Research Publications (Food Safety)

Journal of Food Safety, EarlyView. Shrimp is one of the most important aquatic products in the world. Early detection, prevention, and treatment of shrimp pathogens is important. One major shrimp pathogen, Vibrio parahaemolyticus causes acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (VPAHPND) has been studied, but research into pathogen detection needs to be strengthened.

Journal of Food Safety, Volume 41, Issue 6, December 2021.

Journal of Food Safety, EarlyView. Vibrio vulnificus is one of the major cause of foodborne illness related to seafood consumption. This study aimed to develop monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to enable rapid detection and monitoring food contamination of this pathogen. Five groups of MAbs against V. vulnificus were generated from a mouse immunized with a clinical isolate of V. vulnificus, heat and formalin-inactivated whole cells. The first two groups of MAbs were species-specific to V.

A strip test for the detection of all serotypes of Vibrio cholerae was developed. Detection limit of the bacterium in seafood samples was 107 CFU/ml. The sensitivity could be improved to 1 CFU/ml after pre‐incubation in APW for 24 h. Due to its simplicity and rapidity, the sample could be directly tested at point of care.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the most hazardous pathogens causing seafood‐borne diseases in the southern Fujian coast, China. From June to October 2016, a total of 250 samples were collected from retail markets in the Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou regions. Seventy‐seven V. parahaemolyticus isolates were identified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Then, molecular typing was performed using repetitive extragenic palindromic‐PCR (REP‐PCR).

Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) cells were able to recover at 25°C, but their recovery extent was affected by the types of prestressed treatment and strain. Cold‐stressed, and tetracycline‐resistant Vibrio cells were more rapidly converted to VBNC state than nonstressed cells. V. cholerae has a higher risk than V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus in frozen seafood.

The combination of nisin, EDTA, and sulfite at a low dose of 0.625% exhibited higher antimicrobial activity than did a high dose of sulfite (1.25%) for shrimp preservation. Based on aerobic bacteria counts, psychrotrophic bacteria, and TVB‐N, shrimp treatment with combination of nisin, EDTA, and low‐dose sulfite were still acceptable within 10 days of storage.

This research aimed to determine microbiological and chemical quality of different types of salted pearl mullet (Chalcalburnus tarichi Pallas, 1811). Samples of salted pearl mullet (C. tarichi Pallas, 1811), produced by six different methods, were obtained from three different local producers at the end of the hunting season of 2016 and 2017 (May–June) with wooden boxes, plastic cans, or in bottom perforated plastic cans.

In this study, the antibacterial properties of Pimpinella anisum essential oil (PAO) were evaluated against six food‐related bacteria. Afterward, the effects of different concentrations of PAO on microbial, chemical, and organoleptic properties of minced beef were evaluated during refrigerated storage.

The mechanisms of inactivation against Gram‐negative bacteria (GNB) including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Gram‐positive bacteria (GPB) involving Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus, by dielectric barrier discharge cold atmospheric plasma were elucidated. Both GNB and GPB were exposed to treatment with cold plasma produced from argon/oxygen mixture (90:10) as the working gas for different treatment times (1, 2.5, and 5 min).

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Journal of Food Safety, EarlyView.

Journal of Food Safety, EarlyView.

Journal of Food Safety, EarlyView.

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an important seafood-borne pathogen. V. parahaemolyticus carrying either tdh or trh or both genes is considered a pathogenic strain. The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence and concentration of V. parahaemolyticus in shrimp processed in a factory using most probable number (MPN) combined with either polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) techniques.