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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. Nucleic acid-based detection for foodborne virus utilizing microfluidic systems

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Wentao Su, Duo Liang, Mingqian Tan

  2. Phenolic compounds and biological rhythms: Who takes the lead?

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Javier Ávila-Román, Jorge R. Soliz-Rueda, Francisca Isabel Bravo, Gerard Aragonès, Manuel Suárez, Anna Arola-Arnal, Miquel Mulero, Maria-Josepa Salvadó, Lluís Arola, Cristina Torres-Fuentes, Begoña Muguerza

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. Corrigendum “The association between high oral intake of acrylamide and risk of breast cancer: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis” [Trends in Food Science & Technology Volume 100, June 2020, Pages 155–163]

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Hadi Atabati, Beheshteh Abouhamzeh, Mohammad-Amin Abdollahifar, Sara Sadat Javadinia, Saeed GharibianBajestanie, Ali Atamaleki, Amir Raoofi, Yadolah Fakhri, Carlos A.F. Oliveira, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Emerging non-thermal technologies for decontamination of Salmonella in food

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): R. Kaavya, R. Pandiselvam, S. Abdullah, N.U. Sruthi, Yasendra Jayanath, C. Ashokkumar, Anandu Chandra Khanashyam, Anjineyulu Kothakota, S.V. Ramesh

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  5. Applications of metal-organic framework (MOF)-based sensors for food safety: Enhancing mechanisms and recent advances

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Weiwei Cheng, Xiaozhi Tang, Yan Zhang, Di Wu, Wenjian Yang

  6. Evolving trends in SERS-based techniques for food quality and safety: A review

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Lan Jiang, Md Mehedi Hassan, Shujat Ali, Huanhuan Li, Ren Sheng, Quansheng Chen

      Background
      Food quality and safety are very important from health as well as fiscal point of view. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) techniques have unique advantages in the field of food detection, with characteristics of fast analysis speed, high detection sensitivity, and without interference from the water phase.

  7. Early life exposure to dietary aflatoxins, health impact and control perspectives: A review

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Amir Ismail, Iqra Naeem, Yun Yun Gong, Michael N. Routledge, Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Riaz, Leandra Naira Zambelli Ramalho, Carlos Augusto Fernandes de Oliveira, Zubair Ismail

      • Natural toxins
      • Aflatoxins

  8. Climate change and its implications for food safety and spoilage

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Ourania Misiou, Konstantinos Koutsoumanis

  9. Luminescent metal-organic frameworks (LMOFs): An emerging sensing platform for food quality and safety control

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Ting Du, Lunjie Huang, Jing Wang, Jing Sun, Wentao Zhang, Jianlong Wang

      Background
      Along with the intensification of global food supply, food security has become a fateful barrier throughout the global food trade and delivery. Reliable analytic techniques are in strong need to keep up with the continuous demand for food quality and safety monitoring.

  10. Pros and cons of cold plasma technology as an alternative non-thermal processing technology in seafood industry

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Oladipupo Odunayo Olatunde, Khursheed Ahmad Shiekh, Soottawat Benjakul

  11. Single, dual and multi-emission carbon dots based optosensing for food safety

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Xuecheng Zhu, Wei Jiang, Yuan Zhao, Huilin Liu, Baoguo Sun

  12. Fingerprinting and tagging detection of mycotoxins in agri-food products by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: Principles and recent applications

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Zhihui Wu, Hongbin Pu, Da-Wen Sun

  13. Multifunctional cellulose based substrates for SERS smart sensing: Principles, applications and emerging trends for food safety detection

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Bingxue Hu, Hongbin Pu, Da-Wen Sun

  14. Aflatoxin M1 in milk: A global occurrence, intake, & exposure assessment

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Nikita Saha Turna, Felicia Wu

      Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a naturally occurring mycotoxin (fungal toxin) in maize and nuts, causes liver cancer and has been associated with other adverse health effects. Much less is known about the toxicity of its metabolite AFM1, which is secreted in the milk of mammals. Nonetheless, many nations have set regulatory limits for maximum allowable AFM1 in milk and other dairy products.

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  15. The spectral treasure house of miniaturized instruments for food safety, quality and authenticity applications: A perspective

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Judith Müller-Maatsch, Francesca Romana Bertani, Arianna Mencattini, Annamaria Gerardino, Eugenio Martinelli, Yannick Weesepoel, Saskia van Ruth

  16. The role of phenolic compounds against Listeria monocytogenes in food. A review

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Sol Zamuz, Paulo E.S. Munekata, Christian K.O. Dzuvor, Wangang Zhang, Anderson S. Sant'Ana, José M. Lorenzo

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Quantum dot: Lightning invisible foodborne pathogens

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Han Du, Xiaoman Wang, Qingli Yang, Wei Wu

      Foodborne pathogens pose many threats to human life and health. Rapid, sensitive, and easy detection is urgently needed to avert the threat early. Quantum dots are compact in size, exhibit excellent and stable performance, and provide candidate components for small-sized detection devices.

  18. Heavy metals content in edible Mushrooms: A systematic review, meta-analysis and health risk assessment

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Mohsen Dowlati, Hamid Reza Sobhi, Ali Esrafili, Mahdi FarzadKia, Mojtaba Yeganeh

      There has been a sharp rise in the rate of consumption of edible mushrooms all over the world. Although, mushrooms are regarded as valuable healthy foodstuff, they can be a source of possibly toxic heavy metals which could adversely affect health.

  19. Sensory development for heavy metal detection: A review on translation from conventional analysis to field-portable sensor

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Subhankar Mukherjee, Soumyadeb Bhattacharyya, Koustuv Ghosh, Souvik Pal, Arnab Halder, Maryam Naseri, Mohsen Mohammadniaei, Subrata Sarkar, Alokesh Ghosh, Yi Sun, Nabarun Bhattacharyya

  20. Blocking and degradation of aflatoxins by cold plasma treatments: Applications and mechanisms

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Yue Wu, Jun-Hu Cheng, Da-Wen Sun

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  21. Ultrasound as an emerging technology for the elimination of chemical contaminants in food: A review

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Shaofeng Yuan, Changjian Li, Yichi Zhang, Hang Yu, Yunfei Xie, Yahui Guo, Weirong Yao

  22. Incorporating essential oils or compounds derived thereof into edible coatings: Effect on quality and shelf life of fresh/fresh-cut produce

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Basharat Yousuf, Shimin Wu, Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui

      • Fresh Cut
      • Produce Safety

  23. COVID-19 pandemic crisis and food safety: Implications and inactivation strategies

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Sangha Han, Pantu Kumar Roy, Iqbal Hossain, Kye-Hwan Byun, Changsun Choi, Sang-Do Ha

      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  24. Corrigendum to “The association between high oral intake of acrylamide and risk of breast cancer: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis” [Trends in Food Science & Technology Volume 100, June 2020, Pages 155–163]

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Hadi Atabati, Beheshteh Abouhamzeh, Mohammad-Amin Abdollahifar, Sara Sadat Javadinia, Saeed GharibianBajestanie, Ali Atamaleki, Amir Raoofi, Yadolah Fakhri, Carlos A.F. Oliveira, Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

      • Chemical contaminants

  25. Foodomics: A new approach in food quality and safety

    • Trends in Food Science & Technology

    • Author(s): Pinar Balkir, Kemal Kemahlioglu, Ufuk Yucel