Abstract
The safety of animal derived food has been at the forefront of societal concerns in recent years. In this paper, we stress major animal derived food issues and challenges including microbial pathogens, food additives and chemical residues. In addition, the countermeasures to animal derived food issues including animal health and welfare, animal identification and traceability, antimicrobial interventions, new processes and technologies in the processing and preservation of animal derived food products, and Risk assessment are discussed.
Highlights
Animal derived food safety issues have frequently occurred in China in the recent years
Those challenges and related issues that will continue being of concern in the future may be divided into those associated with microbial pathogens and into other animal derived food safety issues, including food additives, chemical residues, products of food biotechnology or genetically modified organisms
Potential reasons for the increasing food safety concerns of recent and future years include: changes in animal production, product processing and distribution practices; increased international food trade; changing consumer needs and expectations for minimally processed and convenient food products; projected increases in worldwide animal derived food consumption; higher numbers of consumers atrisk for infection; emerging pathogens and microbial pathogen changes; advances in microbial detection; limited food handler and consumer education and training in proper food handling
Summary
Animal derived food safety issues have frequently occurred in China in the recent years. Those challenges and related issues that will continue being of concern in the future may be divided into those associated with microbial pathogens and into other animal derived food safety issues, including food additives, chemical residues, products of food biotechnology or genetically modified organisms. Potential reasons for the increasing food safety concerns of recent and future years include: changes in animal production, product processing and distribution practices; increased international food trade; changing consumer needs and expectations for minimally processed and convenient food products; projected increases in worldwide animal derived food consumption; higher numbers of consumers atrisk for infection; emerging pathogens and microbial pathogen changes; advances in microbial detection; limited food handler and consumer education and training in proper food handling. The objective of this paper is to provide additional information on these major challenges and to put forward appropriate countermeasures
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