Research Publications (Food Safety)

In the European Union (EU), Salmonella was the causative agent responsible for almost one in three (30.7%) of all foodborne outbreaks reported by member states during 2018, causing 11,581 cases of illness, which represented an increase of 20.6% compared to 2017.

The majority of lignocellulosic biomass on the planet originates from plant cell walls, which are complex structures build up mainly by cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. The largest part of hemicellulose, xylan, is a polymer with a β-(1→4)-linked xylose residues backbone decorated with α-D-glucopyranosyl uronic acids and/or L-arabinofuranose residues.

Salmonellosis is one of the most common foodborne illnesses in the world. The irrational use of antibiotics in medicine and in animal nutrition has greatly favored the emergence and spread of resistant strains of non-typhoid Salmonella. This study aims the determination of the prevalence of Salmonella in bivalve mollusks in Northern Morocco, as well as the molecular typing and antibiotic susceptibility testing of the strains isolated from positive samples.

Vascular toxicity induced by xenobiotics is associated with dysfunctions or damage to endothelial cells, changes in vascular permeability or dysregulation of the vascular redox state. The aim of this study was to determine whether per os administration of zearalenone (ZEN) influences selected hemostatic parameters in prepubertal gilts.

Natural products have been known for their antimicrobial factors since time immemorial. Infectious diseases are a worldwide burden that have been deteriorating because of the improvement of species impervious to various anti-infection agents. Hence, the distinguishing proof of antimicrobial specialists with high-power dynamic against MDR microorganisms is central to conquer this issue.

Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView. Abstract

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, EarlyView. Abstract

As a typical environmental endocrine disruptor (EED), bisphenol A (BPA) can induce pathological hyperplasia of the prostatic epithelium and stroma. This study concentrates mainly on the effect and underlying mechanisms of BPA on prostatic hyperplasia, which is based on the culture of primary human prostate epithelial cells (HPEpiC) and human prostate fibroblasts (HPrF).

Author(s): Sulaiman F. Aljasir, Dennis J. D'Amico

Author(s): Vijay K. Juneja, Xinran Xu, Marangeli Osoria, Kathleen A. Glass, Kristin M Schill, Max C. Golden, Donald W Schaffner, Govindaraj Dev Kumar, Laurel Dunn, Ravi Jadeja, Subhash Shrestha, Abhinav Mishra

Author(s): Li Cao, Jie Zhao, Li Ma, Jiawen Chen, Jingru Xu, Sajid Ur Rahman, Shibin Feng, Yu Li, Jinjie Wu, Xichun Wang

Author(s): Ying Luo, Hao Yuan, Ji Zhao, Yu Qi, Wei-Wei Cao, Ju-Mei Liu, Wei Guo, Zhi-Hua Bao

Author(s): Qian Wang, Dong Huang, Dongshan Niu, Jie Deng, Fengwang Ma, Changhai Liu

Author(s): Qin-qin Cao, Lu-xi Lin, Ting-ting Xu, Ying Lu, Chao-dong Zhang, Ke Yue, Shu-cheng Huang, Hai-ju Dong, Fu-chun Jian

Author(s): Sulaiman F. Aljasir, Dennis J. D'Amico

Author(s): Lanhua Yi, Ping Zeng, Kwok-Yin Wong, Kin-Fai Chan, Sheng Chen

There is little information on how POPs in eggs of different terrestrial, wetland, and aquatic birds share a large urban and rural landscape relate. We collected and analysed 64 eggs belonging to ten species of six feeding guilds, and compared organic chlorinated pesticide (OCP), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), and brominated flame retardants (BFR) residue concentrations and compositions.

Garcinia mangostana L. (mangosteen) is a tropical fruit that has been used for medicinal purposes in Southeast Asia for centuries. With an interest in its applications to treat infection, we sought to investigate the bioactive constituents of mangosteen and identified the phenolic compound procyanidin B2 from the mangosteen pericarp by examining lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding capacity.

Journal of Food Safety, EarlyView. Abstract

by Vinicius Silva Castro, Rodrigo Ortega Polo, Eduardo Eustáquio de Souza Figueiredo, Emmanuel Wihkochombom Bumunange, Tim McAllister, Robin King, Carlos Adam Conte-Junior, Kim Stanford

Author(s): Louise Manning, Wyn Morris, Ian Birchmore

Abstract
Background
Organisational forgetting is associated with unintentional knowledge loss that makes both food businesses and consumers vulnerable to a food safety incident. It is essential that food businesses have strategies and processes in place to minimise unintentional knowledge loss to ensure that essential knowledge is retained, maintained and stays valid.

Dietary flavonoids are known to have anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects, but their influences on human macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a vital proinflammatory cytokine recognized as a therapeutic target for infectious diseases and cancers, have been rarely reported.

As current concerns about food safety issues around the world are still relatively serious, more and more food safety issues have become the focus of people’s attention. What’s more serious is that environmental pollution and changes in human lifestyles have also led to the emergence of contaminants in food, microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) being typical representatives. MPs and NPs (M/NPs) in food are gradually becoming recognized by regulatory authorities and the public.

Introduction. Carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales (CRE) are listed among the most urgent antibiotic resistance threats.

Hypothesis. Previous studies on the mechanisms of CRE in Kuwait have focused on carbapenemases. There have been no studies on non-carbapenemase-producing CRE in Kuwait.

A review of African swine fever (ASF) was conducted, including manifestations of disease, its transmission and environmental persistence of ASF virus. Findings on infectious doses of contemporary highly-pathogenic strains isolated from outbreaks in Eastern Europe were included.