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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. A plasmid-borne system to assess the excision and integration of Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) mediated by CcrA and CcrB

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • Resistance to methicillin and other β-lactam antibiotics in staphylococci is due to mecA, which is carried on a genomic island, SCCmec. The chromosomal excision and integration of SCCmec is mediated by the site-specific recombinases CcrAB or CcrC encoded within this element. A plasmid-borne system was constructed to assess the activities of CcrA and CcrB in the excision and integration of SCCmec in Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The excision frequency in E.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Potential impacts of climate change on veterinary medicinal residues in livestock produce: An island of Ireland perspective††This paper is one of a series of reviews on “Climate Change and Food Safety – an Island of Ireland perspective”.

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: July 2015
      Trends in Food Science & Technology, Volume 44, Issue 1
      Author(s): Kevin M. Cooper , Connor McMahon , Ian Fairweather , Christopher T. Elliott

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Dynamic Response of Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 to BP Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil [Biodegradation]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • We investigated the response of the hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 to crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill, using substrate depletion, genomic, and proteome analyses. M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 cultures were incubated with BP DWH crude oil, and proteomes and degradation of alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analyzed at four time points over 30 days.

      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Acrylamide in Chips and French Fries: a Novel and Simple Method Using Xanthydrol for Its GC-MS Determination

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Validation of a QuEChERS-Based Gas Chromatographic Method for Multiresidue Pesticide Analysis in Fresh Peppermint Including Studies of Matrix Effects

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. A chemometric processing-factor-based approach to the determination of the fates of five pesticides during apple processing

    • LWT

    • Publication date: October 2015
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 63, Issue 2
      Author(s): Minmin Li , Yanan Liu , Bei Fan , Jia Lu , Yan He , Zhiqiang Kong , Yulong Zhu , Qiu Jian , Fengzhong Wang

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Evaluation of the contamination of spirits by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using ultrasound-assisted emulsification microextraction coupled to gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 January 2016
      , Volume 190
      Author(s): Juan Ignacio Cacho , Natalia Campillo , Pilar Viñas , Manuel Hernández-Córdoba

      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Differential degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures by indigenous microbial assemblages in soil

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Environmental contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) typically occurs as mixtures of compounds. In this study, the response of indigenous soil bacterial and fungal communities to mixtures containing phenanthrene, fluoranthene and benzo(a)pyrene in various combinations was examined using molecular fingerprinting techniques and quantification of a key PAH degradative gene. Results were compared to a parallel study by Sawulski et al.

      • Chemical contaminants

  9. Comprehensive chemical characterization of Rapé tobacco products: Nicotine, un-ionized nicotine, tobacco-specific N′-nitrosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and flavor constituents

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 82
      Author(s): Stephen B. Stanfill , André Luiz Oliveira da Silva , Joseph G. Lisko , Tameka S. Lawler , Peter Kuklenyik , Robert E. Tyx , Elizabeth H. Peuchen , Patricia Richter , Clifford H. Watson

      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Detection of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in smoked buffalo mozzarella cheese produced in Campania Region (Italy)

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • E. Fasano, F. Esposito, G. Scognamiglio, T. Cirillo Smoked mozzarella is obtained through traditional smoking techniques or the use of liquid smoke. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) may be produced during the organic matrix combustion.

      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Speciation of AsIII and AsV in fruit juices by dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction and hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 January 2016
      , Volume 190
      Author(s): Guoxin Lai , Guoying Chen , Tuanwei Chen

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. The existence of optimistic bias about foodborne disease by food handlers and its association with training participation and food safety performance

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: September 2015
      , Volume 75
      Author(s): Diogo Thimoteo da Cunha , Anna Rafaela Cavalcante Braga , Estevão de Camargo Passos , Elke Stedefeldt , Veridiana Vera de Rosso

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  13. New small-molecule inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase inhibit Streptococcus mutans

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Publication date: Available online 8 May 2015

      Author(s): Qiong Zhang , Thao Nguyen , Megan McMichael , Sandanandan Velu , Jing Zou , Xuedong Zhou , Hui Wu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Application of HPLC–DAD after SPE/QuEChERS with ZrO2-based sorbent in d-SPE clean-up step for pesticide analysis in edible oils

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 January 2016
      , Volume 190
      Author(s): Tomasz Tuzimski , Tomasz Rejczak

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  15. Colorimetric and fluorescence quenching aptasensors for detection of streptomycin in blood serum and milk based on double-stranded DNA and gold nanoparticles

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 January 2016
      , Volume 190
      Author(s): Ahmad Sarreshtehdar Emrani , Noor Mohammad Danesh , Parirokh Lavaee , Mohammad Ramezani , Khalil Abnous , Seyed Mohammad Taghdisi

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Flutriafol and pyraclostrobin residues in Brazilian green coffees

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 January 2016
      , Volume 190
      Author(s): Luiz Alberto Bandeira de Oliveira , Henrique Poltronieri Pacheco , Rodrigo Scherer

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  17. Biosynthesis of tannase from cashew testa using Aspergillus niger MTCC5889 by solid state fermentation

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  18. Analysis of total glucosinolates and chromatographically purified benzylglucosinolate in organic and conventional vegetables

    • LWT

    • Publication date: January 2013
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 50, Issue 1
      Author(s): Maria Rosecler Miranda Rossetto , Tânia Mizuzo Shiga , Fabio Vianello , Giuseppina Pace Pereira Lima

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  19. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coffee brew: Influence of roasting and brewing procedures in two Coffea cultivars

    • LWT

    • Publication date: March 2013
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 50, Issue 2
      Author(s): Silvia A.V. Tfouni , Camila S. Serrate , Fernanda M. Leme , Monica C.R. Camargo , Camila R.A. Teles , Kátia M.V.A.B. Cipolli , Regina P.Z. Furlani

      • Chemical contaminants

  20. High pressure treatments accelerate changes in volatile composition of sulphur dioxide-free wine during bottle storage

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 December 2015
      , Volume 188
      Author(s): Mickael C. Santos , Cláudia Nunes , M. Angélica M. Rocha , Ana Rodrigues , Sílvia M. Rocha , Jorge A. Saraiva , Manuel A. Coimbra

      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Acrylamide inhibits cellular differentiation of human neuroblastoma and glioblastoma cells

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 82
      Author(s): Jong-Hang Chen , Chin-Cheng Chou

      • Chemical contaminants

  22. A Modified QuEChERS Sample Preparation Method for Simultaneous Determination of 62 Pesticide Residues in Edible Fungi Using Gas Chromatography–Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Combined 17β-Estradiol with TCDD Promotes M2 Polarization of Macrophages in the Endometriotic Milieu with Aid of the Interaction between Endometrial Stromal Cells and Macrophages

    • PLOS ONE

    • Yun Wang, Hong Chen, NingLing Wang, HaiYan Guo, Yonglun Fu, Songguo Xue, Ai Ai, Qifeng Lyu, Yanping Kuang

      • Dioxins
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters for thermal denaturation of ovine milk lactoferrin determined by its loss of immunoreactivity

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • Publication date: Available online 7 May 2015

      Author(s): F. Navarro , S. Harouna , M. Calvo , M.D. Pérez , L. Sánchez

      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Identification of Anthraquinone-Degrading Bacteria in Soil Contaminated with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons [Biodegradation]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Quinones and other oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (oxy-PAHs) are toxic and/or genotoxic compounds observed to be cocontaminants at PAH-contaminated sites, but their formation and fate in contaminated environmental systems have not been well studied. Anthracene-9,10-dione (anthraquinone) has been found in most PAH-contaminated soils and sediments that have been analyzed for oxy-PAHs.

      • Chemical contaminants