TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental and food safety of spices and herbs along global food chains
AU - Székács, András
AU - Wilkinson, Martin G.
AU - Mader, Anneluise
AU - Appel, Bernd
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - Spices and herbs, which are consumed in small quantities, but used in a wide range of foods and food products, represent a unique segment within the food sector. Moreover, being distributed as mostly in their dried, low water activity formats and associated with very complex distribution product chains, specific concerns as regards food safety apply to these particular commodities. To promote the capability of the food sector and the society to detect, respond to and prevent bio-threats, data generated from the EU FP7 project “Securing the spices and herbs commodity chains in Europe against deliberate, accidental or natural biological and chemical contamination” (SPICED) are presented thematically including: general considerations, issues of sampling, chemical and microbial contamination, and food chain and societal aspects.
AB - Spices and herbs, which are consumed in small quantities, but used in a wide range of foods and food products, represent a unique segment within the food sector. Moreover, being distributed as mostly in their dried, low water activity formats and associated with very complex distribution product chains, specific concerns as regards food safety apply to these particular commodities. To promote the capability of the food sector and the society to detect, respond to and prevent bio-threats, data generated from the EU FP7 project “Securing the spices and herbs commodity chains in Europe against deliberate, accidental or natural biological and chemical contamination” (SPICED) are presented thematically including: general considerations, issues of sampling, chemical and microbial contamination, and food chain and societal aspects.
KW - Accidental or deliberate contamination
KW - Herbs and spices
KW - Mycotoxins
KW - Pathogenic microorganisms
KW - Pesticide residues
KW - Trade network
KW - Vulnerable points
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021298794&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.06.033
DO - 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.06.033
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85021298794
SN - 0956-7135
VL - 83
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Food Control
JF - Food Control
ER -