Research Publications (Food Safety)

Author(s): Huihui Li, Lijun Tan, Bowen Chen, Jiaming Huang, Qiaohui Zeng, Haiquan Liu, Yong Zhao, Jing Jing Wang

Author(s): Sarah H.I. Lee, Antje Fröhling, Oliver Schlüter, Carlos H. Corassin, Elaine C.P. De Martinis, Virginia F. Alves, Tatiana C. Pimentel, Carlos A.F. Oliveira

Author(s): Yue Gao, Hung-Yueh Yeh, Brian Bowker, Hong Zhuang

Author(s): Alisdair R. Fernie, Uwe Sonnewald

Author(s): Zezheng Wang, Dongdong Fu, Liu Gao, Huaiyuan Qi, Yuanyuan Su, Licheng Peng

Meat-borne parasitic zoonoses are generally not well-monitored, and so understanding extent and overall prevalence is problematic. Without sufficient attention, their prevalence can become unexpectedly and unacceptably high. This review sheds light on meat-borne parasites in the Arab world, which includes all the Arab countries situated in the continents of Asia and Africa, with more than 400 million inhabitants distributed in 22 countries.

To meet the goal of sustainable development, many large steel enterprises in China have been relocated, leaving serious polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollution problems at the abandoned sites. In this study, the spatial distribution and potential health risks of PAHs in soils of a large steel enterprise in East China were studied. The total concentrations of 16 PAHs ranged from 93.96 to2.61E + 05 μg/kg.

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At present, water pollution becomes a very significant environmental issue. Heavy metals and organic dyes present at higher concentrations in water are dangerous for aquatic life and humanity. Chitosan nanocomposites have been used for the adsorptive removal of heavy metals and dyes due to their improved chemical activity. This paper encompassed the synthesis of chitosan-nSiO2 nanocomposites and was used to examine Cu(II) ion removal capability.

Rice bran, a by-product of the rice milling process, has emerged as a functional food and being used in formulation of healthy food and drinks. However, rice bran is often contaminated with numerous mycotoxins.

Aflatoxins, which commonly contaminate animal feeds and human food, present a major public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. After ingestion by cows, aflatoxin B1 is metabolized to aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), some of which is excreted in milk. This study involved smallholder dairy farms in urban and periurban areas of Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya. The objective was to determine the effectiveness of training and providing farmers with aflatoxin binder (NovaSil®) on AFM1 contamination in raw milk.

Prolonged broad-spectrum antibiotic use is more likely to induce bacterial resistance and dysbiosis of skin and gut microflora. First and second-generation tetracycline-class antibiotics have similar broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Targeted tetracycline-class antibiotics are needed to limit antimicrobial resistance and improve patient outcomes.

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Accepted Article. Postharvest food spoilage due to fungal and mycotoxin contamination is a major challenge in tropical countries, posing severe adverse effects on human health. Because of the negative effects of synthetic preservatives on both human health and environment, different chemicals of botanical origin having eco‐friendly nature and favorable safety profile are recommended as green preservatives.

Epidemics caused by airborne viruses in cities with large populations create a big problem as in the current COVID-19 pandemic. Cramped lifestyle, busy workplaces, crowded public transportation, and higher household member counts are responsible for the transmission of the disease. In Turkey, Istanbul has taken the lead in the number of cases since the beginning of the epidemic. The excess population density is the major cause for disease transmission.

Pigs have long been recognized as “mixing vessels” in which new viruses are formed by reassortment involving various influenza virus lineages (avian, animal, human). However, surveillance of swine influenza viruses only gained real significance after the 2009 pandemic. A fundamentally important point is the fact that there is still no regular surveillance of swine flu in Russia, and the role of swine viruses is underestimated since, as a rule, they do not cause serious disease in animals.

Banana is a major tropical fruit crop but banana production worldwide is seriously threatened due to Fusarium wilt. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), the causal agent of Fusarium wilt of banana (also referred as Panama disease) is an asexual, soil inhabiting facultative parasite. Foc isolates can be classified into three races that are not defined genetically, but for their pathogenicity to different banana cultivars.

Salmonella Reading is an ongoing public health issue in the turkey industry, leading to significant morbidity in humans in the United States. Pre-harvest intervention strategies that contribute to the reduction of foodborne pathogens in food animals, such as the yeast fermentation metabolites of Original XPCTM (XPC), may become the key to multi-hurdle farm to fork strategies.

ABSTRACT Antimicrobial resistance associated with colistin has emerged as a significant concern worldwide, threatening the use of one of the most important antimicrobials for treating human disease. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of colistin-resistant avian-pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) and shed light on the possibility of transmission of mcr-1 (mobilized colistin resistance)-positive APEC.

J. L. Cannon et al. Noroviruses are a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) among adults and children worldwide. NoroSurv is a global network for norovirus strain surveillance among children <5 years of age with AGE. Participants in 16 countries across 6 continents used standardized protocols for dual typing (genotype and polymerase type) and uploaded 1,325 dual-typed sequences to the NoroSurv web portal during 2016–2020.

by Olga Spekker, Luca Kis, Andrea Deák, Eszter Makai, György Pálfi, Orsolya Anna Váradi, Erika Molnár

by Min Jae Seong, Su Jung Choi, Eun Yeon Joo, Young-Min Shon, Dae-Won Seo, Seung Bong Hong, Seung Chyul Hong

Objective

by Atul T. Patel, Mark F. Lew, Khashayar Dashtipour, Stuart Isaacson, Robert A. Hauser, William Ondo, Pascal Maisonobe, Stefan Wietek, Bruce Rubin, Allison Brashear

by Ashraf Mohabati Mobarez, Mohammad Khalili, Ehsan Mostafavi, Saber Esmaeili

Background

Author(s): Limin Li, Wee Shong Chin

Author(s): Xin Wang, Yiwei Xu, Yahui Li, Yanxiao Li, Zhihua Li, Wen Zhang, Xiaobo Zou, Jiyong Shi, Xiaowei Huang, Chao Liu, Wenting Li