Bhunia Arun K, Bisha Bledar, Gehring Andrew G, Brehm-Stecher Byron F
Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Department of Comparative Pathobiology (Courtesy), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Foods. 2020 Nov 10;9(11):1635. doi: 10.3390/foods9111635.
As the world population has grown, new demands on the production of foods have been met by increased efficiencies in production, from planting and harvesting to processing, packaging and distribution to retail locations. These efficiencies enable rapid intranational and global dissemination of foods, providing longer "face time" for products on retail shelves and allowing consumers to make healthy dietary choices year-round. However, our food production capabilities have outpaced the capacity of traditional detection methods to ensure our foods are safe. Traditional methods for culture-based detection and characterization of microorganisms are time-, labor- and, in some instances, space- and infrastructure-intensive, and are therefore not compatible with current (or future) production and processing realities. New and versatile detection methods requiring fewer overall resources (time, labor, space, equipment, cost, etc.) are needed to transform the throughput and safety dimensions of the food industry. Access to new, user-friendly, and point-of-care testing technologies may help expand the use and ease of testing, allowing stakeholders to leverage the data obtained to reduce their operating risk and health risks to the public. The papers in this Special Issue on "Advances in Foodborne Pathogen Analysis" address critical issues in rapid pathogen analysis, including preanalytical sample preparation, portable and field-capable test methods, the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in zoonotic pathogens and non-bacterial pathogens, such as viruses and protozoa.
随着世界人口的增长，从种植、收获到加工、包装以及配送至零售地点等生产效率的提高满足了对食品生产的新需求。这些效率提升使得食品能够在国内和全球迅速传播，延长了产品在零售货架上的“展示时间”，并使消费者能够全年做出健康的饮食选择。然而，我们的食品生产能力已经超过了传统检测方法确保食品安全的能力。基于培养的微生物检测和鉴定传统方法耗时、费力，在某些情况下还需要大量空间和基础设施，因此与当前（或未来）的生产和加工现实不相容。需要新的、通用的检测方法，以减少总体资源（时间、劳动力、空间、设备、成本等）需求，从而改变食品行业的生产效率和安全状况。获得新的、用户友好的即时检测技术可能有助于扩大检测的使用范围并简化检测流程，使利益相关者能够利用所获得的数据降低运营风险和对公众的健康风险。本期关于“食源性病原体分析进展”的特刊中的论文探讨了快速病原体分析中的关键问题，包括分析前的样品制备、便携式和现场可用的检测方法、人畜共患病原体以及病毒和原生动物等非细菌病原体中的抗生素耐药性流行情况。
