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Vulnerabilities, Threats and Gaps in Food Biosecurity

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Practical Tools for Plant and Food Biosecurity

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The food production system throughout the European Union, which includes farm production, harvesting, transport, processing, storage, marketing and consumption, is vast, complex and open. The high volume of trade in fresh vegetables and fruits contributes to the vulnerability to contamination, whether by accident or intent. Outbreak investigation is critical to understanding the sources of contamination and the steps required to minimize it. The fact that much of the trade in these commodities is international makes it critical that mediation efforts and cooperative research cross national barriers, just as the pathogens do. Enhancing the biosecurity of food production requires assessment of the following: how is the food production system currently organized, in what ways might it be vulnerable to contamination, either accidental or deliberate, what are the primary factors that would allow discrimination between deliberate vs. accidental outbreaks, how can the epidemiological and surveillance systems in Europe be strengthened to shorten outbreak response and mediation times, how can implicated fresh produce be traced to its source, and what forensically valid subtyping method(s) is/are available for detection and discrimination of associated foodborne pathogens.

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  1. National Institute for Microbial Forensics & Agricultural Biosecurity, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

    Jacqueline Fletcher & Li Maria Ma

  2. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

    Hami Alpas, Yeşim Soyer & Filiz Yeni

  3. Fera Science Ltd, York, UK

    Christine M. Henry, Edward Haynes & Paul Robb

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    Heinz W. Dehne

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Fletcher, J. et al. (2017). Vulnerabilities, Threats and Gaps in Food Biosecurity. In: Gullino, M., Stack, J., Fletcher, J., Mumford, J. (eds) Practical Tools for Plant and Food Biosecurity. Plant Pathology in the 21st Century, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46897-6_3

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