Puschner Birgit, Reimschuessel Renate
Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 95616, USA.
Clin Lab Med. 2011 Mar;31(1):181-99. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2010.10.003. Epub 2010 Dec 3.
Several major pet-food and human-food safety incidents occurred worldwide between 2003 and 2008, causing illnesses and deaths in children, cats, dogs, and pigs. During the 2007 outbreak of renal failure in dogs and cats in the United States, veterinary diagnostic laboratories helped identify melamine and melamine analogues as contaminants in implicated food. In 2008, thousands of infants developed renal failure from exposure to melamine alone. Management of these outbreaks depends on the collaboration of veterinary and human laboratories and clinics, government agencies, academic institutions, and food industries, along with prompt communication and sharing of data.
2003年至2008年间，全球发生了几起重大的宠物食品和人类食品安全事件，导致儿童、猫、狗和猪患病及死亡。2007年美国猫狗肾衰竭疫情爆发期间，兽医诊断实验室协助鉴定出三聚氰胺和三聚氰胺类似物是受牵连食品中的污染物。2008年，数千名婴儿仅因接触三聚氰胺就出现了肾衰竭。这些疫情的管控依赖于兽医和人类实验室及诊所、政府机构、学术机构和食品行业之间的合作，以及及时的数据沟通与共享。
