Mather, Alison E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6513-3515
Gilmour, Matthew W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6005-3628
Reid, Stuart W. J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6872-9071
French, Nigel P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6334-0657
Article History
Accepted: 16 April 2024
First Online: 24 May 2024
Competing interests
: International Patent Application No. PCT/GB2023/050906 entitled “Determination and quantification of the microbial communities and antimicrobial resistance genes on food” in the name of Quadram Institute Bioscience has been filed (priority date 05/04/2022) and is currently in the international phase; A.E.M. is an inventor. This relates to the aspect of the Review where it is mentioned that the potential detection of pathogens through metagenomics can be affected by the amount of contaminating host DNA and sequencing depth. N.P.F. is a member of the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) and an Emeritus Director of the New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre. Both organizations receive support from the food industry and government agencies. Both roles are unpaid and advisory, and related to food safety research, and neither organization influenced the content contributed by N.P.F. to the Review. The other authors declare no competing interests.