Abstract:
Food security, as part as public health protection, constitutes one of the main objectives for
countries aiming to ensure the health of all their citizens. However, food security is compromised
worldwide by conflict, political instability, or economic crises, both in developed and developing
countries. Conversely, because of the importance of agriculture to the economies of rural areas both
in developed and developing countries, this sector can contribute to improving food stability, as well
as to furthering food security. Thus, livestock and traditional meat products represent a key factor
in ensuring food availability. Overall, biosecurity measures improve animal welfare by decreasing
the occurrence of diseases that compromise the stability by causing fluctuations in the availability of
meat and animal-derived food products such as milk, eggs, or traditional fermented products. As a
consequence, an absence of biosecurity measures affects food security (in its quantitative definition,
as described above) as well as the productive, sanitary, and environmental sustainability of the
rural environment. Products of animal origin support local trade and the regional economy, while
contributing to the availability of foods without great external dependence. The manufacture of
foods of animal origin aims to create products that are durable and that maintain food availability
for long periods of time, even during seasons with scarce resources. Thus, dry-cured or fermented
meat products play an important role in food availability. Food security also refers to food access
under healthy economic conditions; therefore, knowledge of the main tools that guarantee the safety
of these kinds of food products is essential to achieving food stability and further food security
