An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

National Agricultural Library
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Human Nutrition and Food Safety
  3. Research Publications (Food Safety)

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.

Displaying 151 - 175 of 178

  1. Coatings in food contact materials: Potential source of genotoxic contaminants?

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: August 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 106, Part A

      Author(s): Birgit Mertens, M. Van Bossuyt, S. Fraselle, M.N. Blaude, T. Vanhaecke, V. Rogiers, L. Verschaeve, E. Van Hoeck

  2. Risk assessment of methylmercury in five European countries considering the national seafood consumption patterns

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: June 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 104

      Author(s): Silke Jacobs, Isabelle Sioen, Liesbeth Jacxsens, José L. Domingo, Jens J. Sloth, António Marques, Wim Verbeke

      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 137: An On-Site, Ultra-Sensitive, Quantitative Sensing Method for the Determination of Total Aflatoxin in Peanut and Rice Based on Quantum Dot Nanobeads Strip

    • Toxins

    • An on-site, ultra-sensitive, and quantitative sensing method was developed based on quantum dot nanobeads (QDNBs) and a test strip for the determination of total aflatoxins (AFTs) in rice and peanuts. The monoclonal antibody against AFT (mAbAFT) was homemade and labeled with QDNB. After the pre-coating of the AFT antigen on the test line (T line), the competitive immunoreactions were conducted between AFT and AFT antigen on the T line with QDNBs-mAbAFT.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  4. A screening study of elemental composition in 12 marketable mushroom species accessible in Poland

    • European Food Research and Technology

    • Abstract

  5. Safety assessment of contaminants of emerging concern in seafood: Contributions of the ECsafeSEAFOOD project

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 6 March 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Marques António, Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz, Kit Granby







  6. Preliminary assessment on the bioaccessibility of contaminants of emerging concern in raw and cooked seafood

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 13 February 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Ricardo N. Alves, Ana L. Maulvault, Vera L. Barbosa, Sara Cunha, Christiaan J.A.F. Kwadijk, Diana Álvarez-Muñoz, Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz, Òscar Aznar-Alemany, Ethel Eljarrat, Damià Barceló, Margarita Fernandez-Tejedor, Alice Tediosi, António Marques

      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Effects of industrial processing on essential elements and regulated and emerging contaminant levels in seafood

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 9 February 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Rie Romme Rasmussen, Annette Bøge Søndergaard, Niels Bøknæs, Tommy Licht Cederberg, Jens Jørgen Sloth, Kit Granby

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Toxins, Vol. 9, Pages 57: Optimization for the Production of Deoxynivalenoland Zearalenone by Fusarium graminearum UsingResponse Surface Methodology

    • Toxins

    • Fusarium mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN) are the mostcommon contaminants in cereals worldwide, causing a wide range of adverse health effects onanimals and humans. Many environmental factors can affect the production of these mycotoxins.Here, we have used response surface methodology (RSM) to optimize the Fusarium graminearumstrain 29 culture conditions for maximal toxin production.

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  9. Exploration of the phycoremediation potential of Laminaria digitata towards diflubenzuron, lindane, copper and cadmium in a multitrophic pilot-scale experiment

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 1 February 2017
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Patrícia Anacleto, Freek H.M. van den Heuvel, C. Oliveira, Rie R. Rasmussen, José O. Fernandes, Jens J. Sloth, Vera Barbosa, Ricardo N. Alves, António Marques, Sara C. Cunha

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants
      • Pesticide residues

  10. miRNAs as common regulators of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β pathway in the preeclamptic placenta and cadmium-treated trophoblasts: Links between the environment, the epigenome and preeclampsia

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: December 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 98, Part A

      Author(s): Samira A. Brooks, Elizabeth Martin, Lisa Smeester, Matthew R. Grace, Kim Boggess, Rebecca C. Fry

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  11. Year-Round Monitoring of Contaminants in Neal and Rogers Creeks, Hood River Basin, Oregon, 2011-12, and Assessment of Risks to Salmonids

    • PLOS ONE

    • Whitney B. Hapke, Jennifer L. Morace, Elena B. Nilsen, David A. Alvarez, Kevin Masterson

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Non-destructive detection of mycotoxins in maize kernels using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: December 2016
      , Volume 70

      Author(s): L. Smeesters, W. Meulebroeck, S. Raeymaekers, H. Thienpont

  13. European alerting and monitoring data as inputs for the risk assessment of microbiological and chemical hazards in spices and herbs

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: November 2016
      , Volume 69

      Author(s): J.L. Banach, I. Stratakou, H.J. van der Fels-Klerx, H.M.W. den Besten, M.H. Zwietering

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  14. Antioxidant power as biochemical endpoint in bread for screening and early managing quality and toxicant-related safety anomalies in food production

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 10 May 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Roberto Dragone, Laura Ermilov, Gerardo Grasso, Silvia Maggioni, Alberto Mantovani, Chiara Frazzoli

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  15. Characterization of the contribution of buccal absorption to internal exposure to bisphenol A through the diet

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 14 April 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Davy Guignard, Glenn Gauderat, Véronique Gayrard, Marlène Z. Lacroix, Nicole Picard-Hagen, Sylvie Puel, Pierre-Louis Toutain, Catherine Viguié

      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Are Biometric Parameters Helpful to Assess the Health Risk of Consuming Organochlorine Compounds Contaminated Silver European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)?

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  17. Toxins, Vol. 8, Pages 40: Teratogenicity of Ochratoxin A and the Degradation Product, Ochratoxin α, in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo Model of Vertebrate Development

    • Toxins

    • Ochratoxins, and particularly ochratoxin A (OTA), are toxic fungal-derived contaminants of food and other agricultural products. Growing evidence supports the degradation of OTA by chemical, enzymatic and/or microbial means as a potential approach to remove this mycotoxin from food products. In particular, hydrolysis of OTA to ochratoxin α (OTα) and phenylalanine is the presumptive product of degradation in most cases.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Burden of disease of dietary exposure to acrylamide in Denmark

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 2 February 2016
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Lea Sletting Jakobsen, Kit Granby, Vibeke Kildegaard Knudsen, Maarten Nauta, Sara Monteiro Pires, Morten Poulsen

      • Chemical contaminants

  19. When Vacant Lots Become Urban Gardens: Characterizing the Perceived and Actual Food Safety Concerns of Urban Agriculture in Ohio

    • Journal of Food Protection

    • This study was intended to characterize the perceived risks of urban agriculture by residents of four low-income neighborhoods in which the potential exists for further urban agriculture development and to provide data to support whether any chemical hazards and foodborne pathogens as potential food safety hazards were present. Sixty-seven residents participated in focus groups related to environmental health, food security, and urban gardening.

  20. Human dietary exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: A review of the scientific literature

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 9 October 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): José L. Domingo, Martí Nadal

      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Identification of Baltic Sea salmon based on PCB and dioxin profiles

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: March 2016
      , Volume 61

      Author(s): Søren Sørensen, Kirsten H. Lund, Tommy L. Cederberg, Nicolai Z. Ballin

      • Dioxins
      • Chemical contaminants

  22. Hazard identification of cis/trans-zearalenone through the looking-glass

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 25 September 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology
      Author(s): Luca Dellafiora, Gianni Galaverna, Chiara Dall'Asta, Pietro Cozzini

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  23. Risk analysis of main mycotoxins occurring in food for children: An overview

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: October 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 84
      Author(s): Assunta Raiola, Gian Carlo Tenore, Lara Manyes, Giuseppe Meca, Alberto Ritieni

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  24. A Rapid Sample Preparation Method for the Determination of Cadmium and Lead in Spinach and Artichoke Leaves Using Ozone

    • American Journal of Food Science and Technology

    • A novel method for sample preparation using an ozone-based process was optimized for the determination of Cd and Pb using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET-AAS). Advanced oxidation processes, which involve the in situ generation of highly potent chemical oxidants, are a promising technology to accelerate the oxidation at room temperature and the degradation of organic matter. A certified reference material of spinach leaves was used to evaluate the methodology.

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  25. PFOS and PFOA in cereals and fish: Development and validation of a high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method

    • Food Control

    • Publication date: January 2016
      , Volume 59
      Author(s): Valentina Ciccotelli , Maria Cesarina Abete , Stefania Squadrone