The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding health and food safety among female students, Ghazni University, Ghazni, Afghanistan and to explore the association between their socio-demographic and academic characteristics. This analytical study...

Microbial contamination of complementary foods puts young children at risk of developing intestinal infections and could be reduced by improved handwashing and food hygiene practices.We aimed to identify which promoted food hygiene practices are associated with reduced complementary food...

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...

Aptamers are DNA or RNA molecules that can bind to their target molecules with high affinity and specificity, and because aptamers are stable, simply synthesized and chemically modified, aptamers have become useful tools for analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic applications. This article reviews...

Purpose: Students living in university residence halls often have refrigerators for food storage, and are often living alone and handling food for the first time in their lives. Therefore, an investigation of their safe food storage practices is important to help prevent food-borne illness in this...

Microbial contamination of the domestic environment can lead to food spoilage, food waste and food-borne illness generating public health concern. The present study was aimed at evaluating: microbiological contamination of domestic refrigerators using both traditional microbiological and...

Objective: The study was conducted in order to investigate microbial contamination of unpackaged homemade food in Baoji railway area, and provide basis for food safety supervision and food-borne diseases prevention. Methods: Five kinds of 207 samples were randomly and sterilely collected in four...

Household-level food storage can help families save money, minimize food waste, and enhance food safety and security. Storing food within households may, however, be affected by domestic routines, like food shopping and cooking. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate how consumers' attitudes and...

Food safety concerns have existed for a long time, as millions of people across the globe suffer from food borne disease every year. Contamination of food owing to limited knowledge of food safety practices primarily increases the risk of food borne illnesses. In the present study, quantitative...

The standard system of food safety inspection and detection method is an important support for the scientific supervision of food safety. During the 13th Five-year Plan, with the support of the special key project of "Research and Development of Key Technologies for Food Safety", a total of 377...