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One Health and the food chain: maintaining safety in a globalised industry
Author(s) -
Wall Patrick
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.g1512
Subject(s) - food safety , food chain , business , food industry , chain (unit) , public health , quality (philosophy) , marketing , environmental health , food packaging , food inspection , medicine , food science , biology , nursing , paleontology , philosophy , physics , epistemology , astronomy
In the second of Veterinary Record 's series of articles promoting One Health, Patrick Wall discusses how the health of food‐producing animals affects public health, the challenges of an increasingly complex food chain and the contribution that vets can make to improving the safety and quality of the food we eat.