Investing in Food Safety for Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges in Applying Whole-Genome Sequencing for Food Safety Management
| Autor: | Isabella Apruzzese, Julius John Medardus, Nagmeldin Abdalla, Eunyeong Song, Hedayat Hosseini, Masami Takeuchi, Ernest Bonah, Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon, Vernadette S. Sanidad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Safety Management
Food Safety 040301 veterinary sciences Developing country Food safety management Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology foodborne disease surveillance Disease Outbreaks Developing countries Food safety 0403 veterinary science Foodborne Diseases 03 medical and health sciences Humans Foodborne disease surveillance 0303 health sciences Disease surveillance Government Whole-genome sequencing Whole Genome Sequencing 030306 microbiology business.industry Review/Overview Articles Data interpretation 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences developing countries Focus group Risk analysis (engineering) whole-genome sequencing Next-generation sequencing Animal Science and Zoology next-generation sequencing Business Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Developed country Genome Bacterial Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Apruzzese, I, Song, E, Bonah, E, Sanidad, V S, Leekitcharoenphon, P, Medardus, J J, Abdalla, N, Hosseini, H & Takeuchi, M 2019, ' Investing in Food Safety for Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges in Applying Whole-Genome Sequencing for Food Safety Management ', Foodborne pathogens and disease, vol. 16, no. 7 . https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2018.2599 Foodborne Pathogens and Disease |
| DOI: | 10.1089/fpd.2018.2599 |
| Popis: | Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has become a significant tool in investigating foodborne disease outbreaks and some countries have incorporated WGS into national food control systems. However, WGS poses technical challenges that deter developing countries from incorporating it into their food safety management system. A rapid scoping review was conducted, followed by a focus group session, to understand the current situation regarding the use of WGS for foodborne disease surveillance and food monitoring at the global level and identify key limiting factors for developing countries in adopting WGS for their food control systems. The results showed that some developed nations routinely use WGS in their food surveillance systems resulting in more precise understanding of the causes of outbreaks. In developing nations, knowledge of WGS exists in the academic/research sectors; however, there is limited understanding at the government level regarding the usefulness of WGS for food safety regulatory activities. Thus, incorporation of WGS is extremely limited in most developing nations. While some countries lack the capacity to collect and analyze the data generated from WGS, the most significant technical gap in most developing countries is in data interpretation using bioinformatics. The gaps in knowledge and capacities between developed and developing nations regarding use of WGS likely introduce an inequality in international food trade, and thus, relevant international organizations, as well as the countries that are already proficient in the use of WGS, have significant roles in assisting developing nations to be able to fully benefit from the technology and its applications in food safety management. |
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