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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. Evaluation of Tilmicosin Contamination in Eggs Following Its Administration to Laying Hens and Subsequent Assessment of Dietary Risks to Chinese Consumers

    • Journal of Food Science

    • In the present study, we analyzed the tilmicosin residues in eggs as well as the dietary risks posed by the residual drug to Chinese consumers. Tilmicosin was administrated to laying hens via drinking water in doses of 100 mg/L and 300 mg/L (dose 1 and dose 2) for 5 days. Its residues distribution within egg matrices were detected using a QuEChERS method coupled with liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC‐MS/MS).

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues

  2. Peptide-Based Efflux Pump Inhibitors of the Small Multidrug Resistance Protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

    • Bacteria have acquired multiple mechanisms to evade the lethal effects of current therapeutics, hindering treatment of bacterial infections, such as those caused by the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is responsible for nosocomial and cystic fibrosis lung infections. One resistance mechanism involves membrane-embedded multidrug efflux pumps that can effectively extrude an array of substrates, including common antibiotics, dyes, and biocides.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Garlic and ginger extracts modulated broiler chicks innate immune responses and enhanced multidrug resistant Escherichia coli O78 clearance

    • Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

    • Author(s): Gamal A Elmowalid, Marwa I Abd El-Hamid, Ashraf M Abd El-Wahab, Mohammad Atta, Gamal Abd El-Naser, Adel M Attia

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues

  4. A microbiological inhibition method for the rapid, broad-spectrum, and high-throughput screening of 34 antibiotic residues in milk

    • Journal of Dairy Science

    • In this study, we developed a microbiological inhibition method for the rapid screening of antibiotics in milk with Geobacillus stearothermophilus ATCC12980 as an indicator bacterium and an easy sample pretreatment.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. A multi-residue method for GC-MS determination of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals in fish and seafood from European and North African markets

    • Environmental Research

    • Publication date: Available online 5 September 2019

      Environmental Research

      Author(s): Abdelmonaim Azzouz, Laura Palacios Colón, Badredine Souhail, Evaristo Ballesteros

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. A reliable and cost-efficient TLC-HPLC method for determining total florfenicol residues in porcine edible tissues

    • Food Chemistry

    • Available online 20 August 2019

      Author(s): DanNa Zhou, YaChao Li, LingLi Huang, MingRong Qian, Dong Li, GuiZhi Sun, Bo Yang

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Simultaneous enantioselective determination of seven psychoactive drugs enantiomers in multi-specie animal tissues with chiral liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry

    • Food Chemistry

    • Publication date: 1 December 2019

      , Volume 300

      Author(s): Bolin Zhu, Shuang Li, Li Zhou, Qing Li, Xingjie Guo

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Antimicrobial residues, non-typhoidal Salmonella, Vibrio spp. and associated microbiological hazards in retail shrimps purchased in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

    • Food Control

    • Available online 10 July 2019

      Author(s): Nguyen Thi Phuong Yen, Nguyen Thi Nhung, Nguyen Thi Bich Van, Nguyen Van Cuong, Le Tran Tien Chau, Huynh Ngoc Trinh, Chu Van Tuat, Nguyen Dong Tu, Nguyen Phu Huong Lan, James Campbell, Guy Thwaites, Stephen Baker, Juan Carrique-Mas

      • Salmonella
      • Vibrio
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  9. [ASAP] Antibiotic Residues in Food: Extraction, Analysis, and Human Health Concerns

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • The abundant use of antibiotics leads to antibiotic residues in frequently consumed foods. Residual antibiotics in food may have adverse effects on humans by directly causing disease via low-dose exposure and indirect harm via antibiotic resistance. However, the current methods for antibiotic extraction and analysis in food have not yet formed a uniform standard, and only a few data exist regarding the residual antibiotic condition in various types of foods.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Determination of 60 pesticides in hen eggs using the QuEChERS procedure followed by LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS

    • Food Chemistry

    • Available online 19 June 2019

      Author(s): Nho-Eul Song, Jun Young Lee, Ahmad Rois Mansur, Hae Won Jang, Min-Cheol Lim, Yunyeol Lee, Miyoung Yoo, Tae Gyu Nam

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Rapid detection of trace methylene blue and malachite green in four fish tissues by ultra-sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy coated with gold nanorods

    • Food Control

    • Available online 17 June 2019

      Author(s): Taotao Xu, Xiaohui Wang, Yiqun Huang, Keqiang Lai, Yuxia Fan

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Pharmacophore studies of 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole nucleus: Lead compounds as α-glucosidase inhibitors

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 23 May 2019

      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Haroon Khan, Muhammad Zafar, Seema Patel, SM Mukarrum Shah, Anupam Bishayee

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Pesticide residues

  13. Microcin PDI Inhibits Antibiotic-Resistant Strains of Escherichia coli and Shigella through a Mechanism of Membrane Disruption and Protection by Homotrimer Self-Immunity [Environmental Microbiology]

    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    • Microcin PDI (MccPDI), a class IIa microcin that is produced by Escherichia coli strains 25 and 284, is known to inhibit foodborne pathogenic enterohemorrhagic E. coli serotypes O157:H7 and O26. Here we demonstrate that MccPDI can inhibit Shigella strains and E. coli isolates that are multidrug resistant, the latter including strains known to cause urinary tract infections in people and companion animals. Two exceptions out of 17 strains were identified. One of the two resistant E.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Shigella
      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Antibiotic residues

  14. Surveillance and Genomics of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 From Fish, Phytoplankton and Water in Lake Victoria, Tanzania

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Vibrio
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Pesticide residues

  15. Integrative Analyses of Long Non-coding RNA and mRNA Involved in Piglet Ileum Immune Response to Clostridium perfringens Type C Infection

    • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

    • Integrative Analyses of Long Non-coding RNA and mRNA Involved in Piglet Ileum Immune Response to Clostridium perfringens Type C Infection

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Clostridium perfringens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  16. Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry for multi-residue screening of pesticides, (veterinary) drugs and mycotoxins in edible insects

    • Food Chemistry

    • Available online 24 April 2019

      Author(s): Ellen De Paepe, Jella Wauters, Mik Van Der Borght, Johan Claes, Steve Huysman, Siska Croubels, Lynn Vanhaecke

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  17. Identification of Antibiotic Mycelia Residues in Cottonseed meal using Fourier Transform Near-infrared Microspectroscopic Imaging

    • Food Chemistry

    • Available online 26 April 2019

      Author(s): Shouxue Li, Xia Fan, Jiaqi Mei, Guanghui Shen, Lujia Han, Yang Li, Xian Liu, Zengling Yang

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  18. Analysis of antibiotic residues in raw and commercial milk in Punjab, India vis‐à‐vis human health risk assessment

    • Journal of Food Safety

    • Abstract

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues

  19. Structural and Proteomic Changes in Viable but Non-culturable Vibrio cholerae

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Aquatic environments are reservoirs of the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae O1, which causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera. Upon low temperature or limited nutrient availability, the cells enter a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state. Characteristic of this state are an altered morphology, low metabolic activity, and lack of growth under standard laboratory conditions. Here, for the first time, the cellular ultrastructure of V.

      • Campylobacter
      • Shigella
      • Vibrio
      • Antibiotic residues
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Campylobacter jejuni Demonstrates Conserved Proteomic and Transcriptomic Responses When Co-cultured With Human INT 407 and Caco-2 Epithelial Cells

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Major foodborne bacterial pathogens, such as Campylobacter jejuni, have devised complex strategies to establish and foster intestinal infections. For more than two decades, researchers have used immortalized cell lines derived from human intestinal tissue to dissect C. jejuni-host cell interactions. Known from these studies is that C. jejuni virulence is multifactorial, requiring a coordinated response to produce virulence factors that facilitate host cell interactions.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Campylobacter
      • Shigella
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Identification of a nth-Like Gene Encoding an Endonuclease III in Campylobacter jejuni

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of foodborne illnesses worldwide. As a microaerobic pathogen, C. jejuni is subjected to DNA damages caused by various stresses such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) and UV radiations. The base excision repair (BER) system plays an important role in preventing mutations associated with oxidative DNA damage, but the system remains poorly characterized in Campylobacter. In this study, a BER homolog encoded by cj0595c (named nth) in C.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  22. O-Antigen Gene Clusters of Plesiomonas shigelloides Serogroups and Its Application in Development of a Molecular Serotyping Scheme

    • Frontiers in Microbiology

    • Plesiomonas shigelloides is a Gram-negative, flagellated, rod-shaped, ubiquitous, and facultative anaerobic bacterium. It has been isolated from various sources, such as freshwater, surface water, and many wild and domestic animals. P. shigelloides is associated with diarrheal diseases of acute secretory gastroenteritis, an invasive shigellosis-like disease, and a cholera-like illness in humans. At present, 102 somatic antigens and 51 flagellar antigens of P.

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Yersinia
      • Shigella
      • Vibrio
      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Electrospun Graphene Oxide–Doped Nanofiber-Based Solid Phase Extraction Followed by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography for the Determination of Tetracycline Antibiotic Residues in Food Samples

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues

  24. Credence cues of pork are more important than consumers' culinary skills to boost their purchasing intention

    • Meat Science

    • Available online 1 April 2019

      Author(s): I. Argemí-Armengol, D. Villalba, G. Ripoll, A. Teixeira, J. Álvarez-Rodríguez

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Antibiotic residues

  25. Aptamer-Based Detection Methodology Studies in Food Safety

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Antibiotic residues
      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants