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Climate change threatens the microbiological stability of non-refrigerated foods
dc.creator | Koutsoumanis K.P., Misiou O.D., Kakagianni M.N. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-31T08:46:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-31T08:46:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111990 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 09639969 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/75438 | |
dc.description.abstract | Most studies on the impact of climate change on foods focus on the consequences to security and safety. In the present study we provide scientific evidence on an overlooked aspect of climate change related to the microbiological stability of foods. Most microbiologically stable processed foods are contaminated with spores of thermophilic spoilage bacteria which are highly heat-resistant and can survive thermal processing. Current temperatures during distribution and storage in temperate climates do not allow growth of thermophilic bacteria to levels that can cause spoilage, ensuring their microbiological stability. Our findings suggest that the latter limiting condition can be eliminated by global warming. By assessing different global warming scenarios for 38 European cities in a case study with canned milk, we show that failing to limit the increase of global mean surface temperature below 2 °C can lead to a very high risk of spoilage and subsequently cause a collapse of the shelf-stable food chain. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.source | Food Research International | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139819871&doi=10.1016%2fj.foodres.2022.111990&partnerID=40&md5=e2b43c6da851a5ec01d04efc93591d48 | |
dc.subject | Bacteria | en |
dc.subject | Risk assessment | en |
dc.subject | Risk perception | en |
dc.subject | Spoilage | en |
dc.subject | Food spoilage | en |
dc.subject | Heat resistant | en |
dc.subject | Microbiological stability | en |
dc.subject | Non-refrigerated food | en |
dc.subject | Refrigerated foods | en |
dc.subject | Risk of spoilage | en |
dc.subject | Scientific evidence | en |
dc.subject | Thermal | en |
dc.subject | Thermophilic bacteria | en |
dc.subject | Thermophilics | en |
dc.subject | Global warming | en |
dc.subject | climate change | en |
dc.subject | fast food | en |
dc.subject | food chain | en |
dc.subject | greenhouse effect | en |
dc.subject | temperature | en |
dc.subject | Climate Change | en |
dc.subject | Fast Foods | en |
dc.subject | Food Chain | en |
dc.subject | Global Warming | en |
dc.subject | Temperature | en |
dc.subject | Elsevier Ltd | en |
dc.title | Climate change threatens the microbiological stability of non-refrigerated foods | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |
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