食品夥伴網訊 據外媒報導,近期《食品添加劑與汙染物》雜誌刊登一篇關於氣候變化對食品生產系統中自然毒素形成影響的文章。文章指出食品和飼料安全將會受氣候變化的影響,包括初級農產品和海產品中的天然毒素,但迄今為止尚缺乏定量評估。
本研究旨在評估氣候變化對歐洲大陸西北部種植的穀物中黴菌毒素汙染、赤潮爆發頻率、北部海岸貝類中海洋生物毒素汙染的影響。研究重點關注小麥中脫氧雪腐鐮刀菌烯醇汙染、鰭藻屬藻類富集、腹瀉性貝類毒素汙染之間的潛在關係。本研究充分參考了現有的資料和模型,採用的模型有:全球氣候模型、區域性氣候模型、農作物氣候學模型、黴菌毒素預測模型、流體動力學模型和生態模型,模型通過將相關模型結論輸入另一模型的方式而相互結合。
此外,通過對研究領域的國家數據進行統計學數據分析後,獲得了鰭藻細胞數量、腹瀉性貝類毒素貝類和農作物耕作頻率間關聯的信息。本論文內容包括研究摘要、結論和建議。本文以2031年至2050年氣候變化預測為分析起點,研究這20年的氣候變化信息。
結果顯示,通常情況下氣候變化促使小麥提前開花和收割,小麥汙染脫氧雪腐鐮刀菌烯醇的風險提高,而鞭毛屬藻類富集的爆發頻率也隨之增加。假設鰭藻屬藻類與鞭毛屬藻類的表現相似,則將來爆發鰭藻屬藻類藻華的頻率也會增加,但對含腹瀉性貝類毒素貝類的汙染影響則不確定。氣候變化對毒素汙染存在間接影響,例如,隨著氣候變化,北歐小麥和玉米的收穫頻率預計會增加,同時穀物汙染脫氧雪腐鐮刀菌烯醇的風險提高。
風險管理人員應該考慮氣候變化對食品安全危害造成的整體影響,而非僅限於中值或平均值。此外,該研究建議以後應該密切監控黴菌毒素和海洋生物毒素的含量,特別是利於微生物產生毒素的氣候變化。而且,在數據收集、資料庫實用性和接入性方面需持續重點關注。歐洲迫切需要開展術語的統一和數據採集工作。
部分原文報導如下:
Climate change is expected to affect food and feed safety, including the occurrence of natural toxins in primary crop and seafood production; however, to date, quantitative estimates are scarce. This study aimed to estimate the impact of climate change effects on mycotoxin contamination of cereal grains cultivated in the terrestrial area of north west Europe, and on the frequency of harmful algal blooms and contamination of shellfish with marine biotoxins in the North Sea coastal zone. The study focused on contamination of wheat with deoxynivalenol, and on abundance of Dinophysis spp. and the possible relationship with diarrhetic shellfish toxins.
The study used currently available data and models. Global and regional climate models were combined with models of crop phenology, mycotoxin prediction models, hydrodynamic models and ecological models, with the output of one model being used as input for the other. In addition, statistical data analyses using existing national datasets from the study area were performed to obtain information on the relationships between Dinophysis spp. cell counts and contamination of shellfish with diarrhetic shellfish toxins as well as on frequency of cereal cropping. In this paper, a summary of the study is presented, and overall conclusions and recommendations are given.
原文連結:<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19440049.2012.714080>