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Los Contaminantes Orgánicos Persistentes (COP), conocidos internacionalmente por su acrónimo inglés POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants), son sustancias químicas con ciertas características especiales (persistencia, bioacumulación y toxicidad) que les confiere la potencialidad de ser una amenaza importante para la salud humana y el medio ambiente a nivel mundial. Es por ello, que la Comunidad Internacional ha dado pasos importantes para su regulación y control en las últimas décadas.
En este artículo se explican las estrategias diseñadas a nivel global para reducir la presencia de COPs
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26/07/2012
This article summarizes information on food allergies in the Book of Allergic Diseases recently published by the BBVA Foundation, which is mainly based on the Allergology Treaty of the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC) published in 2007. Furthermore, this article also includes information on food intolerances.
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29/06/2012
The last decade, an increase of micotoxins in food and feed has been ocurred, mainly, due to the climate change effects, which make the funghi (mycotoxin-producing) grow in field crops. Therefore, the Food Safety Agencies are dealing them as pobrable emerging risks. This article summarises the main micotoxins in food and feed, their harmful effect on human health, and measures to reduce the mycotoxins contamination.
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31/05/2012
A small brief about intelligent packaging for food.
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31/05/2012
The data presented in this summary have been extracted from the "The European Union Summary Report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food in 2010", published in March 2012, showing possible trends and current prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Spain.
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27/04/2012
The Food Safety ranks as the third environmental priority for the twenty-first century, according to the United Nations Program for Environment. In a recently published report, the need to addressed a number os challenges is remarked, otherwise it may have consequences such as increased hunger and malnutrition, depletion of marine ecosystems, increased threat of zoonotic diseases and by another type of food contamination.
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26/04/2012
In the area of livestock we have developed an article on animal diseases that are diagnosed for the first time, also called emerging diseases. Is the case of illness caused by the virus Schmallenrg.
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30/03/2012
This article presentes all the information about Schmallenberg virus
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