Climate Change and Implications for Food Safety

This paper by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation aims to identify potential impacts of anticipated changes in climate on food safety and their control at all stages of the food chain, and thereby to increase awareness of the issue and facilitate international cooperation in better understanding the changing food safety situation and in developing and implementing strategies to address them. Food safety issues covered by the paper include: agents of food-borne disease with specific consideration of zoonotic diseases, mycotoxin contamination, biotoxins in fishery products and environmental contaminants with significance to the food chain. http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/agns/files/HLC1_Climate_Change_and_Food_Safety...