In this review article the authors highlight the contamination of raw milk and dairy products with different xenobiotics, and the food safety significance of the related contaminants. Concerning the chemical contaminants, first the milk hygiene significance of the veterinary drug residues is...

In this review the authors present the methodologies of health technology assessment (HTA) and risk-benefit analysis (RBA) and their applicability in the field of food safety. WA is a multidisciplinary process to evaluate the clinical, economic, organizational, societal and ethical aspects...

Simultaneously with the growth of human population, also the demand, for food of animal origin, including pork meat. rises. In pigs. intestinal diseases caused by Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli may lead to significant economic loses and often require antibiotic therapy. In the past few...

In the dairy industry starter cultures have been used for more than a hundred years in the production of dairy products which are very important in the nutrition of humans. The authors present the biological and chemical agents which can affect the fermentation and the quality of the finished...

The authors summarize the feed toxicological characteristics of lead including its kinetic, toxicological properties and food safety aspects, the public health significance of its possible occurrence in food, with particular reference to the dangers of consuming game meat contaminated with lead...

The exposure of animal or even human populations in contact with natural and/ or anthropogenic impacts is becoming more and more frequent and significant. These environmentally harmful substances, such as mycotoxins, are able to accumulate in living organisms and then trigger a number of...

Nowadays, the food quality, its nutritional content and its effect on health is becoming more and more significant. Pork plays an important role in our daily nutrition due to its high-protein, essential proteins and vitamin content. Raw meat is an excellent medium for pathogenic and spoilage...

In this study the authors present the legal background and institutional system of milk hygiene in Hungary. More than a hundred years of experience has led to the current Hungarian food-chain safety regulation on milk production, processing and distribution. In Hungary the legal framework of milk ...

In the present literature review it is emphasised that investigations on the drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, highly involved in hepatic and intestinal detoxifying processes, are of special importance in wild animal species. Concerning the function of hepatic CYPs, only limited data ...

Background: Recent laboratory tests being in use in Europe to detect antibiotic residues in human food either based on the so called Four Plate Test (UE4pt) employing Bacillus subtilis as test organism, or on direct chemical test procedures. The Four Plat Test is widely utilized as a scanning...