Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) for food safety
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Food safety is a global concern (FAO 1996 ) and the current estimated global burden of foodborne disease from microbiological food safety problem and the related social and economic costs remain unacceptably high (WHO 2015 ). Some newly emerging tools that can be useful in managing such food safety problems have become increasingly sophisticated. Yet challenges remain in outbreak investigations, in linking illness to particular foods in ensuring the appropriate products are recalled. WGS is one of such tools that offers great potential for various food safety regulatory activities including food inspection, outbreak detection/investigation and studies on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Such benefits would significantly contribute to protecting public health and food security as it eventually saves lives and prevents economic losses and food waste from incorrect or imprecise implications of wrong products and commodities. However, while several industrialized countries have been moving forward with WGS for food safety management, its application, particularly in developing and transitional countries, is limited.