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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. Analytical Method Validation and Rapid Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Cocoa Butter Using HPLC-FLD

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Combination of Vortex-Assisted Liquid–Liquid Extraction and Air-Assisted Liquid–Liquid Microextraction for the Extraction of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol B in Canned Doogh Samples

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Evaluation of mineral bioavailability and heavy metal content in indigenous food plant wild yams ( Dioscorea spp.) from Koraput, India

    • Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • Abstract

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  4. [ASAP] Evaluation of Estrogenic Activity of Novel Bisphenol A Alternatives, Four Bioinspired Bisguaiacol F Specimens, by in Vitro Assays

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • Alternatives to bisphenol A (BPA), such as lignin-inspired bisguaiacol F (BGF), are of interest for food contact materials due to increasing evidence of estrogenic activity (EA) and exposure-correlated harmful effects of BPA and its analogues. BGF has similar thermal and mechanical properties to BPA, but contains additional methoxy substituents that may significantly reduce its endocrine disruption potential.

      • Chemical contaminants

  5. The risk of chlorpropham cross-contamination of grain in potato stores.

    • Food Control

    • Available online 26 October 2018

      Author(s): Leisa Douglas, Gillian MacKinnon, Gordon Cook, Harry Duncan, Adrian Briddon, Steven Seamark

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. Acrylamide content in French fries prepared in food service establishments

    • LWT

    • Publication date: February 2019

      Source: LWT, Volume 100

      Author(s): Marta Mesias, Cristina Delgado-Andrade, Francisca Holgado, Francisco J. Morales

      • Chemical contaminants

  7. [ASAP] Rinsing Tea before Brewing Decreases Pesticide Residues in Tea Infusion

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • Rinsing dried tea leaves before brewing is a traditional way of preparing rolled oolong tea in China. This study analyzes how rinsing green, black, and oolong tea before brewing affects the levels of pesticide residues in the tea infusion.

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Evidence from mutational analysis for a single transmembrane substrate binding site in the histidine ATP-binding cassette transporter of Salmonella enterica serovar

    • Journal of Bacteriology

    • The histidine ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is among the best-studied type I ABC import systems. The transporter consists of two transmembrane subunits, HisQ and HisM, and a homodimer of the nucleotide-binding subunit, HisP. Substrates are delivered by two periplasmic solute binding proteins, HisJ and LAO, with preferences for histidine and lysine, arginine, ornithine, respectively.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Salmonella

  9. In vitro adsorption mechanism of acrylamide by lactic acid bacteria

    • LWT

    • Publication date: Available online 20 October 2018

      Source: LWT

      Author(s): Yu Shen, Sijia Zhao, Xiaoduo Zhao, Hongyang Sun, Meili Shao, Honghua Xu

      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Impact of drivers of change, including climatic factors, on the occurrence of chemical food safety hazards in fruits and vegetables: a Bayesian Network approach

    • Food Control

    • Available online 13 October 2018

      Author(s): Yamine Bouzembrak, Hans J.P. Marvin

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. [ASAP] Novel Maillard Pigment, Furpenthiazinate, Having Furan and Cyclopentathiazine Rings Formed by Acid Hydrolysis of Protein in the Presence of Xylose or by Reaction between Cysteine and Furfural under Strongly Acidic Conditions

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • A novel Maillard pigment having partial structures of furan and cyclopentathiazine, named furpenthiazinate, was isolated and identified. Although this pigment was found in an acid hydrolysate of a Maillard reaction solution between soy protein and xylose, the same pigment was also formed by the Maillard reaction under strongly acidic conditions between soy protein and xylose and cysteine and furfural.

      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Enantioselective Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Dehalococcoides mccartyi CG1 [Biodegradation]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Reductive dehalogenation mediated by organohalide-respiring bacteria plays a critical role in the global cycling of organohalides. Nonetheless, information on the dehalogenation enantioselectivity of organohalide-respiring bacteria remains limited. In this study, we report the enantioselective dechlorination of chiral polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by Dehalococcoides mccartyi CG1.

      • Chemical contaminants

  13. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Degradation Pathways of the Obligate Marine PAH Degrader Cycloclasticus sp. Strain P1 [Biodegradation]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Bacteria play an important role in the removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from polluted environments. In marine environments, Cycloclasticus is one of the most prevalent PAH-degrading bacterial genera. However, little is known regarding the degradation mechanisms for multiple PAHs by Cycloclasticus. Cycloclasticus sp. strain P1 was isolated from deep-sea sediments and is known to degrade naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene, and other aromatic hydrocarbons.

      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Synergistic Microbicidal Effect of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides and Teicoplanin against Planktonic and Biofilm-Encased Staphylococcus aureus

    • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

    • Available online 10 October 2018

      Author(s): Bruce C. Koppen, Patrick P.G. Mulder, Leonie de Boer, Martijn Riool, Jan W. Drijfhout, Sebastian A.J. Zaat

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Heavy Metals
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  15. [ASAP] Influences of Light Intensity and ß-Carotene on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Aldehydes in Vegetable Oil: A Case Study Using Palm Oil

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • This study investigated the effects of three light intensities on four types of palm oils during consecutive storage for 12 months at 4 °C. The concentrations of 4-hydroxy-2-trans-hexenal (4-HHE), 4-hydroxy-2-trans-nonenal (4-HNE), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)4, and PAH8 in the oils significantly increased with the increasing light intensity after storage.

      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Bisphenol A exhibits cytotoxic or genotoxic potential via oxidative stress-associated mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in murine macrophages

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 9 October 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Fu-Mei Huang, Yu-Chao Chang, Shiuan-Shinn Lee, Yung-Chyuan Ho, Ming-Ling Yang, Hui-Wen Lin, Yu-Hsiang Kuan

      • Chemical contaminants

  17. Successive detection of benzoic acid and total parabens in foodstuffs using mercaptosuccinic acid capped cadmium telluride quantum dots

    • Food Control

    • Available online 8 October 2018

      Author(s): Kanlaya Prapainop, Wid Mekseriwattana, Weena Siangproh, Orawon Chailapakul, Kriangsak Songsrirote

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  18. Development and validation of a ready to use cryo-EROD assay for the standardized screening of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in foodstuffs

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Author(s): Walkiria Levy, Karl-Werner Schramm, Florian Mertes, Bernhard Henkelmann, Martina Maywald, Peter Uciechowski, Alexander Loa, Johannes Haedrich, Ines Thiem, Henner Hollert, Roland Goerlich, Thorsten Bernsmann, Lothar Rink Recent European regulations have indicated the need for new bioanalytical screening methods capable of monitoring dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in foodstuffs and environmental samples, cost-effectively and with a quicker turnaround.

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Dioxins

  19. In response to, “systematic review and health risk assessment of arsenic and lead in the fished shrimps from the Persian Gulf,” by Fakhri et al

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 3 October 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Matthew Dietrich

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Multiresidue Analysis of 113 Pesticides in Different Maturity Levels of Mangoes Using an Optimized QuEChERS Method with GC-MS/MS and UHPLC-MS/MS

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a New Sensitive Material for Electrochemical Determination of Trace Amounts of Tartrazine in Food Samples

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Chemical contaminants

  22. Investigation of Chlorpyrifos and Its Transformation Products in Fruits and Spices by Combining Electrochemistry and Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  23. A novel β-propeller phytase from the dioxin-degrading bacterium Sphingomonas wittichii RW-1

    • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

    • Abstract

      • Dioxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. A likely placental barrier against methylmercury in pregnant rats exposed to fish-containing diets

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 29 September 2018

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Sébastien Cambier, Masatake Fujimura, Jean-Paul Bourdineaud

      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Removal of cadmium from rice by Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation

    • Food Control

    • Available online 28 September 2018

      Author(s): Qixiao Zhai, Yue Guo, Xiaoshu Tang, Fengwei Tian, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Wei Chen

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants