Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health
Pork occupies an important place in the diet of the population of Nagaland, one of the North East Indian states. We carried out a pilot study along the pork meat production chain, from live animal to end consumer. The goal was to obtain information about the presence of selected food borne hazards i...
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| author | Fahrion, Anna S. Jamir, L. Richa, K. Begum, S. Rutsa, V. Ao, S. Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar Deka, Ram Pratim Grace, Delia |
| author_browse | Ao, S. Begum, S. Deka, Ram Pratim Fahrion, Anna S. Grace, Delia Jamir, L. Richa, K. Rutsa, V. Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar |
| author_facet | Fahrion, Anna S. Jamir, L. Richa, K. Begum, S. Rutsa, V. Ao, S. Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar Deka, Ram Pratim Grace, Delia |
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| description | Pork occupies an important place in the diet of the population of Nagaland, one of the North East Indian states. We carried out a pilot study along the pork meat production chain, from live animal to end consumer. The goal was to obtain information about the presence of selected food borne hazards in pork in order to assess the risk deriving from these hazards to the health of the local consumers and make recommendations for improving food safety. A secondary objective was to evaluate the utility of risk-based approaches to food safety in an informal food system. We investigated samples from pigs and pork sourced at slaughter in urban and rural environments, and at retail, to assess a selection of food-borne hazards. In addition, consumer exposure was characterized using information about hygiene and practices related to handling and preparing pork. A qualitative hazard characterization, exposure assessment and hazard characterization for three representative hazards or hazard proxies, namely Enterobacteriaceae, T. solium cysticercosis and antibiotic residues, is presented. Several important potential food-borne pathogens are reported for the first time including Listeria spp. and Brucella suis. This descriptive pilot study is the first risk-based assessment of food safety in Nagaland. We also characterise possible interventions to be addressed by policy makers, and supply data to inform future risk assessments. |
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| spelling | CGSpace343162024-06-26T09:37:22Z Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health Fahrion, Anna S. Jamir, L. Richa, K. Begum, S. Rutsa, V. Ao, S. Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar Deka, Ram Pratim Grace, Delia health Pork occupies an important place in the diet of the population of Nagaland, one of the North East Indian states. We carried out a pilot study along the pork meat production chain, from live animal to end consumer. The goal was to obtain information about the presence of selected food borne hazards in pork in order to assess the risk deriving from these hazards to the health of the local consumers and make recommendations for improving food safety. A secondary objective was to evaluate the utility of risk-based approaches to food safety in an informal food system. We investigated samples from pigs and pork sourced at slaughter in urban and rural environments, and at retail, to assess a selection of food-borne hazards. In addition, consumer exposure was characterized using information about hygiene and practices related to handling and preparing pork. A qualitative hazard characterization, exposure assessment and hazard characterization for three representative hazards or hazard proxies, namely Enterobacteriaceae, T. solium cysticercosis and antibiotic residues, is presented. Several important potential food-borne pathogens are reported for the first time including Listeria spp. and Brucella suis. This descriptive pilot study is the first risk-based assessment of food safety in Nagaland. We also characterise possible interventions to be addressed by policy makers, and supply data to inform future risk assessments. 2014-01-15 2014-01-12T11:22:00Z 2014-01-12T11:22:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34316 en Open Access MDPI Fahrion AS, Jamir L, Richa K, Begum S, Rutsa V, Ao S, Padmakumar VP, Deka RP and Grace D. 2014. Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11(1): 403-417. |
| spellingShingle | health Fahrion, Anna S. Jamir, L. Richa, K. Begum, S. Rutsa, V. Ao, S. Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar Deka, Ram Pratim Grace, Delia Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health |
| title | Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health |
| title_full | Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health |
| title_fullStr | Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health |
| title_short | Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health |
| title_sort | food safety hazards in the pork chain in nagaland north east india implications for human health |
| topic | health |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34316 |
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