Objective: To describe the epidemiology of foodborne disease outbreaks in schools in China's Mainland and to identify where preventive measures could be targeted. Methods: Data on foodborne disease outbreaks in schools reported between 2010 and 2020 were extracted from Chinese National Foodborne...

Objective: In order to ensure the food safety of cultured aquatic products in China, strengthen the supervision and improve detection efficiency, a high-throughput screening method for drug residues in aquatic products by mass spectrometry is to be developed. Methods: Liquid...

While various packaging technologies and materials have been developed for enhancing food quality, packaging can also be a vehicle for chemical, biological, and physical contaminants that lead to food safety risk. By focusing on food contact materials and articles, this chapter discusses the...

The regulation on administration of veterinary drugs was mainly used to prevent and control veterinary drug residues in China. The first version of this regulation was issued by the State Council on 21 May 1987, and major modifications were made in 2001 and 2004. In order to make sure that the...

Objectives: This study was conducted to explore the application of high performance liquid chromatography to detect sodium salicylate in different milk powder and milk. Methods: A high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was established for determining the sodium salicylate in milk and ...

D-Tryptophan (D-Trp) has a significant inhibitory effect on growth of gram-negative bacteria under osmotic stress. However, the inhibitory effect of D-Trp on the gram-positive Listeria monocytogenes under chilled and thermal stresses has not been evaluated previously. The effect of D-Trp on L....

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history and current state of food safety in China, along with emerging regulatory trends and the likely future needs of the country. Although the focus is on China, global perspectives are presented in the chapters and 33 of the 99 authors are from ...

From a food contamination perspective, the most common heavy metals include lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), and arsenic (As). Irrespective of the origin of the metals in the soil, excessive levels of many metals can result in soil quality degradation, crop yield reduction, and poor quality...

This chapter provides an overview of the importance, history, current situation and the future of laws and regulations for food safety. Over the past decade, China has declared a series of laws and regulations related to food safety as the nation laid a solid legal foundation for enhancing food...

In order to comprehensively investigate the risk of veterinary drug residue in beef in Ningxia, in this study, 12 types of drugs were screened and identified from three aspects: banned and stopped drugs prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the drugs with the maximum residue...