Department of Agriculture, Technical Institute of Suwaria, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Department of Crime Evidence, Institute of Medical Technology Al-Mansour, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Open Vet J. 2022 Nov-Dec;12(6):1018-1026. doi: 10.5455/OVJ.2022.v12.i6.30. Epub 2022 Dec 20.
Meat is a perishable product that has a short shelf life and can be ruined easily if the proper preservation measures are not employed. It is difficult to control all potential sources of microbial contamination due to the complexity of the habitats present during the pre-harvest, harvest, and post-harvest stages of the food supply chain. This is due to the fact that contamination can occur at any stage. As a consequence of this, the food industry is perpetually at risk of being tainted by microorganisms, notwithstanding the progress that has been made in contemporary technology. Antibiotic usage has exacerbated the problem, leading to the emergence of infections transmitted by antibiotic-resistant foods. It's critical to work on novel ways to reduce microbial contamination in meat and in the meat processing environment. Therefore, to assure the wholesomeness of the finished product, several control procedures must be adopted throughout the food manufacturing and processing chain. Because of this, bacteriophages and the derivatives of these viruses have arisen as an innovative, significant, and risk-free option for the prevention, treatment, and/or elimination of such pollutants in a variety of foodstuff handling environments. So, the focus of this review was on the future potential of integrated phage, modified phage, and their derivatives as antimicrobials in the traditional farm-to-table setting, which encompasses areas like primary production, post-harvest processing, bio-sanitation, and bio-detection. In addition to presenting certain safety concerns. Also, this paper discusses how to assure the safe and successful use of bacteriophages in the future.
肉是一种易腐产品,如果不采取适当的保存措施,其保质期很短,很容易损坏。由于食品供应链的收获前、收获中和收获后阶段的栖息地复杂,很难控制所有潜在的微生物污染源。这是因为污染可能发生在任何阶段。因此,尽管当代技术取得了进步,但食品工业始终存在被微生物污染的风险。抗生素的使用使问题更加严重,导致了由抗生素耐药食品传播的感染。必须致力于研究减少肉中和肉类加工环境中微生物污染的新方法。因此,为了确保成品的健康安全,必须在整个食品制造和加工链中采用多种控制程序。因此,噬菌体及其衍生物作为一种创新、重要且无风险的选择,已经出现在各种食品处理环境中,用于预防、治疗和/或消除此类污染物。因此,本次综述的重点是整合噬菌体、修饰噬菌体及其衍生物在传统的从农场到餐桌环境中的未来潜在应用,其中包括初级生产、收获后加工、生物卫生和生物检测等领域。除了提出某些安全问题外,本文还讨论了如何确保未来噬菌体的安全和成功使用。