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Bio-markers: traceability in food safety issues.

Peter Raspor1

  • 1University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Food Science and Technology Department, Ljubljana, Slovenia. peter.raspor@bf.uni-lj.si

Acta Biochimica Polonica
|September 22, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Ensuring complete food traceability requires harmonized technologies and stable biomarkers. This approach enhances food safety standards based on physiological functions, benefiting both production and consumers.

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Area of Science:

  • Food Science and Technology
  • Biomarker Development
  • Food Safety Systems

Background:

  • Current research emphasizes developing and validating technologies for complete food chain traceability.
  • Key objectives include scaling up methods, ensuring authenticity, validating labels, and applying hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) throughout food production.
  • Tracing food is complex due to diverse biomarkers, technical solutions, and varying food processing methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the scientific and technological foundations for achieving comprehensive food traceability.
  • To explore the role of stable biomarkers in tracking food from production to consumption.
  • To enable monitoring of food's physiological effects on consumers using consistent biomarkers.

Main Methods:

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  • Review of scientific literature on food traceability technologies and methodologies.
  • Analysis of biomarker stability and traceability across different food production chains.
  • Examination of technological solutions for tracking processed, semi-processed, and raw foods.

Main Results:

  • Development and validation of technologies are crucial for end-to-end food traceability.
  • Stable, traceable biomarkers are essential for monitoring food products throughout the supply chain.
  • Integrated biomarker approaches can accelerate development and allow for consumer-level monitoring of food effects.

Conclusions:

  • Harmonized technologies and stable biomarkers are fundamental for robust food traceability.
  • Biomarker research can advance food safety standards by linking them to physiological functions.
  • A unified biomarker strategy offers a faster, more comprehensive approach to food safety and quality assurance.