to reduce the harm that could result from a food safety issue. In the course of the discussions, both new and old microbial and chemical hazards were identified for inclusion in a central database. The database could be used to develop artificial intelligence (AI) models to explain existing and predict emerging food safety risks. The FoodSafeR hub continuously collects and merges government, academic and private sector data to enable all stakeholders to better understand emerging risks, both chemical and microbial, and where they are found. As the database expands, climate change impacts on food safety can be documented and then integrated with public health data to rigorously assess the contributions of food safety to public health risks. The overall goal is to enhance global data sharing, improve food safety standards, and ensure the production of safe, accessible food for all populations thereby reducing the economic burden of foodborne illnesses, enhancing food security, and promoting sustainable food systems. The goal of this paper is to alert the global food safety community of the availability of this new resource and to provide information on the types of data it contains while encouraging others to contribute data that would broaden the information available and enable more timely and accurate identification of potential food safety issues throughout the world.
Keywords (eng)
Agrifood SystemClimate ChangeMicrobial ContainmantsEmerging ContainmantsChemical ContainmantsRisk AssessmentMycotoxinsHeavy Metals
Type (eng)
journal article
Language
[eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:4520
DOI
10.3389/fsufs.2025.1646792
Is in series
Title (eng)
Frontiers In Sustainable Food Systems
Volume
9
ISSN
2571-581X
Issued
2025
Number of pages
14
Publication
Frontiers Media Sa
Version type (eng)
version of record (published version)
Date issued
2025
Access rights (eng)
open access
License
CC BY 4.0 International
Rights statement (eng)
© 2025 Leslie, Ezekiel, Wagner, Elliott, McNerney, Uyttendaele, Yongning, Wang, Okoth, Lindsay, Rawn, Chan, Zhang, Lattanzio, Wu, Bandyopadhyay, Dupouy, Wearne, Godefroy, Suman and Krska