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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. Effects of Dry Chilling on the Microflora on Beef Carcasses at a Canadian Beef Packing Plant

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • The aim of this study was to determine the course of effects on the microflora on beef carcasses of a commercial dry chilling process in which carcasses were dry chilled for 3 days. Groups of 25 carcasses selected at random were sampled when the chilling process commenced and after the carcasses were chilled for 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 24, and 67 h for determination of the numbers of aerobes, coliforms, and Escherichia coli.

  2. Diagnostic Accuracy of Rectoanal Mucosal Swab of Feedlot Cattle for Detection and Enumeration of Salmonella enterica

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Cattle are noted carriers of the foodborne pathogen Salmonella enterica. The perceived need to decrease the potential human health risk posed by excretion of this pathogen has resulted in numerous studies examining the factors that influence Salmonella shedding in cattle.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Effectiveness of Broad-Spectrum Chemical Produce Sanitizers against Foodborne Pathogens as In Vitro Planktonic Cells and on the Surface of Whole Cantaloupes and Watermelons

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • Over the past few years, foodborne disease outbreaks linked to enteric pathogens present on cantaloupe and watermelon surfaces have raised concerns in the melon industry. This research evaluated the effectiveness of commercially available produce sanitizers against selected foodborne pathogens, both in cell suspensions and on the outer rind surface of melons.

  4. Biochemical and volatile organic compound profile of European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) and Pacific cupped oyster (Crassostrea gigas) cultivated in the Eastern Scheldt and Lake Grevelingen, the Netherlands

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Jasper van Houcke, Isabel Medina, Jozef Linssen, Joop Luten

  5. Poultry marketing controls – Inter-laboratory validation of a method to detect previously frozen chicken breasts by determination of HADH activity

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Selvarani Elahi, Paul Lawrance, Joanna Topping, Stephen Ellison, Mark Woolfe

  6. Predicting outgrowth and inactivation of Clostridium perfringens in meat products during low temperature long time heat treatment

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 6 April 2016


      Author(s): Zhi Duan, Terese Holst Hansen, Tina Beck Hansen, Paw Dalgaard, Susanne Knøchel

      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. Rapid Detection of Melamine in Tap Water and Milk Using Conjugated “One-Step” Molecularly Imprinted Polymers-Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Sensor

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Antimicrobial Activity of Nisin and Natamycin Incorporated Sodium Caseinate Extrusion-Blown Films: A Comparative Study with Heat-Pressed/Solution Cast Films

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Mycoplasma gallisepticum modifies the pathogenesis of influenza A virus in the avian tracheal epithelium

    • International Journal of Medical Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 6 April 2016


      Author(s): Hicham Sid, Sandra Hartmann, Henning Petersen, Martin Ryll, Silke Rautenschlein

      • Viruses

  10. Food safety and quality management regulatory systems in Afghanistan: Policy gaps, governance and barriers to success

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Sayed Mohammad Naim Khalid

  11. Risk evaluation of the Alternaria mycotoxin tenuazonic acid in foods for adults and infants and subsequent risk management

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Michael Rychlik, Hans Lepper, Christian Weidner, Stefan Asam

  12. Contamination levels of organophosphorus and synthetic pyrethroid pesticides in vegetables marketed in Accra, Ghana

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): G.K. Blankson, P. Osei-Fosu, E.A. Adeendze, D. Ashie

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  13. Food law compliance in developed and developing countries: Comparing school kitchens in Lincolnshire–UK and Ashanti Region of Ghana

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: October 2016
      , Volume 68

      Author(s): Patricia Foriwaa Ababio, K.D.A. Taylor, B.A. Daramola, Mark Swainson

  14. Effect of slaughterhouse and day of sample on the probability of a pig carcass being Salmonella-positive according to the Enterobacteriaceae count in the largest Brazilian pork production region

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 5 April 2016


      Author(s): Luís Gustavo Corbellini, Alfredo Bianco Júnior, Eduardo de Freitas Costa, Ana Sofia Ribeiro Duarte, Elenita Ruttscheidt Albuquerque, Jalusa Deon Kich, Marisa Cardoso, Maarten Nauta

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Resveratrol Antagonizes Antimicrobial Lethality and Stimulates Recovery of Bacterial Mutants

    • PLOS ONE

    • Yuanli Liu, Jinan Zhou, Yilin Qu, Xinguang Yang, Guojing Shi, Xiuhong Wang, Yuzhi Hong, Karl Drlica, Xilin Zhao

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Dynamic Quantification of Avian Influenza H7N9(A) Virus in a Human Infection during Clinical Treatment Using Droplet Digital PCR

    • Journal of Virological Methods

    • Publication date: Available online 4 April 2016


      Author(s): Yong Yan, Xiao-jun Jia, Heng-hui Wang, Xiao-fei Fu, Ji-mei Ji, Pei-yan He, Li-xia Chen, Jian-yong Luo, Zhong-wen Chen

      • Viruses

  17. Identification and Safety Evaluation of a Product from Biodegradation of Ochratoxin A by an Aspergillus Strain

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • ABSTRACT

      BACKGROUND

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Metagenomic Evidence of the Prevalence and Distribution Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Dairy Agroecosystems

    • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

    • Online Ahead of Print.

  19. Analysis of a Spontaneous Non-Motile and Avirulent Mutant Shows That FliM Is Required for Full Endoflagella Assembly in Leptospira interrogans

    • PLOS ONE

    • Célia Fontana, Ambroise Lambert, Nadia Benaroudj, David Gasparini, Olivier Gorgette, Nathalie Cachet, Natalia Bomchil, Mathieu Picardeau

      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. The YsrS paralog DygS has the capacity to activate expression of the Yersinia enterocolitica Ysa type III secretion system

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • The Yersinia enterocolitica Ysa type III secretion system (T3SS) is associated with intracellular survival, and, like other characterized T3SSs, it is tightly controlled. Expression of the ysa genes is only detected following growth at low temperatures (26°C) and in high concentrations of sodium chloride (290 mM) in the media. The YsrSTR phosphorelay (PR) system is required for ysa expression and likely responds to NaCl.

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  21. Global Genomic Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT104 [Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • It has been 30 years since the initial emergence and subsequent rapid global spread of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104 (MDR DT104). Nonetheless, its origin and transmission route have never been revealed. We used whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and temporally structured sequence analysis within a Bayesian framework to reconstruct temporal and spatial phylogenetic trees and estimate the rates of mutation and divergence times of 315 S.

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Use of Metagenomic Shotgun Sequencing Technology To Detect Foodborne Pathogens within the Microbiome of the Beef Production Chain [Public and Environmental Health Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Foodborne illnesses associated with pathogenic bacteria are a global public health and economic challenge. The diversity of microorganisms (pathogenic and nonpathogenic) that exists within the food and meat industries complicates efforts to understand pathogen ecology. Further, little is known about the interaction of pathogens within the microbiome throughout the meat production chain.

      • Campylobacter
      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Clostridium botulinum
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Genetic Diversity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Isolates from Conventional Broiler Flocks and the Impacts of Sampling Strategy and Laboratory Method [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • The genetic diversity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates from commercial broiler farms was examined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), with an assessment of the impact of the sample type and laboratory method on the genotypes of Campylobacter isolated. A total of 645 C. jejuni and 106 C. coli isolates were obtained from 32 flocks and 17 farms, with 47 sequence types (STs) identified.

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Simultaneous Rapid Detection and Serotyping of Cronobacter sakazakii Serotypes O1, O2, and O3 by Using Specific Monoclonal Antibodies [Methods]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Cronobacter sakazakii is a foodborne pathogen associated with rare but often lethal infections in neonates. Powdered infant formula (PIF) represents the most frequent source of infection. Out of the identified serotypes (O1 to O7), O1, O2, and O3 are often isolated from clinical and PIF samples. Serotype-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) suitable for application in enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) for the rapid detection of C. sakazakii have not yet been developed.

      • Cronobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Biofilm and Planktonic Bacterial and Fungal Communities Transforming High-Molecular-Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons [Biodegradation]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • High-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (HMW-PAHs) are natural components of fossil fuels that are carcinogenic and persistent in the environment, particularly in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). Their hydrophobicity and tendency to adsorb to organic matter result in low bioavailability and high recalcitrance to degradation. Despite the importance of microbes for environmental remediation, little is known about those involved in HMW-PAH transformations.

      • Chemical contaminants