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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. Effect of Processing of Whey Protein Ingredient on Maillard Reactions and Protein Structural Changes in Powdered Infant Formula

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

    • The most widely used whey protein ingredient in an infant formula (IF) is the whey protein concentrate (WPC). The processing steps used in the manufacturing of both a powdered IF and a WPC introduce protein modifications that may decrease the nutritional quality. A gently processed whey protein ingredient (serum protein concentrate; SPC) was manufactured and used for the production of a powdered IF. The SPC and the SPC-based IF were compared to the WPC and the powdered WPC-based IF.

      • Chemical contaminants

  2. Screening Method for the Detection of Other Allergenic Nuts in Cashew Nuts Using Chemometrics and a Portable Near-Infrared Spectrophotometer

    • Food Analytical Methods

    • Nuts and peanuts are foods that are rich in minerals, vitamins, fibre and healthy fats in addition to antioxidant compounds. However, these food products can be subject to adulterations and fraud mainly due to their cost or contamination as a result of improper handling. Different types and degrees of damage can be caused to consumers due to food fraud, highlighting the serious consequences that can occur when the adulterant is toxic or allergenic.

  3. How do food safety concerns affect consumer behaviors and diets in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review

    • Global Food Security

    • Author(s): Julia Liguori, Ursula Trübswasser, Rebecca Pradeilles, Agnès Le Port, Edwige Landais, Elise F. Talsma, Mark Lundy, Christophe Béné, Nicolas Bricas, Amos Laar, Marie Josèphe Amiot, Inge D. Brouwer, Michelle Holdsworth

  4. Puerarin alleviates cadmium-induced mitochondrial mass decrease by inhibiting PINK1–Parkin and Nix-mediated mitophagy in rat cortical neurons

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Shuangquan Wen, Li Wang, Tao Wang, Mingchang Xu, Wenhua Zhang, Ruilong Song, Hui Zou, Jianhong Gu, Jianchun Bian, Yan Yuan, Zongping Liu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Stress signaling convergence and nutrient crosstalk determine zinc-mediated amelioration against cadmium toxicity in rice

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Muhammad Faheem Adil, Shafaque Sehar, Si Chen, Jonas Lwalaba Wa Lwalaba, Ghulam Jilani, Zhong-Hua Chen, Imran Haider Shamsi

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Sample Preparation and Analysis in Beverages: A Review

    • Food Analytical Methods

    • The monitoring of food contaminants is of interests to both food regulatory bodies and the consumers. This literature review covers polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with regard to their background, sources of exposures, and occurrence in food and environment as well as health hazards. Furthermore, analytical methods focusing on the analysis of PAHs in tea, coffee, milk, and alcoholic samples for the last 16 years are presented.

      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Investigation of aflatoxin M1 in baby milk and aflatoxin B1 in infant cereals marketed in Kosovo

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

    • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Accepted Article. The presence of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in infant formula and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in cereal-based foods for infants marketed in Kosovo was investigated. One hundred and forty-three samples collected during 2016-2017 were analysed by ELISA and suspected positive samples were further analysed by LC-MS/MS. A positive incidence of 15.0% for AFM1 in baby milk and 62.14% for AFB1 in infant cereal-derived samples was found.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  8. In situ dynamics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus in water, sediment and triploid Crassostrea virginica oysters cultivated in floating gear

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology

    • Journal of Applied Microbiology, Accepted Article. Aims
      To understand spatial-temporal distribution of V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus in triploid C. virginica in off-bottom aquaculture.

      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Health and economic burden of foodborne zoonotic diseases in Amhara region, Ethiopia

    • PLOS ONE

    • by Sefinew Alemu Mekonnen, Agegnehu Gezehagn, Adugna Berju, Belete Haile, Haileyesus Dejene, Seleshe Nigatu, Wassie Molla, Wudu Temesgen Jemberu

  10. Exploring factors influencing patient mortality and loss to follow-up in two paediatric hospital wards in Zamfara, North-West Nigeria, 2016–2018

    • PLOS ONE

    • by Anna Maisa, Abdulhakeem Mohammed Lawal, Tarikul Islam, Chijioke Nwankwo, Bukola Oluyide, Adolphe Fotso, Harriet Roggeveen, Saskia van der Kam, Cono Ariti, Karla Bil, Annick Lenglet

      Introduction

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Analyzing aggregate environmental monitoring data for Listeria spp. in frozen food manufacturing environments

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Brittany F. Magdovitz, Sanjay Gummalla, Donna Garren, Harshavardhan Thippareddi, Mark E. Berrang, Kim Love, Mark A. Harrison

      • Bacterial pathogens

  12. Distribution, toxicity, interactive effects, and detection of ochratoxin and deoxynivalenol in food: A Review

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Abirami Ramu Ganesan, Kannan Mohan, Durairaj KarthickRajan, Arti A. Pillay, Thavamani Palanisami, Palanivel Sathishkumar, Lorenza Conterno

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  13. Nanozyme-strip based on MnO2 nanosheets as a catalytic label for multi-scale detection of aflatoxin B1 with an ultrabroad working range

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Xinfa Cai, Meijuan Liang, Fei Ma, Zhaowei Zhang, Xiaoqian Tang, Jun Jiang, Can Guo, Sherif Ramzy Mohamed, Amira Abdel Goda, Dawood H. Dawood, Li Yu, Peiwu Li

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  14. Corrigendum to “A metagenomic assessment of viral contamination on fresh parsley plants irrigated with fecally tainted river water” [Int. J. Food Microbiol. 257 (2017) 80–90 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.06.001]

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): X. Fernandez-Cassi, N. Timoneda, E. Gonzales-Gustavson, J.F. Abril, S. Bofill-Mas, R. Girones

  15. Presence, sources, and risk assessment of heavy metals in the upland soils of northern China using Monte Carlo simulation

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Zhongmin Lian, Xiang Gu, Xinrui Li, Miaomiao Luan, Min Yu, Xumao Zhao

  16. Integrative analysis of transcriptome and proteome provides insights into adaptation to cadmium stress in Sedum plumbizincicola

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yue Zhu, Wenmin Qiu, Xiaoyang He, Longhua Wu, De Bi, Zhiping Deng, Zhengquan He, Chao Wu, Renying Zhuo

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  17. Light‐emitting diodes (below 700 nm): Improving the preservation of fresh foods during postharvest handling, storage, and transportation

    • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

    • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, EarlyView. In order to maintain the original taste, flavors, and appearance, fresh foods usually do not go through complex processing prior to sale; this makes them prone to deterioration due to external factors. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have many unique advantages over traditional preservation technologies leading to their increasing application in the food industry.

  18. Hemochromatosis drives acute lethal intestinal responses to hyperyersiniabactin-producing Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

    • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    • Hemachromatosis (iron-overload) increases host susceptibility to siderophilic bacterial infections that cause serious complications, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. The present study demonstrates that oral infection with hyperyersiniabactin (Ybt) producing Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Δfur mutant (termed Δfur) results in severe systemic infection and acute mortality to hemochromatotic mice due to rapid...

      • Yersinia
      • Bacterial pathogens

  19. Antibiofilm effect of nisin alone and combined with food-grade oil components (thymol and eugenol) against Listeria monocytogenes cocktail culture on food and food-contact surfaces

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Md Iqbal Hossain, Md Furkanur Rahaman Mizan, Sazzad Hossen Toushik, Pantu Kumar Roy, Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Si Hong Park, Sang-Do Ha

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Transcriptomic analysis of inhibition by eugenol of ochratoxin A biosynthesis and growth of Aspergillus carbonarius

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Nan Jiang, Liuqing Wang, Dongmei Jiang, Meng Wang, Hongmei Liu, Hang Yu, Weirong Yao

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  21. Efficacy of sodium metabisulphite for control of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin B1 contamination in vitro and in chilli powder and whole red chillies

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Diyaa Al-Jaza, Angel Medina, Naresh Magan

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  22. Synergistic antibacterial effect and mechanism of high hydrostatic pressure and mannosylerythritol Lipid-A on Listeria monocytogenes

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Xiayu Liu, Leyi Zhang, Xinxin Pang, Yansha Wu, Yajing Wu, Qin Shu, Qihe Chen, Xinglin Zhang

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Polydopamine-coated magnetic Spirulina nanocomposite for efficient magnetic dispersive solid-phase extraction of aflatoxins in pistachio

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Rouhollah Karami-Osboo, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, Mehdi Maham

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  24. Highly efficient removal of patulin using immobilized enzymes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa TF-06 entrapped in calcium alginate beads

    • Food Chemistry

    • Author(s): Mengyang Xing, Yong Chen, Boqiang Li, Shiping Tian

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  25. Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, and genotype diversity of Salmonella isolates recovered from retail meat in Hebei Province, China

    • International Journal of Food Microbiology

    • Author(s): Zan Wang, Jie Zhang, Shuai Liu, Yan Zhang, Chen Chen, Miaomiao Xu, Yanbo Zhu, Boxu Chen, Wei Zhou, Shenghui Cui, Baowei Yang, Jia Chen This study investigated the prevalence of Salmonella in 210 retail meat samples (105 raw chicken and 105 raw pork) collected from supermarkets and wet markets in 13 areas of Hebei Province, China, from June to October 2018. Whole-genome sequencing was performed on all 125 Salmonella isolates to investigate their genetic relationship.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella