About this Research Topic
The One Health concept acknowledges the collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary connectivity of people, animals, plants, and their shared environment to achieve optimal health outcomes. One Health approaches applied to the food supply chain propose to monitor the circuit of harmful contaminants, including zoonotic and antimicrobial-resistant pathogenic agents along the food chain from the environment, through animals and vegetables to humans. This aims to find solutions to assure food safety and security, reduce environmental pollution and the health and economic associated risks.
The rise in antibiotic-resistant diseases represents an immediate threat to global public health, requiring One Health approaches to support prompt efforts to decrease the hazards of exposure and transmission to humans. This Research Topic proposes evaluating the antibiotic resistance and virulence features of zoonotic pathogens such as:Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium perfringens, Yersinia enterocolitica, Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter spp., and Escherichia coli). To gain a better understanding of their role as reservoirs of safety-related issues for the food supply system and for animal, environmental and human health, as well as aspects that are critical for the effective treatment control of this global challenge.
The goal of this Research Topic is to provide an update regarding the transmission of antibiotic resistance and virulence from animals to humans, as well as successful One Health approaches and interventions to curb this threat. Therefore, this Research Topic welcomes both original research and review papers on the following topics:
• The dissemination of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes along the food chain.
• Biofilms and other microbial strategies for survival, colonization, persistence, and transmission.
• Role of food chain associates’ stressors on the evolution of antimicrobial resistance.
• Climate change and its implications for food safety and spoilage.
• Current food safety standards and best practices from the One Health perspective.
• Identification of risk factors, hotspots, and critical control points for AMR along the food chain.
The rise in antibiotic-resistant diseases represents an immediate threat to global public health, requiring One Health approaches to support prompt efforts to decrease the hazards of exposure and transmission to humans. This Research Topic proposes evaluating the antibiotic resistance and virulence features of zoonotic pathogens such as:Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium perfringens, Yersinia enterocolitica, Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter spp., and Escherichia coli). To gain a better understanding of their role as reservoirs of safety-related issues for the food supply system and for animal, environmental and human health, as well as aspects that are critical for the effective treatment control of this global challenge.
The goal of this Research Topic is to provide an update regarding the transmission of antibiotic resistance and virulence from animals to humans, as well as successful One Health approaches and interventions to curb this threat. Therefore, this Research Topic welcomes both original research and review papers on the following topics:
• The dissemination of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes along the food chain.
• Biofilms and other microbial strategies for survival, colonization, persistence, and transmission.
• Role of food chain associates’ stressors on the evolution of antimicrobial resistance.
• Climate change and its implications for food safety and spoilage.
• Current food safety standards and best practices from the One Health perspective.
• Identification of risk factors, hotspots, and critical control points for AMR along the food chain.
Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance, Biosecurity, Food Safety, Emerging Food Safety Threats, One Health, Toxicology, Food Safety Risks
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