Nanotechnology to the rescue: using nano-enabled approaches in microbiological food safety and quality.
Nanotechnology to the rescue: using nano-enabled approaches in microbiological food safety and quality.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.copbio.2016.11.012
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发表时间：
2017-04
影响因子：
7.7
通讯作者：
Demokritou P
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作者：
Eleftheriadou M;Pyrgiotakis G;Demokritou P
食品安全和质量保证正在进入一个新的时代。沿着食品供应链采取的干预措施必须更有效地保障公众健康和环境，必须应对众多挑战和新的消费趋势。目前用于确保食品安全和最大限度地减少微生物腐败的微生物控制方法均表现出低效。纳米技术是农业/饲料/食品行业中一个快速发展的领域。目前市场上或处于开发阶段的纳米使能方法，如抗菌食品接触表面/包装，用于快速病原体/污染物检测的纳米使能传感器和纳米递送的生物杀灭方法，显示出食品工业的巨大潜力。然而，必须在开发阶段充分评估在食品应用中使用工程纳米材料对人类健康和环境造成的潜在风险，以确保消费者接受。
Food safety and quality assurance is entering a new era. Interventions along the food supply chain must become more efficient in safeguarding public health and the environment and must address numerous challenges and new consumption trends. Current methods of microbial control to assure the safety of food and minimize microbial spoilage have each shown inefficiencies. Nanotechnology is a rapidly expanding area in the agri/feed/food sector. Nano-enabled approaches such as antimicrobial food-contact surfaces/packaging, nano-enabled sensors for rapid pathogen/contaminant detection and nano-delivered biocidal methods, currently on the market or at a developmental stage, show great potential for the food industry. Concerns on potential risks to human health and the environment posed by use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in food applications must, however, be adequately evaluated at the developmental stage to ensure consumer's acceptance.