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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. Dietary exposure of acrylamide from the fifth Chinese Total Diet Study

    • Food and Chemical Toxicology

    • Publication date: Available online 1 December 2015
      Food and Chemical Toxicology

      Author(s): Jie Gao, Yunfeng Zhao, Feng Zhu, Yongjian Ma, Xiaowei Li, Hong Miao, Yongning Wu

      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Rapid Emergence and Clonal Dissemination of CTX-M-15–Producing Salmonella enterica Serotype Virchow, South Korea

    • Emerging Infectious Diseases

    • The prevalence of cefotaxime-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Virchow has dramatically increased in South Korea since the first isolation in 2011. Of 68 isolates collected over 10 years, 28 cefotaxime-resistant isolates harbored the blaCTX-M-15 extended-spectrum β-lactamase gene and were closely related genetically, demonstrating the clonal dissemination of CTX-M-15–producing Salmonella Virchow in South Korea.

      • Bacterial pathogens

  3. Multi-Toxic Endpoints of the Foodborne Mycotoxins in Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    • Toxins

    • Aflatoxins B1 (AFB1), deoxynivalenol (DON), fumonisin B1 (FB1), T-2 toxin (T-2), and zearalenone (ZEA) are the major foodborne mycotoxins of public health concerns. In the present study, the multiple toxic endpoints of these naturally-occurring mycotoxins were evaluated in Caenorhabditis elegans model for their lethality, toxic effects on growth and reproduction, as well as influence on lifespan.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  4. Resistance of foodborne pathogen coliphages to additives applied in food manufacture

    • LWT

    • Publication date: April 2016
      Source:LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 67

      Author(s): David Tomat, Claudia Balagué, Cecilia Casabonne, Roxana Verdini, Andrea Quiberoni

      • Bacterial pathogens

  5. Assimilation, Accumulation, and Metabolism of Dinophysistoxins (DTXs) and Pectenotoxins (PTXs) in the Several Tissues of Japanese Scallop Patinopecten yessoensis

    • Toxins

    • Japanese scallops, Patinopecten yessoensis, were fed with the toxic dinoflagellate Dinophysis fortii to elucidate the relative magnitude of assimilation, accumulation, and metabolism of diarrhetic shellfish toxins (DSTs) and pectenotoxins (PTXs). Three individual scallops were separately exposed to cultured D. fortii for four days. The average cell number of D. fortii assimilated by each individual scallop was 7.7 × 105.

      • Shellfish toxins
      • Natural toxins

  6. Interaction of Citrinin with Human Serum Albumin

    • Toxins

    • Citrinin (CIT) is a mycotoxin produced by several Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Monascus species. CIT occurs worldwide in different foods and drinks and causes health problems for humans and animals. Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant plasma protein in human circulation. Albumin forms stable complexes with many drugs and xenobiotics; therefore, HSA commonly plays important role in the pharmacokinetics or toxicokinetics of numerous compounds.

  7. Risk Assessment of Deoxynivalenol by Revisiting Its Bioavailability in Pig and Rat Models to Establish Which Is More Suitable

    • Toxins

    • Due to its toxic properties, high stability, and prevalence, the presence of deoxynivalenol (DON) in the food chain is a major threat to food safety and therefore a health risk for both humans and animals. In this study, experiments were carried out with sows and female rats to examine the kinetics of DON after intravenous and oral administration at 100 µg/kg of body weight.

  8. Beneficial Influence of Short-Term Germination on Decreasing Allergenicity of Peanut Proteins

    • Journal of Food Science

    • Abstract

  9. Molecular detection and characterization of noroviruses in river water near Thailand

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  10. Temporal Variation and Association of Aflatoxin B1 Albumin-Adduct Levels with Socio-Economic and Food Consumption Factors in HIV Positive Adults

    • Toxins

    • The association between aflatoxin exposure and alteration in immune responses observed in humans suggest that aflatoxin could suppress the immune system and work synergistically with HIV to increase disease severity and progression to AIDS. No longitudinal study has been conducted to assess exposure to aflatoxin (AF) among HIV positive individuals.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  11. Biofilm formation of the L. monocytogenes strain 15G01 is influenced by changes in environmental conditions

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Jessika Nowak, Cristina D. Cruz, Jon Palmer, Graham C. Fletcher, Steve Flint

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Efficacy of a typing scheme for Campylobacter based on the combination of true and questionable CRISPR

    • Journal of Microbiological Methods

    • Publication date: December 2015
      , Volume 119

      Author(s): Inés de Cárdenas, José F. Fernández-Garayzábal, María-Luisa de la Cruz, Lucas Domínguez, María Ugarte-Ruiz, Susana Gómez-Barrero

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. Prevalence and Characterization of Salmonella Isolated from Feral Pigs Throughout Texas

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  14. Microbial dynamics in mixed culture biofilms of bacteria surviving sanitation of conveyor belts in salmon processing plants

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      Aims

      The microbiota surviving sanitation of salmon processing conveyor belts was identified and its growth dynamics further investigated in a model mimicking processing surfaces in such plants.

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Determination of Over 350 Multiclass Pesticides in Jams by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-TOFMS)

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Pesticide residues
      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Antibacterial effect of roselle extracts (Hibiscus sabadariffa), sodium hypochlorite and acetic acid against multidrug-resistant Salmonella strains isolated from tomatoes

    • Letters in Applied Microbiology

    • Abstract

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Development of an Immunochromatographic Test Strip for Simultaneous, Qualitative and Quantitative detection of Ochratoxin A and Zearalenone in cereal

    • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

    • Abstract

      Background

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  18. Biodegradation of Ochratoxin A by Bacterial Strains Isolated from Vineyard Soils

    • Toxins

    • Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin with a main nephrotoxic activity contaminating several foodstuffs. In the present report, five soil samples collected from OTA-contaminated vineyards were screened to isolate microorganisms able to biodegrade OTA. When cultivated in OTA-supplemented medium, OTA was converted in OTα by 225 bacterial isolates.

      • Mycotoxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  19. Isotope Internal Standard Method for Determination of Four Acrylamide Compounds in Food Contact Paper Products and Food Simulants by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    • Food Analytical Methods

      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Effects of electron beam irradiation on microbial inactivation and quality of kimchi paste during storage

    • International Journal of Food Science & Technology

    • Summary

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes

  21. The utility of multiple molecular methods including whole genome sequencing as tools to differentiate Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreaks

    • Eurosurveillance

    • A standardised method for determining Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain relatedness using whole genome sequencing or virulence gene profiling is not yet established. We sought to assess the capacity of either high-throughput polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of 49 virulence genes, core-genome single nt variants (SNVs) or k-mer clustering to discriminate between outbreak-associated and sporadic E. coli O157:H7 isolates.

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Serosurvey of Smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in Free-Ranging Jaguars (Panthera onca) and Domestic Animals from Brazil

    • PLOS ONE

    • Mariana Malzoni Furtado, Solange Maria Gennari, Cassia Yumi Ikuta, Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo, Zenaide Maria de Morais, Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena, Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfírio, Leandro Silveira, Rahel Sollmann, Gisele Oliveira de Souza, Natália Mundim Tôrres, José Soares Ferreira Neto

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Comparative Characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 from Five Sub-Saharan African Countries Using Various Phenotypic and Genotypic Techniques

    • PLOS ONE

    • Anthony M. Smith, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Martin A. Mengel, Bradford D. Gessner, Delphine Sauvageot, Bawimodom Bidjada, Berthe N. Miwanda, Diallo M. Saliou, Adèle Kacou N’Douba, José P. Langa, Husna Ismail, Nomsa Tau, Arvinda Sooka, Karen. H. Keddy

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Seroprevalence in Chickens against Campylobacter jejuni Flagellar Capping Protein (FliD) in Selected Areas of the United States

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Campylobacter
      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Detection of Zoonotic Protozoa Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis suihominis in Wild Boars from Spain

    • Zoonoses and Public Health

    • Summary

      • Parasites
      • Toxoplasma gondii