Proactive systems for early warning of potential impacts of natural disasters on food safety: Climate-change-induced extreme events as case in point

Marvin, H.J.P.; Kleter, G.A.; Fels‐Klerx, H.J. van der; Noordam, M.Y.; Franz, Eelco; Willems, D.J.M.; Boxall, Alistair B.A.

doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.04.037

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“…Possible approaches for modelling and establishing early warning systems have been discussed extensively in a recent paper of Marvin et al (2013). The experts assessed also the need of building awareness as very important, providing information and education to producers about recent scientific developments.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, only general and scattered evidence exists about how primary producers may respond to the changes in climate in terms of food safety (e.g. Marvin et al, 2013;Tirado et al, 2010). In many cases, response strategies are undermined into few arbitrary measures, the context of their application is not considered, and a systematic approach is lacking.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Towards strategies to adapt to pressures on safety of fresh produce due to climate change

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Jacxsens

Boekel

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Food Research International

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Towards strategies to adapt to pressures on safety of fresh produce due to climate change

Kirezieva

Jacxsens

Boekel

et al. 2015

Food Research International

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“…Climate change will affect food security directly via impacts on yields, but also indirectly via impacts on the safety of the available food (Gregory et al, 2005;Liu et al, 2015;Marvin et al, 2013;Tirado et al, 2010;Wheeler and Von Braun, 2013). In addressing food security in relation to our future climate, food safety should, therefore, be considered.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling climate change impacts on mycotoxin contamination

Fels‐Klerx

Liu

Battilani

2016

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Projected climate change effects will influence primary agricultural systems and thus food security, directly via impacts on yields, and indirectly via impacts on its safety, with mycotoxins considered as crucial hazards. Mycotoxins are produced by a wide variety of fungal species, each having their own characteristics and requirements. The geographic distribution of toxigenic fungi reflects their ecological needs, with thermophilic fungi prevalent at lower latitudes and psychrophiles at the higher latitudes. A resulting gradient of mycotoxin contamination has been repeatedly stressed. Changes in climatic conditions will lead to shifts in the fungal population and the mycotoxin patterns. In general, climate change is expected to increase mycotoxin contamination of crops, but due to the complexity of mycoflora associated to each crop and its interaction with the environment, it appears rash to draw conclusions without specific studies. Very recently first quantitative estimations of impacts of climate change on mycotoxin occurrence have been made. Two studies each applied models of different disciplines including climate projection, crop phenology and fungal/mycotoxin prediction to cereals cultivated in Europe. They were followed by a case study on climate change effects on Alternaria moulds and their mycotoxins in tomato. Results showed that DON contamination of wheat grown in Europe was, in general, expected to increase. However, variation was large, and in some years and some regions a decrease in DON contamination was expected. Regarding aflatoxin contamination of maize grown in Europe, an increase was estimated, mainly in the +2 °C scenario. Two main research gaps were identified related to the (limited) number of existing quantitative models taking into account climate change and their validation in limited areas. Efforts are therefore mandatory to be prepared for future changes and challenges on model validation and limited mycotoxin-crop combinations.

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“…Climate change will cause monitoring systems, focused on food safety hazards, to miss -or pick up, with delay -the occurrence of new hazards or known hazards in food products in which they previously did not occur. [10] Climatic factors therefore will contribute to the sources, growth, survival and modes of transmission of pathogens in the environment and the microbial ecology of the food matrix, thereby leading to an increase in microbiological food contamination and associated food borne diseases. [11] To counteract these potential impacts, there needs to be an improvement in animal husbandry practices e.g.…”

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Potential Climate Change Impacts on Environmental Health Services: Perspectives from a Developing Country

Singh¹,

Kistnasamy

2014

AJPHR

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Climate change can be seen as a threat to sustainable development by undermining global poverty alleviation efforts and seriously impacting on successfully achieving the outcomes as envisaged by the Millennium Development Goals. There also exists severe implications for food security, clean water, environmental health and human settlements as the potential impacts of climate change bears much significance especially for the sustainable development of developing countries, such as South Africa. Therefore the role of the Environmental Health sector which is a key component in the protection of public health in South Africa, needs re-addressing as regards the potential impacts of climate change on Environmental Health Services. These potential impacts necessitates forward thinking on what adaptation measures should be considered by this sector, staffed primarily by Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPs), and how can these then be implemented proactively -given that in the South African context, EHPs have a Government regulated scope of practice that covers fourteen key job functions. Therefore, this article for each key job function, considers potential impacts of climate change followed by a discussion of possible solutions and challenges. However, despite adequate awareness on climate change and its impacts, it is evident that there are many challenges, inclusive of immense financial, technical and human resource constraints, still ahead. Therefore, a systematic approach by EHPs to assess, prevent and control climate change impacts and other interacting public health issues is vital and will be crucial to protect the health of affected populations in the future.

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Proactive systems for early warning of potential impacts of natural disasters on food safety: Climate-change-induced extreme events as case in point

Cited by 58 publications

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Towards strategies to adapt to pressures on safety of fresh produce due to climate change

Towards strategies to adapt to pressures on safety of fresh produce due to climate change

Modelling climate change impacts on mycotoxin contamination

Potential Climate Change Impacts on Environmental Health Services: Perspectives from a Developing Country

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