Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2INen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.creator.identifierPadmakumar Varijakshapanicker: 0000-0003-2916-3746en_US
cg.creator.identifierRam Pratim Deka: 0000-0002-8120-224Xen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100403en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1660-4601en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriPIGSen_US
cg.volume11en_US
dc.contributor.authorFahrion, Anna S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJamir, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRicha, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBegum, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRutsa, V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAo, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorVarijakshapanicker, Padmakumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorDeka, Ram Pratimen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-12T11:22:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-01-12T11:22:00Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/34316en_US
dc.titleFood-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human healthen_US
dcterms.abstractPork 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.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2013-12-24en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFahrion 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.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 403-417en_US
dcterms.issued2014-01-15en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0en_US
dcterms.publisherMDPIen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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