Navigating the nexus: unraveling the impact of sustainability and the circular economy on food safety

Sustainable food production systems can be achieved through a circular economy, yet the whole system remains susceptible to various known, emerging, or even unknown/novel food safety hazards and contaminants. These upcycled foods can introduce related risks for human or animal health and ecological...

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Main Authors: Tauqeer Ahmad, Zahid Mehmood, Murad Ali, Janat ul Mawa, Muhammad Asim Irshad
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Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2025-03-01
Series:Italian Journal of Food Safety
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Online Access:https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/12580
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description Sustainable food production systems can be achieved through a circular economy, yet the whole system remains susceptible to various known, emerging, or even unknown/novel food safety hazards and contaminants. These upcycled foods can introduce related risks for human or animal health and ecological balance. These potential risks can be effectively mitigated by adopting integrated smart “safe-by-design” approaches. These multi-effective strategies can cascade far beyond consequences by addressing all potential food safety risks at each stage of the food supply chain, even at the post-consumption stage. Sustainability through circularity without harming food production systems can be achieved by integrating and harmonizing evidence-based risk control strategies, fostered with extensive and objective-oriented research and development and preemptive ideological relationships with relevant stakeholders. The current review aimed at addressing the possible occurrence and risks associated with potential emerging or unknown hazards/contaminants linked to various production systems, along with relevant mitigation strategies. It also highlights the importance of implementing quality control measures and safety precautions throughout the food supply chain to prevent the occurrence and propagation of hazardous substances. Agricultural production systems can be transformed into sustainable entities by vigilant monitoring of end-products quality through the use of upcycled technologies.
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spelling doaj-art-adcd28376d8649689cfafc354e459c1b2025-08-20T02:49:40ZengPAGEPress PublicationsItalian Journal of Food Safety2239-71322025-03-0110.4081/ijfs.2025.12580Navigating the nexus: unraveling the impact of sustainability and the circular economy on food safetyTauqeer Ahmad0Zahid Mehmood1Murad Ali2Janat ul Mawa3Muhammad Asim Irshad4Food and Nutrition Division, Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture, PeshawarFood and Nutrition Division, Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture, PeshawarDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, PeshawarDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, PeshawarFood and Nutrition Division, Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture, Peshawar Sustainable food production systems can be achieved through a circular economy, yet the whole system remains susceptible to various known, emerging, or even unknown/novel food safety hazards and contaminants. These upcycled foods can introduce related risks for human or animal health and ecological balance. These potential risks can be effectively mitigated by adopting integrated smart “safe-by-design” approaches. These multi-effective strategies can cascade far beyond consequences by addressing all potential food safety risks at each stage of the food supply chain, even at the post-consumption stage. Sustainability through circularity without harming food production systems can be achieved by integrating and harmonizing evidence-based risk control strategies, fostered with extensive and objective-oriented research and development and preemptive ideological relationships with relevant stakeholders. The current review aimed at addressing the possible occurrence and risks associated with potential emerging or unknown hazards/contaminants linked to various production systems, along with relevant mitigation strategies. It also highlights the importance of implementing quality control measures and safety precautions throughout the food supply chain to prevent the occurrence and propagation of hazardous substances. Agricultural production systems can be transformed into sustainable entities by vigilant monitoring of end-products quality through the use of upcycled technologies. https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/12580Food safetycircular economysustainabilityupcycled foodsfood systems
spellingShingle Tauqeer Ahmad
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Murad Ali
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Muhammad Asim Irshad
Navigating the nexus: unraveling the impact of sustainability and the circular economy on food safety
Italian Journal of Food Safety
Food safety
circular economy
sustainability
upcycled foods
food systems
title Navigating the nexus: unraveling the impact of sustainability and the circular economy on food safety
title_full Navigating the nexus: unraveling the impact of sustainability and the circular economy on food safety
title_fullStr Navigating the nexus: unraveling the impact of sustainability and the circular economy on food safety
title_full_unstemmed Navigating the nexus: unraveling the impact of sustainability and the circular economy on food safety
title_short Navigating the nexus: unraveling the impact of sustainability and the circular economy on food safety
title_sort navigating the nexus unraveling the impact of sustainability and the circular economy on food safety
topic Food safety
circular economy
sustainability
upcycled foods
food systems
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