Agri-food product quality and safety could greatly be compromised by fungi able to produce toxic metabolites as well as by the residues of the conventional means used for their control. Several pathogenic fungi can produce different metabolites of a given mycotoxin, and in some cases more than one chemical type is produced. Moreover, climate change and food-processing systems contributed increasing the occurrence of toxigenic genera. Therefore, reducing the biological/chemical risk and guarantee food safety is of paramount importance, as well as finding novel sustainable control strategies that might fit the postharvest handling and transformation phases. Within this framework, ONFOODS aims at applying omics techniques to greatly strengthen the knowledge and better understand the possible hazards of eating food contaminated by well-known toxigenic genera (Aspergillus or Penicillium), still poorly studied genera (Alternaria), or not yet recognized genera (Monilinia). Nextgeneration sequencing methods and metabolomic approaches will be used to generate data to develop assays to detect specific outbreak strains or new/ emerging pathogens and metabolites, and to understand clearly/better the mechanisms underlying the production/accumulation of different mycotoxins. Multiple mitigation solutions will be investigated and applied during the postharvest and retailing phase offering new strategies/approaches according to the “multiple-hurdle” concept.
ONFOODS: New and re-emerging risks in the food system and sustainable mitigation strategies
Incerti O.
;Celano G.;De Miccolis Angelini R. M.;Pollastro S.;Gerin D.;Rotondo P. R.;Bilen C.;Agnusdei A.;Abi Saad C.;Nigro F.;Ippolito A.;Faretra F.;De Angelis M.;Sanzani S. M.
2024-01-01
Abstract
Agri-food product quality and safety could greatly be compromised by fungi able to produce toxic metabolites as well as by the residues of the conventional means used for their control. Several pathogenic fungi can produce different metabolites of a given mycotoxin, and in some cases more than one chemical type is produced. Moreover, climate change and food-processing systems contributed increasing the occurrence of toxigenic genera. Therefore, reducing the biological/chemical risk and guarantee food safety is of paramount importance, as well as finding novel sustainable control strategies that might fit the postharvest handling and transformation phases. Within this framework, ONFOODS aims at applying omics techniques to greatly strengthen the knowledge and better understand the possible hazards of eating food contaminated by well-known toxigenic genera (Aspergillus or Penicillium), still poorly studied genera (Alternaria), or not yet recognized genera (Monilinia). Nextgeneration sequencing methods and metabolomic approaches will be used to generate data to develop assays to detect specific outbreak strains or new/ emerging pathogens and metabolites, and to understand clearly/better the mechanisms underlying the production/accumulation of different mycotoxins. Multiple mitigation solutions will be investigated and applied during the postharvest and retailing phase offering new strategies/approaches according to the “multiple-hurdle” concept.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
