AN OVERVIEW STUDY ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGES AND THE OCCURRENCE OF MYCOTOXINS
Keywords:
Climate change, Mycotoxins contamination, Predictive methods, Fungi, temperature and water activityAbstract
Climate change may have an effect on the occurrence of food safety risks at different paths of the food chain, from elementary production through to eating. There are multiple pathways through which climate related factors may influence on food safety including: changes in temperature and precipitation patterns, increased consequently of extreme weather conditions, and changes in contaminants transport pathways among others. Climate change may also affect economic portion related to food systems such as agriculture, animal production, global trade and human behavior which all effect on food safety. Available data recommended that slightly CO2 concentrations and interactions with temperature and water activity may encourage growth of some mycotoxigenic species, especially below water stress. The available information on interacting conditions of water ⁄ temperature effects on optimum conditions for growth and mycotoxin production has been used to expect the impaction that +3 and +5 ºC raises under water forbidden would have on growth ⁄mycotoxin production by mycotoxigenic species. The era will prepare many challenges for toxicology scientists.
This paper reviews the potential impacts of climate changes in food contamination and food safety and submitting adaptation strategies and research priorities to item food safety implications of climate change. The paper concludes that there is a need for international cooperation to better understand the changing food safety situation and emerging risks associated with climate change.
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