Shigella is an intracellular bacterium can infect both human and animal. Its species especially Shigella dysenteriae cause shigellosis worldwide, with 165 million cases of severe bloody diarrhea and mucoid feces. The aim of this study was to find a rapid, sensitive and specific method for screening ...

The research mainly aimed to identify the knowledge and training needs to develop the awareness and practices of food handlers towards the safety of food handling in some restaurants in Alexandria. The study resulted in the following results: Most of the sample members (90.1%) performed a medical...

Due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), drug-resistant infections are placing an ever increasing burden on human, animal, plant, and environmental health. Drug resistant infections have the potential to become leading causes of death. AMR may force tens of millions more people into extreme poverty,...

In this research the specific activity of natural radionuclides ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K were determined by sodium iodide enhanced by thallium NaI(TI) detector and assessed the annual effective dose in Dielac 1 and 2 and Nactalia 1 and 2 for children of less than 1 year which are available in Baghdad...

This study was carried out to evaluate the preparation of five-layer microlaminates that were introduced by Layer By Layer (LBL) technique by the use of two solutions, namely, the sodium alginate, and the other antimicrobial agent is the cinnamon extract. The halo diameter was estimated on a petri...

In this research the milk had been pasteurized by solar energy. It is clean energy and friendly to environment as well as available in Iraq. Circle option dish reflector was used with diameter 1.5 m and focal length 80 cm, reflectivity gave at 80% and heat temperature about 200-350c. Milk container ...

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a crucial tool for ensuring food safety in the production of safe food for consumers. In this proposal, a precise and comprehensive model of the HACCP system was developed to improve the safety and quality of chicken products manufactured in 6...

The research aimed to Identify the practices of rural women in preserving and storing food in a village in Beheira Governorate, Identify the level of application of the respondents to good practices in preserving and storing food, Identify the most important sources from which the respondents...

This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of some physical means in degrading Aflatoxin B₁. Thirty five isolates of Aspergillus flavus were obtained from different dry fruits and their capacity to produce Aflatoxin B¹ was determined by different methods such as Ultra Violet light at 365 nm,...

Silver carp fish was dried using microwave at the different levels (100, 300 and 500) watt. The dried fishes were preserved in polyethylene bags after removal of air using vacuum and stored at LAB temperature. Analytical tests and microbial content was carried out for these samples at the durations ...