Banach Jennifer L, Koch Sophie J I, Hoffmans Yvette, van den Burg Sander W K
Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), Wageningen University & Research, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Wageningen Economic Research, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Foods. 2022 May 23;11(10):1514. doi: 10.3390/foods11101514.
With a world population estimated at 10 billion people by 2050, the challenge to secure healthy and safe food is evident. Seaweed is a potential answer to this challenge. Expanding the use of seaweed in food systems requires an emphasis on safe practices to avoid adverse human health effects after consumption and irreversible damage to marine ecosystems. This study aims to evaluate relevant food safety and environmental safety hazards, monitoring measures, and mitigation strategies in the seaweed sector. For this study, a literature review, survey ( = 36), and interviews ( = 12) were conducted to identify hazards. The review and interviews aimed at pinpointing monitoring measures and mitigation strategies applied, while the survey revealed data gaps and further actions needed for the sector. Relevant food safety hazards include (inorganic) arsenic, iodine, and heavy metals, among others, such as pathogenic bacteria, while environmental hazards include environmental pathogens and parasites introduced into the ecosystem by domesticated seaweed, among others. Measures applied aim at preventing or mitigating hazards through good hygienic or manufacturing practices, food safety procedures or protocols, or pre-site farm selection. Although the future needs of the seaweed sector vary, for some, harmonized advice and protocols that align with a changing food system and hazard knowledge development as well as information on the benefits of seaweed and regulating climate and water quality may help.
预计到2050年世界人口将达到100亿，确保健康安全食品的挑战显而易见。海藻是应对这一挑战的一个潜在解决方案。扩大海藻在食品系统中的应用需要强调安全操作，以避免食用后对人类健康产生不利影响以及对海洋生态系统造成不可逆转的破坏。本研究旨在评估海藻行业相关的食品安全和环境安全危害、监测措施及缓解策略。在本研究中，开展了文献综述、调查（n = 36）和访谈（n = 12）以识别危害。综述和访谈旨在查明所应用的监测措施和缓解策略，而调查揭示了该行业的数据差距和所需的进一步行动。相关的食品安全危害包括（无机）砷、碘和重金属等，还有诸如致病细菌等，而环境危害包括养殖海藻引入生态系统的环境病原体和寄生虫等。所应用的措施旨在通过良好的卫生或生产规范、食品安全程序或协议，或养殖场选址前的筛选来预防或减轻危害。尽管海藻行业的未来需求各不相同，但对于一些人来说，与不断变化的食品系统和危害知识发展相匹配的统一建议和协议，以及有关海藻益处和调节气候及水质的信息可能会有所帮助。
