Canadian First Nations communities rely on traditional preservation methods such as the smoking, drying, and canning of fish and game meats to ensure long-term food security. Unlike commercial food production, there are no recognized official standards for these methods, rendering their efficacy in ...
Author(s)
Hingston, P.; Johnson, K.; Kitts, D.; Wang SiYun
Publisher
International Association for Food Protection, Des Moines, USA
Citation
Journal of Food Protection, 2020, 83, 5, pp 896-901
Antibiotic treatment of sick dairy cattle is critical for the sustainability of this production system which is vital for food security and societal prosperity in many low and middle-income countries. Given the increasingly high levels of antibiotic resistance worldwide and the challenge this...
Author(s)
Mainda, G.; Lupolova, N.; Sikakwa, L.; Richardson, E.; Bessell, P. R.; Malama, S. K.; Kwenda, G.; Stevens, M. P.; Bronsvoort, B. M. D.; Muma, J. B.; Gally, D. L.
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019, 10, May, pp 2019.01114
In Africa, fermented foods and beverages play significant roles in contributing to food security. Endotoxins are ubiquitous heat stable lipopolysaccharide (LPS) complexes situated in the outer cell membranes of Gram-negative bacteria. This study evaluated the microbiological quality of fermented...
Author(s)
Adekoya, I.; Obadina, A.; Olorunfemi, M.; Akande, O.; Landschoot, S.; Saeger, S. de; Njobeh, P.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2019, 305, pp 108251
The population increase in the last century was the first cause of the industrialization of animal productions, together with the necessity to satisfy the high food demand and the lack of space and land for the husbandry practices. As a consequence, the farmers moved from extensive to intensive...
Author(s)
Santovito, E.; Greco, D.; Logrieco, A. F.; Avantaggiato, G.
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., New Rochelle, USA
Citation
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 2018, 15, 9, pp 531-537
ESCHERICHIA coli (E. coli) O157 isan important food-borne pathogen. The existing survey was addressed to assess the incidence, phenotypic and genotypic resistance profile toward antibiotics and incidence of virulence factors amongst the E. coli O157 isolates recovered from hamburger. Two-hundred...
Author(s)
Karimpour, M.; Razavilar, V.; Rokni, N.; Ahmadi, M.
Publisher
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, National Center for Information and Documentation (NIDOC), Cairo, Egypt
Citation
Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2020, 51, 2, pp 191-201
Indigenous chicken rearing is seen as a poverty alleviation and food security strategy especially in rural households in Africa. Chicken meat is a delicacy in almost every household in Kenya. It is a common food in restaurants and hotels that serve fast foods in urban areas. Demand for and...
Author(s)
Oloo, B. O.; Mahungu, S.; Gogo, L.; Kah, A.
Publisher
Rural Outreach Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
Citation
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2017, 17, 1, pp 11616-11638
To ensure food security, maize (Zea mays) is a model crop for understanding useful traits underlying stress resistance. In contrast to foliar biochemicals, root defenses limiting the spread of disease remain poorly described. To better understand belowground defenses in the field, we performed root ...
Author(s)
Ding YeZhang; Huffaker, A.; Köllner, T. G.; Weckwerth, P.; Robert, C. A. M.; Spencer, J. L.; Lipka, A. E.; Schmelz, E. A.
Publisher
American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville, USA
Citation
Plant Physiology, 2017, 175, 3, pp 1455-1468
A previously described phage infecting Escherichia coli O157:H7 was added to raw and cooked beef pieces at concentrations ranging from 101-108 plaque forming units/cm2 to either low (<100 CFU/cm2) or high (104 CFU/cm2) concentrations of host bacterial cells. Incubation for up to 24 h was...
Author(s)
Hudson, J. A.; Billington, C.; Wilson, T.; On, S. L. W.
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Food Science and Technology International, 2015, 21, 2, pp 104-109
Fisheries play a significant role in food security, livelihood, and source of income in developing countries. Although fish are a healthy source of protein, they can also spread diseases caused by pathogenic micro-organisms they may harbor. Epidemiology of foodborne pathogens is not well studied in ...
Author(s)
Ayalew Assefa; Fikru Regassa; Dinka Ayana; Kebede Amenu; Fufa Abunna
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Heliyon, 2019, 5, 12,
Rapid detection of target bacteria is crucial to provide a safe food supply and to prevent foodborne diseases. Herein, we present an optical biosensor for identification and quantification of Escherichia coli (E. coli, used as a model indicator bacteria species) in complex food industry process...
Author(s)
Massad-Ivanir, N.; Shtenberg, G.; Raz, N.; Gazenbeek, C.; Budding, D.; Bos, M. P.; Segal, E.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 1, pp 38099