Hardy R W
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell, Ithaca, NY 14853.
J Dairy Sci. 1990 Jun;73(6):1665-9. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(90)78840-6.
The era of biology is composed of 1) the definition of molecular laws of biology, 2) the exponential expansion of the data base, and 3) the establishment of the first generation molecular and cellular tool kit; this era is driving the development and commercialization of biotechnological products and processes for agriculture and the food system. These products and processes should have a major impact in maintaining and improving food safety. Several meeting and organizational initiatives on biotechnology and food safety are summarized. Possible roles of biotechnology in areas of food safety involve microbial contaminants, nutritional quality, natural antimetabolites, allergens, toxicants, and synthetic chemical residues. Biotechnology will have an impact on all these areas through both improved ability to measure as well as to modify microbes, animals, and plants used as food. Diagnostics for microbial contaminants and biobased alternatives to synthetic chemicals are most advanced. However, all these biotechnological products and processes for food safety are in very early stages of development and commercialization.
1）生物学分子规律的定义；2）数据库呈指数级扩展；3）第一代分子和细胞工具包的建立。这个时代推动着农业和食品系统生物技术产品及工艺的开发与商业化。这些产品和工艺在维护和改善食品安全方面应会产生重大影响。本文总结了关于生物技术与食品安全的几次会议及组织倡议。生物技术在食品安全领域可能发挥的作用涉及微生物污染物、营养质量、天然抗代谢物、过敏原、有毒物质以及合成化学残留物。生物技术将通过提高检测能力以及对用作食物的微生物、动物和植物进行改造，从而对所有这些领域产生影响。针对微生物污染物的诊断以及合成化学品的生物基替代品最为先进。然而，所有这些用于食品安全的生物技术产品和工艺都尚处于开发和商业化的早期阶段。
