climate change - News - safefood Knowledge Network2024-03-28T18:27:31Zhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/climate+changeEpisode 7 – Climate change: what it means for food safetyhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/episode-7-climate-change-what-it-means-for-food-safety2023-05-30T08:07:00.000Z2023-05-30T08:07:00.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>Most of us will be familiar with the impact climate change has on the environment – biodiversity loss, rising sea levels, higher temperatures and much more. But it also has direct and indirect effects on the safety of our food and this is something that EFSA has to take into account when assessing risks to human, animal and plant health. Join us as we talk to one of our experts, Angelo Maggiore, about how climate change can act as a driver of emerging risks in the area of food and feed safety.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/podcast/episode-7-climate-change-what-it-means-food-safety" target="_blank">Listen now</a></p></div>Study finds climate change could worsen microbial contamination of raw milkhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/study-finds-climate-change-could-worsen-microbial-contamination-o2022-01-06T13:43:17.000Z2022-01-06T13:43:17.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>Climate change could have a big impact on the microbiological quality of raw milk in Europe, according to a study.</p>
<p>While many organisms suffer from the increased temperatures of climate change, some E. coli strains seem to be thriving. The danger is they have the potential to adapt to withstand the pasteurization process.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/01/study-finds-climate-change-could-worsen-microbial-contamination-of-raw-milk/?utm_source=Food+Safety+News&utm_campaign=b332fffc91-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f46cc10150-b332fffc91-40035759" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>How climate change will impact on diet and what is the regulatory responsibility? - Professor Susan Jebbhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-climate-change-will-impact-on-diet-and-what-is-the-regulatory2021-11-23T15:13:44.000Z2021-11-23T15:13:44.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>Transcript of FSA Chair Professor Susan Jebb's speech to the Global Conference for Food Safety Regulation and Sustainability on Wednesday 10 November</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/news/how-climate-change-will-impact-on-diet-and-what-is-the-regulatory-responsibility-professor-susan-jebb" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>How Is Climate Change Affecting the Safety of Our Food?https://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-is-climate-change-affecting-the-safety-of-our-food2021-06-10T08:30:26.000Z2021-06-10T08:30:26.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>Under the best circumstances, agriculture can be a tough business. Today, increasing pressures on the world’s land and water resources are jeopardizing humanity’s ability to feed itself. Exacerbated by climate change, these pressures are making agriculture a more vulnerable and challenging enterprise. Elevated temperatures, changes in water availability, deteriorating soil quality, extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and ocean acidification, among other factors, can have an impact on food production, processing, storage, and distribution, right up to the moment it reaches our tables. In other words, our entire food system is threatened by climate change.</p>
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<p><a href="https://digitaledition.food-safety.com/june-july-2021/feature-climate/?oly_enc_id=2060C2061334F4G" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Organic food- Are they safer?https://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/organic-food-are-they-safer2021-05-06T15:31:16.000Z2021-05-06T15:31:16.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>Organic agriculture is increasingly under the spotlight for being a promising approach to address the challenges raised by the increasing<br />demographics and urbanization as well as climate change. In the eyes of consumers, this often translates into healthier, safer, tastier and more environmentally friendly foods. But the “organic” certification actually indicates products that are produced in accordance with certain standards throughout the production, handling, processing and marketing stages, and which aim at a different set of benefits: better incomes for small-scale farmers and increased food security, environmental benefits such as improved soil and water quality and<br />biodiversity preservation, and improved animal welfare. </p></div>Agriculture in spotlight ahead of COP23 climate change talkshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/agriculture-in-spotlight-ahead-of-cop23-climate-change-talks2017-11-02T15:35:29.000Z2017-11-02T15:35:29.000ZJadwiga O'Brienhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/JadwigaOBrien<div><p>Agricultural emissions have been flagged as a key issue ahead of the United Nations’ COP23 climate change talks, which will kick off in Bonn next week with the aim of developing a roadmap for implementing the Paris Agreement.</p><p><a href="https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2017/11/02/Agriculture-in-spotlight-ahead-of-COP23-climate-change-talks" target="_blank">Continue reading.</a></p><p></p><p></p></div>New safefood Report: The impact of climate change on dairy productionhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/new-safefood-report-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-dairy-product2017-02-28T15:14:41.000Z2017-02-28T15:14:41.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;"><strong>Introduction</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3818791699,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="400" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3818791699,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" alt="3818791699?profile=original" /></a>This is a technical report of a research project funded by safefood to investigate the potential food safety, economic and environmental impacts of climate change on the dairy production chain on the island of Ireland. To achieve this, an extensive review of available research literature was undertaken. The project also included a series of semi-structured interviews – pre-determined questions that led to further discussion – with a range of experts associated with the dairy sector.</span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva;">The research identified a number of food safety risks involving pathogens, chemical contaminants and natural toxins. Of particular note is the potential for an increase in the range and occurrence of mycotoxins, particularly given the future climate on the island of Ireland is projected to be warmer and wetter. This will lead to an increased risk of crop, and therefore feed, contamination, and possibly an increased reliance on imported feed that may also be contaminated. Similarly, the changing climatic conditions will influence the spectrum and behaviour of animal diseases with a potential knock-on effect on the use of veterinary medicines and other agents that could enter the food chain.</span></p>
<p><br /><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva;">The research found that the level of awareness regarding climate change among the various stakeholders in the dairy supply chain is high and the general consensus is that collective action is required to address this issue. Climate change presents both threats to and opportunities for the Irish dairy sector. The major threats identified by stakeholders centered around extreme weather events and the knock-on effects on feed, diseases, pests and consumer concerns. The negative impact of climate change on dairy production elsewhere in the world was seen as presenting an opportunities for the dairy industry on the island of Ireland given carbon-efficient system of milk production already in place here.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva;">Science and technology will play an important role in mitigating the effects of climate change but this will necessitate buy-in at all stages along the dairy production chain. This is necessary to not only ameliorate the impacts on climate change on dairy production, but to ensure that dairy production is as sustainable as it possibly can be.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva;">Download the report: <em><a href="http://www.safefood.eu/SafeFood/media/SafeFoodLibrary/Documents/Publications/Research%20Reports/M10039-SAFEFOOD_Climate-Change-on-the-Dairy-Production-Report-24-02-2017.pdf" target="_blank">The impact of climate change on dairy production (PDF, 3MB)</a></em></span></p></div>Climate Change Is Transforming the World's Food Supplyhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/climate-change-is-transforming-the-world-s-food-supply2017-02-17T10:31:16.000Z2017-02-17T10:31:16.000ZJadwiga O'Brienhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/JadwigaOBrien<div><p>Climate change is poised to affect the world's food supply in three key ways, experts say.</p><p>"There will be impacts on the quantity, quality and location of the food we produce," said Dr. Sam Myers, a medical doctor and senior research scientist studying environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.</p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/57921-climate-change-is-transforming-global-food-supply.html" target="_blank">Continue reading.</a></p></div>Fancy some squid and chips?https://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/fancy-some-squid-and-chips2016-12-15T09:00:00.000Z2016-12-15T09:00:00.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p>The traditional British fish supper could be replaced by the likes of squid as the waters around the UK's shores grow warmer, say government scientists. Squid and fish that thrive in warmer waters, such as sardines and anchovies, are flourishing around the North Sea, according to fisheries data.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38265395" target="_blank">Continue reading here</a></strong></p></div>