The Lancet (British edition), 2013-06, Vol.381 (9882), p.2044-2053
2013
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Food supply and food safety issues in China
- Ist Teil von
- The Lancet (British edition), 2013-06, Vol.381 (9882), p.2044-2053
- Ort / Verlag
- Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2013
- Quelle
- Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Food supply and food safety are major global public health issues, and are particularly important in heavily populated countries such as China. Rapid industrialisation and modernisation in China are having profound effects on food supply and food safety. In this Review, we identified important factors limiting agricultural production in China, including conversion of agricultural land to other uses, freshwater deficits, and soil quality issues. Additionally, increased demand for some agricultural products is examined, particularly those needed to satisfy the increased consumption of animal products in the Chinese diet, which threatens to drive production towards crops used as animal feed. Major sources of food poisoning in China include pathogenic microorganisms, toxic animals and plants entering the food supply, and chemical contamination. Meanwhile, two growing food safety issues are illegal additives and contamination of the food supply by toxic industrial waste. China's connections to global agricultural markets are also having important effects on food supply and food safety within the country. Although the Chinese Government has shown determination to reform laws, establish monitoring systems, and strengthen food safety regulation, weak links in implementation remain.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0140-6736eISSN: 1474-547XDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60776-XTitel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3888022
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- Schlagworte
- additives, agricultural land, Agricultural production, Agriculture - organization & administration, Agriculture - trends, animal products, animals, Baby foods, Biological and medical sciences, Chemical contaminants, China, Crops, Cultural Characteristics, diet, Diet - ethnology, Economic Development, Environmental Pollution - adverse effects, Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data, Famine, Feeds, food availability, food contamination, Food Safety, Food supply, Food Supply - statistics & numerical data, Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology, foodborne illness, freshwater, Freshwater resources, General aspects, Geography, Medical, Humans, Hygiene, industrial wastes, industrialization, Internal Medicine, markets, Meat Products - statistics & numerical data, Medical sciences, microorganisms, Milk, modernization, monitoring, Monitoring systems, Mortality, Nutrition Policy, poisoning, Population, Productivity, Proteins, Public health, soil quality, toxicity, Water pollution, Water shortages, Water Supply