食品中的微生物和化学风险:公众的看法与风险排名
Kah Yen Claire Yeak1, Rallou Thomopoulos2, Philippe Palmont3
1Food Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
|November 4, 2025
概括
公众对婴儿食品安全风险的看法,包括微生物危险 (MHs) 和化学危险 (CHs),往往与科学风险评估不一致. 有针对性的沟通对于弥合这一差距至关重要,尤其是在化学风险方面.
科学领域:
- 食品安全科学 食品安全科学
- 风险评估和风险感知
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 食品安全是一个关键的公共卫生问题,微生物危害 (MHs) 和化学危害 (CHs) 构成重大风险,特别是在婴儿食品中.
- 了解公众对这些危险的看法对于有效的风险管理和沟通策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查整个欧盟的婴儿食品 (水果泥,婴儿配方) 中MHs和CHs的公共风险感知.
- 将公众的观点与科学风险排名结果进行比较.
- 识别差异,并为有针对性的沟通策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在欧洲联盟调查了3585名个人,他们对婴儿食品中MHs和CHs的风险感知.
- 公共认知数据与现有的科学风险排名结果对MHs和CHs进行比较.
- 使用相关系数 (ρ) 进行统计分析,以评估认知与科学评估之间的一致性.
主要成果:
- 公众对细菌 (如李斯特菌) 和农业污染物 (如农药) 的担忧最高,对病毒和欺诈性污染物 (如胺) 的担忧最低.
- 公众的看法与MHS的科学风险排名保持一致,但对CHs显示出显著的错位,高估了农业/包装风险,低估了环境/自然风险.
- 相关系数表明危险严重程度的对齐有限 (MHs: ρ=0.67,CHs: ρ=0.15),但对 MH 风险的对齐良好 (婴儿配方: ρ=0.70,水果泥: ρ=0.97) 和对 CH 风险的对齐不佳 (婴儿配方: ρ=-0.70,水果泥: ρ=-0.20).
结论:
- 婴儿食品中MHs和CHs的公众认知和科学风险评估之间存在重大差异,特别是在化学危害方面.
- 需要有效的沟通策略来解决公众的误解,建立信任,并促进适当的风险意识和行动.
- 有针对性的沟通,明确的科学证据展示和量身定制的信息是弥合感知风险差距的关键.
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