Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Department of Ophthalmology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 407, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
Trends Biotechnol. 2017 Apr;35(4):288-300. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.12.005. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
Food safety has become an increasingly significant public concern in both developed and under-developed nations around the world; it increases morbidity, mortality, human suffering, and economic burden. This Opinion focuses on (i) examining the influence of pathogens and chemicals (e.g., food additives and pesticide residue) on food-borne illnesses, (ii) summarizing food hazards that are present in Asia, and (iii) summarizing the array of current point-of-care (POC) detection devices that have potential applications in food safety monitoring. In addition, we provide insight into global healthcare issues in both developing and under-developed nations with a focus on bridging the gap between food safety issues in the public sector (associated with relevant clinical cases) and the use of POC detection devices for food safety monitoring.
食品安全已成为世界上发达国家和发展中国家日益关注的问题；它增加了发病率、死亡率、人类痛苦和经济负担。本观点主要关注：（i）研究病原体和化学物质（例如食品添加剂和农药残留）对食源性疾病的影响，（ii）总结亚洲存在的食品危害，以及（iii）总结当前用于食品安全监测的一系列即时检测设备。此外，我们深入探讨了发展中国家和欠发达国家的全球医疗保健问题，重点是缩小公共部门食品安全问题（与相关临床病例相关）与即时检测设备在食品安全监测中的应用之间的差距。
