This study provides an important insight into the response of food safety systems during the first months of the pandemic, elevating the perspective of preventing Covid-19 within conventional food safety management systems. A multi-country survey was conducted in 16 countries involving 825 food...
Author(s)
Djekic, I.; Nikolic, A.; Uzunovic, M.; Marijke, A.; Liu AiJun; Han JiQin; Brncic, M.; Kneževic, N.; Papademas, P.; Lemoniati, K.; Witte, F.; Terjung, N.; Papageorgiou, M.; Zinoviadou, K. G.; Dalle Zotte, A.; Pellattiero, E.; Solowiej, B. G.; Guiné, R. P. F.; Correia, P.; Sirbu, A.; Vasilescu, L.; Semenova, A. A.; Kuznetsova, O. A.; Vrabic Brodnjak, U.; Pateiro, M.; Lorenzo, J. M.; Getya, A.; Kodak, T.; Tomasevic, I.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Control, 2021, 122,
Chilling is a common food preservation practice applied overwhelmingly in the domestic environment through refrigerator use. Nevertheless, the hygiene conditions and temperatures prevailing in household refrigerators are often inappropriate. Moreover, the way of life in non- or semi-urban settings...
Author(s)
Andritsos, N. D.; Stasinou, V.; Tserolas, D.; Giaouris, E.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Control, 2021, 127,
The aim of this study was to assess the microbiological quality and the ability of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains to survive during storage at 4°C of all available brand names of brined pickles and some in-bulk ones, in the district of Athens. None of the ...
Author(s)
Kanellou, G.; Paramithiotis, S.; Mataragas, M.; Drosinos, E. H.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Citation
European Food Research and Technology , 2013, 236, 2, pp 391-397
The level of hygiene on ferries can have impact on travellers' health. The aim of this study was to assess the hygiene standards of ferries in Greece and to investigate whether Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) implementation contributes to the hygiene status and particularly food...
Author(s)
Mouchtouri, V.; Malissiova, E.; Zisis, P.; Paparizou, E.; Hadjichristodoulou, C.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2013, 23, 2, pp 170-179
The microbiological quality of pasteurized milk samples (n=39) collected during 13 weekly intervals from three automatic vending machines (AVM) in Greece was investigated. Microbiological counts (total aerobic (TAC), total psychrotrophic (TPC), Enterobacteriaceae (EC), and psychrotrophic aerobic...
Author(s)
Angelidis, A. S.; Tsiota, S.; Pexara, A.; Govaris, A.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2016, 62, 6, pp 472-479
Taking food safety culture into account is a promising way to improve food safety performance in the food industry. Food safety culture (FS-culture) research is expanding from an organisational perspective to include characteristics of the internal and external company environment. In this study,...
Author(s)
Nyarugwe, S. P.; Linnemann, A. R.; Ren YingXue; Bakker, E. J.; Kussaga, J. B.; Watson, D.; Fogliano, V.; Luning, P. A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Control, 2020, 111,
Udder health is a key factor for dairy cows' productivity and welfare. This study presents the first insight into dairy cows' udder health after the introduction of automatic milking systems in Greece. Four farms with Holstein dairy cows and automatic milking systems enrolled in the study. Data...
Author(s)
Themistokleous, K. S.; Sakellariou, N.; Kougioumtzis, A.; Kiossis, E.
Publisher
Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, Athens, Greece
Citation
Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 2022, 73, 2, pp 4253-4260
Brucella infection is readily transmissible to humans, causing acute febrile illness (undulant fever) which may progress to a more chronic form and can also produce serious complications affecting the musculo-skeletal, cardiovascular, and central nervous systems. Infection is essentially acquired...
Author(s)
Oiegaș, S.; Herman, V.; Pascu, C.; Costinar, L.
Publisher
Facultatea de Medicina Veterinara, Timisoara, Romania
Citation
Lucrari Stiintifice - Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole a Banatului Timisoara, Medicina Veterinara, 2022, 55, 1, pp 145-149
The enforcement of food safety legislation consists of a number of procedures, that may lead in certain cases in imposing administrative penalties and fines, in an effort to alter the nonconformity status of certain food establishments, according to the predefined legislative standards. The aim of...
Author(s)
Grintzali, G.; Pexara, E.; Carayanni, V.; Boskou, G.
Publisher
Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, Athens, Greece
Citation
Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 2018, 69, 2, pp 965-972
There is a paucity of information regarding staphylococcal populations on teatcups of milking parlours in sheep and goat farms. The objectives were to describe the populations of staphylococci on teatcups in milking parlours in sheep or goat farms in two field investigations throughout Greece and...
Author(s)
Michael, C. K.; Lianou, D. T.; Vasileiou, N. G. C.; Tsilipounidaki, K.; Katsafadou, A. I.; Politis, A. P.; Kordalis, N. G.; Ioannidi, K. S.; Gougoulis, D. A.; Trikalinou, C.; Orfanou, D. C.; Fragkou, I. A.; Kontou, P. I.; Liagka, D. V.; Mavrogianni, V. S.; Petinaki, E.; Fthenakis, G. C.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Pathogens, 2021, 10, 4,