Covid-19 pandemic in the lens of food safety and security

Autor: Nyuk Ling Ma, Wanxi Peng, Christian Sonne, Chin Fhong Soon, Wilson Thau Lym Yong, Suzana Misbah, Zaidah Rahmat, Muhamad Fairus Noor Hassim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Ma, N L, Peng, W, Soon, C F, Noor Hassim, M F, Misbah, S, Rahmat, Z, Yong, W T L & Sonne, C 2021, ' Covid-19 pandemic in the lens of food safety and security ', Environmental Research, vol. 193, 110405 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110405
Environmental Research
Popis: The recently emerged coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has been characterised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), is impacting all parts of human society including agriculture, manufacturing, and tertiary sectors involving all service provision industries. This paper aims to give an overview of potential host reservoirs that could cause pandemic outbreak caused by zoonotic transmission. Amongst all, continues surveillance in slaughterhouse for possible pathogens transmission is needed to prevent next pandemic outbreak. This paper also summary the potential threats of pandemic to agriculture and aquaculture sector that control almost the total food supply chain and market. The history lesson from the past, emerging and reemerging infectious disease including the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002, Influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) in 2009, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012 and the recent COVID-19 should give us some clue to improve especially the governance to be more ready for next coming pandemic.
Highlights • Urbanization promotes the occurrence of zoonotic diseases transmission. • The outbreak of COVID19 affected the global food supply chain. • In preparedness to prevent pandemic outbreak, the continues surveillance of food safety is obligated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE