John S. Mackenzie • Martyn Jeggo
Peter Daszak • Juergen A. Richt
Editors

2013

Food Safety and Security, and International and National Plans for Implementation
of One Health Activities

Global health security has become a major international concern. Our population faces imminent threats to human and animal health from the emergence and re-emergence of epidemic-prone infectious diseases, linked to the significant impact that these outbreaks are already having on national and international economies. The concept and drivers of disease emergence were clearly documented 20 years ago in the Institute of Medicine’s seminal 1992 report, Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States.