Mol H
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 1986 Sep 1;111(17):800-8.
It is estimated that in the Netherlands several hundreds of thousands of patients are affected with food-borne diseases or poisoning each year. Though the symptoms are usually mild and mortality is low, the financial impact on society is enormous. The consumer is hardly aware of this fact and the--substantial--government efforts to achieve prevention are not very effective. In view of the present state of science, it should be possible to ensure the consumer of safe food on the market, which may be eaten without any risk after sound preparation. The origin, magnitude and effects on society of this complex problem are studied in the present review. An attempt is made to evaluate the possibilities of reducing the morbidity of food-borne diseases, regarded by the World Health Organization as the most important problem in public health after diseases of the respiratory tract in the coming decades. Particular attention is paid to the role to be played by the authorities in these efforts to reduce morbidity.
据估计，在荷兰，每年有数十万患者受到食源性疾病或食物中毒的影响。尽管症状通常较轻且死亡率较低，但对社会的经济影响却是巨大的。消费者几乎没有意识到这一事实，而且政府为实现预防所做的大量努力效果并不理想。鉴于目前的科学状况，应该能够确保市场上的食品安全，经过妥善处理后食用不会有任何风险。本综述研究了这一复杂问题的根源、规模及其对社会的影响。试图评估降低食源性疾病发病率的可能性，世界卫生组织认为在未来几十年里，食源性疾病是继呼吸道疾病之后公共卫生领域最重要的问题。特别关注当局在这些降低发病率的努力中所应发挥的作用。
