{"title":"我们的盘子里有一点危险:烹饪用的草药和香料总是只有草药和香料吗?","authors":"Mina Janković , Ljilja Torović","doi":"10.1016/j.foodcont.2025.111390","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Herbs and spices are traditionally used to enhance the aroma of food, making it more appealing to consumers. The question is whether culinary herbs and spices are always only herbs and spices? In light of the increased awareness of food safety and environmental protection, data from the RASFF database were extracted and assessed. Among 2547 notifications related to herbs and spices recorded during 2011–2023, the majority of serious risks were attributed to pathogenic microorganisms (648) ≫ mycotoxins (468) ≫ pesticide residues (248) ≫ natural toxins ≫ allergens > food additives > environmental pollutants ≫ heavy metals, with the highest incidence found in paprika > pepper > spice mixtures > nutmeg > curry. Exceptionally worrying are carcinogenic hazards - primarily Group 1 aflatoxins and ethylene oxide, but also pyrrolizidine alkaloids, pesticide residues etc. It is of utmost importance to prioritize the food products and hazards in food safety systems, based on risk analysis, thereby enabling optimization of necessary resources and increasing the safety of our food environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":319,"journal":{"name":"Food Control","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 111390"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"A pinch of danger on our plates: are culinary herbs and spices always only herbs and spices?\",\"authors\":\"Mina Janković , Ljilja Torović\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.foodcont.2025.111390\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div>Herbs and spices are traditionally used to enhance the aroma of food, making it more appealing to consumers. The question is whether culinary herbs and spices are always only herbs and spices? In light of the increased awareness of food safety and environmental protection, data from the RASFF database were extracted and assessed. Among 2547 notifications related to herbs and spices recorded during 2011–2023, the majority of serious risks were attributed to pathogenic microorganisms (648) ≫ mycotoxins (468) ≫ pesticide residues (248) ≫ natural toxins ≫ allergens > food additives > environmental pollutants ≫ heavy metals, with the highest incidence found in paprika > pepper > spice mixtures > nutmeg > curry. Exceptionally worrying are carcinogenic hazards - primarily Group 1 aflatoxins and ethylene oxide, but also pyrrolizidine alkaloids, pesticide residues etc. It is of utmost importance to prioritize the food products and hazards in food safety systems, based on risk analysis, thereby enabling optimization of necessary resources and increasing the safety of our food environment.</div></div>\",\"PeriodicalId\":319,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Food Control\",\"volume\":\"176 \",\"pages\":\"Article 111390\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":5.6000,\"publicationDate\":\"2025-04-30\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Food Control\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"97\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956713525002592\",\"RegionNum\":1,\"RegionCategory\":\"农林科学\",\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q1\",\"JCRName\":\"FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Food Control","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956713525002592","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
A pinch of danger on our plates: are culinary herbs and spices always only herbs and spices?
Herbs and spices are traditionally used to enhance the aroma of food, making it more appealing to consumers. The question is whether culinary herbs and spices are always only herbs and spices? In light of the increased awareness of food safety and environmental protection, data from the RASFF database were extracted and assessed. Among 2547 notifications related to herbs and spices recorded during 2011–2023, the majority of serious risks were attributed to pathogenic microorganisms (648) ≫ mycotoxins (468) ≫ pesticide residues (248) ≫ natural toxins ≫ allergens > food additives > environmental pollutants ≫ heavy metals, with the highest incidence found in paprika > pepper > spice mixtures > nutmeg > curry. Exceptionally worrying are carcinogenic hazards - primarily Group 1 aflatoxins and ethylene oxide, but also pyrrolizidine alkaloids, pesticide residues etc. It is of utmost importance to prioritize the food products and hazards in food safety systems, based on risk analysis, thereby enabling optimization of necessary resources and increasing the safety of our food environment.
期刊介绍:
Food Control is an international journal that provides essential information for those involved in food safety and process control.
Food Control covers the below areas that relate to food process control or to food safety of human foods:
• Microbial food safety and antimicrobial systems
• Mycotoxins
• Hazard analysis, HACCP and food safety objectives
• Risk assessment, including microbial and chemical hazards
• Quality assurance
• Good manufacturing practices
• Food process systems design and control
• Food Packaging technology and materials in contact with foods
• Rapid methods of analysis and detection, including sensor technology
• Codes of practice, legislation and international harmonization
• Consumer issues
• Education, training and research needs.
The scope of Food Control is comprehensive and includes original research papers, authoritative reviews, short communications, comment articles that report on new developments in food control, and position papers.