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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. Differential RNA-seq of V. cholerae [Microbiology]

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • Quorum sensing (QS) is a process of cell-to-cell communication that enables bacteria to transition between individual and collective lifestyles. QS controls virulence and biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera disease. Differential RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of wild-type V. cholerae and a locked low-cell-density QS-mutant strain identified 7,240...

  2. Blue pigment in fresh cheese produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: August 2015
      , Volume 54
      Author(s): Conrado Carrascosa , Rafael Millán , Jose Raduán Jaber , Pablo Lupiola , Cristóbal del Rosario-Quintana , Cristina Mauricio , Esther Sanjuán

  3. Dietary exposure of the Belgian adult population to 70 food additives with numerical ADI

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: August 2015
      , Volume 54
      Author(s): Joris Van Loco , Stefanie Vandevijvere , Oya Cimenci , Christine Vinkx , Séverine Goscinny

  4. Stilbene phytoallexins inclusion complexes: A natural-based strategy to control foodborne pathogen Campylobacter

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: August 2015
      , Volume 54
      Author(s): Filomena Silva , Cristina Nerín , Fernanda C. Domingues

  5. A PCR procedure for the detection of Giardia intestinalis cysts and Escherichia coli in lettuce

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Giardia intestinalis is a pathogen associated with foodborne outbreaks and Escherichia coli is commonly used as a marker of faecal contamination. Implementation of routine identification methods of G. intestinalis is difficult for the analysis of vegetables and the microbiological detection of E. coli requires several days. This study proposes a PCR-based assay for the detection of E. coli and G. intestinalis cysts using crude DNA isolated from artificially-contaminated lettuce. The G.

  6. Biological Characteristics and Safety Examination of Five Enterococcal Strains from Probiotic Products

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Five enterococcal strains (Enterococcus faecalis LS15, PF03, BF10 and SL13 and Enterococcus faecium MM08) were isolated and identified from 130 probiotic products marketed in China. The determined biological characteristics were acid tolerance, bile tolerance, pepsin tolerance, trypsin tolerance, organic acid production and antimicrobial activity. Safety examination of potential virulence factors and antibiotic resistance were also performed.

  7. Development of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay Based on lmo0460 Sequence for Detection of Listeria monocytogenes

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) based on lmo0460 sequence in genome of Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) was designed for detection of L. monocytogenes, which is an important foodborne kind of pathogenic bacteria causing human and animal disease. The primers set for lmo0460 sequence encoding membrane-associated lipoprotein consist of four specific primers targeting six regions on specific fragment.

  8. Antibacterial Properties of Nutmeg Oil in Pork and Its Possible Mechanism

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • The aim of this study is to investigate the antibacterial characteristics and mechanisms of nutmeg oil. In this paper, 54 chemical compositions of nutmeg oil were analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The major volatile components of nutmeg oil were sabinene (39.12%) and alpha-pinene (11.96%).

  9. RNA-Seq Analysis Identifies New Genes Regulated by the Histone-Like Nucleoid Structuring Protein (H-NS) Affecting Vibrio cholerae Virulence, Stress Response and Chemotaxis

    • PLOS ONE

    • Hongxia Wang, Julio C. Ayala, Jorge A. Benitez, Anisia J. Silva

  10. Human exposure to mercury, lead and cadmium through consumption of canned mackerel, tuna, pilchard and sardine

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 15 July 2015
      , Volume 179
      Author(s): H. Okyere , R.B. Voegborlo , S.E. Agorku

  11. Isolation, identification and synthesis of four novel antioxidant peptides from rice residue protein hydrolyzed by multiple proteases

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 15 July 2015
      , Volume 179
      Author(s): Qiao-Juan Yan , Lin-Hua Huang , Qian Sun , Zheng-Qiang Jiang , Xia Wu

  12. InternationalHarmonization of Food Safety Assessmentof Pesticide Residues

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • This paper summarizes the development of principles and methods applied within the program of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius during the past 50 years for the safety assessment of pesticide residues in food and feed and establishing maximum residue limits (MRLs) to promote free international trade and assure the safety of consumers.

  13. Chronic Exposure to Deoxynivalenol Has No Influence onthe Oral Bioavailability of Fumonisin B1 in Broiler Chickens

    • Toxins

    • Both deoxynivalenol (DON) and fumonisin B1 (FB1) are common contaminants of feed. Fumonisins (FBs) in general have a very limited oral bioavailability in healthy animals. Previous studies have demonstrated that chronic exposure to DON impairs the intestinal barrier function and integrity, by affecting the intestinal surface area and function of the tight junctions. This might influence the oral bioavailability of FB1, and possibly lead to altered toxicity of this mycotoxin.

  14. Dual Effects Exerted in Vitro by Micromolar Concentrations of Deoxynivalenol on Undifferentiated Caco-2 Cells

    • Toxins

    • Contamination of crops used for food and feed production with Fusarium mycotoxins, such as deoxynivalenol (DON), raise important health and economic issues all along the food chain. Acute exposure to high DON concentrations can alter the intestinal barrier, while chronic exposure to lower doses may exert more subtle effects on signal transduction pathways, leading to disturbances in cellular homeostasis.

  15. Inactivation of aflatoxigenic fungi and the reduction of aflatoxin B1 in vitro and in situ using gamma irradiation

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: August 2015
      , Volume 54
      Author(s): Ksenija Markov , Branka Mihaljević , Ana-Marija Domijan , Jelka Pleadin , Frane Delaš , Jadranka Frece

  16. Aflatoxins in animal feeds: A straightforward and cost-effective analytical method

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: August 2015
      , Volume 54
      Author(s): Natalia Arroyo-Manzanares , José F. Huertas-Pérez , Ana M. García-Campaña , Laura Gámiz-Gracia

  17. Behaviour of Listeria monocytogenes in raw milk Cantal type cheeses during cheese making, ripening and storage in different packaging conditions

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: August 2015
      , Volume 54
      Author(s): C. Chatelard-Chauvin , F. Pelissier , S. Hulin , M.C. Montel

  18. Multiplex PCR system to track authorized and unauthorized genetically modified soybean events in food and feed

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: August 2015
      , Volume 54
      Author(s): Saet-Byul Park , Hae-Yeong Kim , Jae-Hwan Kim

  19. High sequence variations in the region containing genes encoding a cellular morphogenesis protein and the repressor of sexual development help to reveal origins of Aspergillus oryzae

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: 4 May 2015
      , Volume 200
      Author(s): Perng-Kuang Chang , Leslie L. Scharfenstein , Cesar D. Solorzano , Hamed K. Abbas , Sui-Sheng T. Hua , Walker A. Jones , Robert M. Zablotowicz

  20. Prediction of Cadmium content in brown rice using near-infrared spectroscopy and regression modelling techniques

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • The feasibility of prediction of cadmium (Cd) content in brown rice was investigated by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and chemometrics techniques. Spectral pretreatment methods were discussed in detail. Synergy interval partial least squares (siPLS) algorithm was used to select the efficient combinations of spectral subintervals and wavenumbers during constructing the quantitative calibration model.

  21. Effects of Pseudomonas chlororaphis and gaseous chlorine dioxide on the survival of Salmonella enterica on tomatoes

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Control of Salmonella enterica on tomatoes is important for food safety. The aim of this research was to evaluate the survival of Salmonella enterica serovars Montevideo (SM) and Typhimurium (ST) on tomatoes exposed to gaseous chlorine dioxide and Pseudomonas chlororaphis (Pc). Pc was applied to stem scars of tomatoes prior to inoculations with SM and ST. Tomatoes were treated with gaseous ClO2 at 0.4 mg L−1 for 2 and 4 h (90% R.H. 13 °C), respectively.

  22. A Role for Tn6029 in the Evolution of the Complex Antibiotic Resistance Gene Loci in Genomic Island 3 in Enteroaggregative Hemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4

    • PLOS ONE

    • Piklu Roy Chowdhury, Ian G. Charles, Steven P. Djordjevic

  23. Comparison of different ELISA protocols for the detection of IgA against influenza nucleoproteins in trachea of vaccinated chickens

    • Poultry Science

    • Vaccines targeting mucosal immunity are important for the control of infection by pathogens with mucosal portals of entry, such as avian influenza. However, reliable and effective methods for determining levels of mucosal IgA stimulated by vaccination are not well developed in poultry and are necessary for determining efficacy.

  24. Rapid determination of total aflatoxins and ochratoxins A in meat products by immuno-affinity fluorimetry

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 15 July 2015
      , Volume 179
      Author(s): Samir Mohammed Abd-Elghany , Khalid Ibrahim Sallam

  25. Sulfasalazine Attenuates Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Immune Responses

    • Toxins

    • Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and related exotoxins are important virulence factors produced by Staphylococcus aureus as they cause human diseases such as food poisoning and toxic shock. These toxins bind directly to cells of the immune system resulting in hyperactivation of both T lymphocytes and monocytes/macrophages. The excessive release of proinflammatory cytokines from these cells mediates the toxic effects of SEB.