Food safety has not been reduced by the development of science and technology

Introduction: the rapid development of modern science and technology has not effectively solved the food safety problem The application of modern biotechnology, probiotics and enzyme technology in food industry, as well as the development of new food resources, may also lead to potential new food safety problems In addition, with the progress of science and technology and the development of testing technology, the previously unknown food safety issues are now recognized by people Recently, at the China food safety and nutrition health high level forum hosted by the national food and nutrition advisory committee, some experts from agriculture, health, inspection and quarantine and other fields said that food safety is the main threat to public health at present, and also a major global problem, especially in developing countries Even in the United States, there are 81 million cases of foodborne diseases and about 5000 deaths every year The incidence rate of foodborne diseases is increasing and the reporting rate is low In addition, economic globalization and the continuous growth of world food trade have brought new characteristics of foodborne diseases - rapid epidemic speed and wide range of influence Chen Junshi, a professor at the Institute of nutrition and food hygiene of the Chinese Academy of preventive medicine, believes that food safety has not been "naturally" reduced due to the development of science and technology and the progress of the food industry, and the vicious events of food safety continue in the world For example, BSE in Britain in 1996, avian influenza in Hong Kong in 1997, swine encephalitis in Southeast Asia in 1998, dioxins in Belgium and other countries in 1999, Listeria in France and milk pollution of xueyin brand in Japan in 2000, foot-and-mouth disease in Europe in the first half of 2001, etc 7ru also said that microorganisms are the most harmful to food safety, ranking first in food borne diseases and the main factor affecting food safety In 2000, the Ministry of Health received the most reports of food poisoning, bacterial food poisoning accounted for 45.8% of the total In addition, the source pollution of agricultural planting and breeding industry poses an important threat to food safety In 2000, the poisoning caused by pesticides accounted for 21% of the total number of poisoning, and the death rate accounted for 25.9% of the total number of deaths A large part of the toxic substances were caused by the use of methamidophos, difluorophos, fluoroacetamide, Tetramine and other pesticides which were banned by the state In addition to acute poisoning, chronic accumulation of pesticides and veterinary drugs will cause potential harm to human health 7ru (author:) to feed Weibo to: