Will food safety jeopardize food security?
重新定义食品安全为安全消费食物,指出暴饮暴食和营养不良同样重要,肥胖的经济成本远超微生物污染,强调安全与保障需协同促进人类健康。
Abstract By a new definition proposed here, food safety is not just about safe food but the safe consumption of food. This draws attention to the issue of overeating as well as undernourishment. With the transition of diets and a rapid rise in obesity, worldwide, chronic illnesses join acute illness (from microbiological contamination) as health issues related to food consumption. The economics of obesity overwhelms the costs of microbiological contamination, with large impacts on private and social health care costs. In food‐insecure areas, producing and consuming unsafe food does not build a healthy population nor does it allow export of food to other nations. Safety and security must work hand in hand to enhance human health.