Research Publications (Food Safety)

Publication date: 2 September 2015
, Volume 208
Author(s): Cindy Smet , Eva Van Derlinden , Laurence Mertens , Estefanía Noriega , Jan F. Van Impe

Publication date: November 2015
Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 64, Issue 1
Author(s): Fatih Özogul , Çiğdem Kacar , Imen Hamed

Publication date: October 2015
, Volume 51
Author(s): P. de Boer , H. Rahaoui , R.J. Leer , R.C. Montijn , J.M.B.M. van der Vossen

Publication date: October 2015
, Volume 51
Author(s): Daniel Munther , Yaguang Luo , Jianhong Wu , Felicia M.G. Magpantay , Parthasarathy Srinivasan

Publication date: 2 September 2015
, Volume 208
Author(s): Henna Söderholm , Yağmur Derman , Miia Lindström , Hannu Korkeala

Publication date: 1 January 2016
, Volume 190
Author(s): M.S. Costamagna , I.C. Zampini , M.R. Alberto , S. Cuello , S. Torres , J. Pérez , C. Quispe , G. Schmeda-Hirschmann , M.I. Isla

The resistance patterns of Campylobacter spp. isolated from retail broiler chicken meat originating either from Estonia, Lithuania or Latvia collected in Estonia were determined. Additionally, in collaboration with the laboratories of several Estonian hospitals, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were determined for Campylobacter isolates from patients with severe Campylobacter enteric infections. The isolates were identified at the species level by the PCR method.

Tilkens, Blair L. et al. Shelf-stable, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products represent a large sector of the meat snack category in the meat and poultry industry. Determining the physiochemical conditions that prevent the growth of foodborne pathogens, namely, Staphylococcus aureus postprocessing, is not entirely clear. Until recently, pH and water activity (aw) criteria for shelf stability has been supported from the U.S. Department of Agriculture training materials.

Kim, Sang-Soon et al. Ohmic heating has proven advantages over conventional thermal processing and novel thermal alternative technologies. In this study, the effect of ohmic and conventional heating for pasteurizing skim milk and cream was examined. All treatment conditions for ohmic and conventional heating were identical except for composition of the heating chamber.

Lim, Hazel Sin Yue et al.

Cálix-Lara, Thelma F. et al.

Jackson, Emily E. et al. In 2010, two infants became ill at a hospital in Mexico. Subsequently, a range of clinical, environmental, and powdered and rehydrated infant formula isolates were identified by using a combination of phenotyping and PCR probes. The strains were clustered according to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The causative agent was reported as Cronobacter sakazakii, with powdered infant formula (PIF) identified as the likely source of the infections.

Karns, Jeffrey S. et al.

Hwang, Cheng-An et al.

Murray, Kayla et al.

Riva, Alessandra et al. Staphylococcus aureus is a known major cause of foodborne illnesses, and raw milk and dairy products are often contaminated by enterotoxigenic and antimicrobial-resistant S. aureus strains. In the present study, 35 S. aureus strains were isolated from 383 raw milk samples collected from various dairy herds in the province of Milan (northern Italy).

Weller, Daniel et al. Environmental (i.e., meteorological and landscape) factors and management practices can affect the prevalence of foodborne pathogens in produce production environments. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria species (including L.

Huang, Jingwei et al. Effective cold chain management is a critical component of food safety practice. In this study, we examined the impact of commonly encountered temperature abuse scenarios on the proliferation of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes on fresh-cut cantaloupe. Inoculated fresh-cut cantaloupe cubes were subjected to various temperature abuse conditions, and the growth of S. enterica and L. monocytogenes was determined.

Cheng, Chorng-Ming et al. Sixteen FERN (Food Emergency Response Network) member laboratories collaborated in this study to verify extension of the real-time PCR Salmonella detection method originally designed for the single-tube Cepheid SmartCycler II and validated against the Salmonella method of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Bacteriological Analytical Manual to the Applied Biosystems (ABI) 7500 FAST Real-Time PCR system multiwell plate platform.

Deng, Kai et al. A beta Poisson dose-response model for Vibrio vulnificus food poisoning cases leading to septicemia was used to evaluate the effect of depuration at 15°C on the estimated health risk associated with raw oyster consumption. Statistical variability sources included V.

Enache, Elena et al. The objective of this study was to obtain dry inocula of Salmonella Tennessee and Enterococcus faecium, a surrogate for thermal inactivation of Salmonella in low-moisture foods, and to compare their thermal resistance and stability over time in terms of survival. Two methods of cell growth were compared: cells harvested from a lawn on tryptic soy agar (TSA-cells) and from tryptic soy broth (TSB-cells).

Yoo, Sungyul et al.

Ko, Kyung Yuk et al.

Ricotta salata cheese is frequently contaminated on the surface with Listeria monocytogenesWater bath heat treatment in vacuum packed whole ricotta salata cheese wheels demonstrated to be effective in inactivating L. monocytogenes. However, the risk of cross-contamination in ricotta salata wedges is increased during cheese cutting. Therefore, the effectiveness of heat treatment in ricotta salata wedges has to be demonstrated conducting a new validation study.

Irrigation water has been implicated as a likely source of produce contamination by Salmonella enterica. Therefore, the distribution of S. enterica was surveyed monthly in irrigation ponds (n = 10) located within a prime agricultural region in southern Georgia and northern Florida.