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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. Development of Three Multiplex PCR Assays Targeting the 21 Most Clinically Relevant Serogroups Associated with Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Infection in Humans

    • PLOS ONE

    • Sergio Sánchez, María Teresa Llorente, María Aurora Echeita, Silvia Herrera-León

      • Shigella
      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Modelling the effect of pH, sodium chloride and sodium pyrophosphate on the thermal resistance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: March 2015
      , Volume 69
      Author(s): Vijay K. Juneja , Vasco Cadavez , Ursula Gonzales-Barron , Sudarsan Mukhopadhyay

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Tolerance of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to nisin combined with EDTA is accompanied by changes in cellular composition

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: March 2015
      , Volume 69
      Author(s): Cláudia Vieira Prudêncio , Maria Cristina Dantas Vanetti , Miguel Prieto

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. The furofuran-ring selectivity, hydrogen peroxide-production and low Km value are the three elements for highly effective detoxification of aflatoxin oxidase

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: February 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 76
      Author(s): Yuan-Zhen Wu , Fu-Pu Lu , Hai-Lan Jian , Cui-Ping Tan , Dong-Sheng Yao , Chun-Fang Xie , Da-Ling Liu

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  5. Genotoxicity of Aflatoxin B1 and Ochratoxin A after simultaneous application of the in vivo micronucleus and comet assay

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: February 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 76
      Author(s): Laura-Ana Corcuera , Ariane Vettorazzi , Leire Arbillaga , Noemí Pérez , Ana Gloria Gil , Amaya Azqueta , Elena González-Peñas , Jose Antonio García-Jalón , Adela López de Cerain

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins

  6. Virulence-associated gene pattern of porcine and human Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 4 isolates

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 2 April 2015
      , Volume 198
      Author(s): M. Schneeberger , I. Brodard , G. Overesch

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Development and validation of a predictive model for the influences of selected product and process variables on ascorbic acid degradation in simulated fruit juice

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 15 June 2015
      , Volume 177
      Author(s): Alonzo A. Gabriel , Jochelle Elysse C. Cayabyab , Athalie Kaye L. Tan , Mark Lester F. Corook , Errol John O. Ables , Cecile Leah P. Tiangson-Bayaga

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  8. Simple and efficient methodology to determine mycotoxins in cereal syrups

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 15 June 2015
      , Volume 177
      Author(s): Natalia Arroyo-Manzanares , José F. Huertas-Pérez , Laura Gámiz-Gracia , Ana M. García-Campaña

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  9. Dynamic changes of global DNA methylation and hypermethylation of cell adhesion-related genes in rat kidneys in response to ochratoxin A

    • World Mycotoxin Journal

    • Ochratoxin A (OTA), which is found in a variety of food products, is associated with the development of nephrotoxicity and carcinogenicity in rats and has raised public health concerns. A previous study in our laboratory indicated that OTA exposure induced cytotoxicity by decreasing global DNA methylation in vitro. However, the relationship between OTA-induced nephrotoxicity and DNA methylation changes in vivo remains unclear.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  10. Modelling of UV absorption in a plane photoreactor for solutions with high-patulin concentration

    • Food Research International

    • Publication date: March 2015
      , Volume 69
      Author(s): A. Garvín , R. Ibarz , A. Ibarz

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  11. Mathematical modeling to predict the fitness cost associated with triclosan tolerance in Salmonella enterica serovars

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: July 2015
      , Volume 53
      Author(s): Ulrike Rensch , Matthias Greiner , Günter Klein , Corinna Kehrenberg

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Rapid Multiple Immunoenzyme Assay of Mycotoxins

    • Toxins

    • Mycotoxins are low molecular weight fungal metabolites that pose a threat as toxic contaminants of food products, thereby necessitating their effective monitoring and control. Microplate ELISA can be used for this purpose, but this method is characteristically time consuming, with a duration extending to several hours. This report proposes a variant of the ELISA method for the detection and quantification of three mycotoxins, ochratoxin A, aflatoxin B1 and zearalenone, in the kinetic regime.

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins

  13. Impact of varying salt and fat levels on the physicochemical properties and sensory quality of white pudding

    • Meat Science

    • Publication date: May 2015
      , Volume 103
      Author(s): Susann Fellendorf , Maurice G. O'Sullivan , Joseph P. Kerry

  14. Isolation & Identification of Bacteria for the Treatment of Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus) Waste to Produce Chitinous Material

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Aims
      To isolate bacteria from soil for the purpose of microbial pre-treatment of brown crab (Cancer pagurus) shell waste and the production of chitin.

      • Bacillus cereus

  15. Distribution of sulfamonomethoxine and trimethoprim in egg yolk and white

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 July 2015
      , Volume 178
      Author(s): Nina Bilandžić , Đurđica Božić , Božica Solomun Kolanović , Ivana Varenina , Luka Cvetnić , Željko Cvetnić

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Removal of Patulin from Aqueous Solution Using Cross-Linked Chitosan Beads

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Chitosan beads were prepared by the method of inverse suspension cross-linking characterized and applied to remove patulin from aqueous solution. Batch adsorption experiments were performed to evaluate the optimum adsorption conditions and reusability. The results showed that chitosan beads were effective in removing patulin from aqueous solution. The maximum adsorption capacity of chitosan beads for patulin was 626.4 μg/g at pH 7.0, 40C for 24 h.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  17. A Novel Procedure on Vancomycin, Cephalothin and Sucrose for Isolation of Cronobacter spp. from Powdered Infant Formula

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • A novel procedure on vancomycin, α-glucosidase activity, cephalothin and sucrose for isolation of Cronobacter spp. from powdered infant formula (PIF) was developed. Meanwhile, a comparison between the new procedure, Druggan-Forsythe-Iversen (DFI) and modified lauryl sulfate tryptose (mLST) procedure was also carried out. The recovery rate is higher by the new procedure than those by DFI and mLST procedures.

      • Cronobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  18. Critical Assessment of the Time-to-Detection Method for Accurate Estimation of Microbial Growth Parameters

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • The time-to-detection (TTD) method is a rapid and high throughput approach for the estimation of microbial growth parameters (maximum specific growth rate μmax and lag phase duration λ), which relies on optical density (OD) measurements. The performance of this method depends on several factors that are often selected in an arbitrary way.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Antimicrobial Activity, Antibiotic Resistance and the Safety of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Raw Milk Valtellina Casera Cheese

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • The study involved 75 autochthonous lactic acid bacteria (LAB) obtained from Valtellina Casera Protected Designation of Origin cheese and provides data on their antibiotic resistance (AR), antimicrobial activity and safety aspects. High biodiversity was revealed, assigning the isolates to 16 species. In the curd Streptococcus thermophilus was predominant, while Enterococcus and the Lactobacillus casei group prevailed in ripened cheese.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. GA-ANN and ANFIS Models and Salmonella Enteritidis Inactivation by Ultrasound

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • In this study, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and genetic algorithm–artificial neural network (GA-ANN) models were used to predict inactivation of Salmonella enteritidis by ultrasound. The effect of amplitude levels, duty cycles and irradiation time of ultrasound on inactivation of S. enteritidis was investigated.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Partition locus-based classification of selected plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica spp.: An additional tool

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 23 January 2015

      Author(s): A. Bousquet , S. Henquet , F. Compain , N. Genel , G. Arlet , D. Decré

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Feasibility of Detecting Aflatoxin B1 on Inoculated Maize Kernels Surface using Vis/NIR Hyperspectral Imaging

    • Journal of Food Science

    • The feasibility of using a visible/near-infrared hyperspectral imaging system with a wavelength range between 400 and 1000 nm to detect and differentiate different levels of aflatoxin B1AFB1) artificially titrated on maize kernel surface was examined. To reduce the color effects of maize kernels, image analysis was limited to a subset of original spectra (600 to 1000 nm). Residual staining from the AFB1 on the kernels surface was selected as regions of interest for analysis.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  23. Changes in the Profile of Volatiles of Canned Coconut Milk during Storage

    • Journal of Food Science

    • The alteration of the profile of volatiles of canned coconut milk was monitored during storage at ambient temperatureCanned coconut milk was thermally processed (121 °C for 5 min), and then stored at ambient temperature (32 to 35 °C) for 6 mo. Volatile compounds were assessed monthly using direct solvent extraction (diethyl ether), followed by high-vacuum distillation and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis.

      • Chemical contaminants

  24. Risk-based control of food-borne pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica in the Italian fermented sausages Cacciatore and Felino

    • Meat Science

    • Publication date: May 2015
      , Volume 103
      Author(s): M. Mataragas , A. Bellio , F. Rovetto , S. Astegiano , L. Decastelli , L. Cocolin

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Multiplex PCR for detection of virulence markers of Vibrio vulnificus

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram-negative pathogen found in coastal and estuarine waters worldwide that can cause life threatening diseases. Characterization of the vcg (virulence correlated gene) or 16S rRNA alleles is used to distinguish virulent (clinical (C)-type) from presumably avirulent (environmental (E)-type) strains. However, some studies reported significant numbers of clinical strains belonging to the E-type.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens