Minced beef is a very perishable food product, due to its vulnerability to microbial contamination and its fast quality deterioration. In the current study, the biological efficiency of different concentrations (0, 50 and 100 µg g^-1) of the antibacterial catfish glycoprotein (CFG) was estimated as...

Objective: Screening bio-samples from a food poisoning event based on ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF MS), and to provide strategies and references for patient treatment as well as the event response. Methods: Vomits, gastric...

In the current study, we screened 46 isolates of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) derived from goat milk for bacteriocin producers that can inhibit common foodborne pathogens (Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, and Bacillus cereus). The following three strains that showed antimicrobial...

This publication features papers presented in the proceedings of the 24th Scientific and Educational Seminar, DDD and ZUPP, 2012, Disinfection, Deratization and Protection of Stored Agricultural Products, held in Split, Croatia, during 20-23 March 2012. All the papers included discuss topics...

This issue contains 27 articles on preservative effect of edible chitosan coated liposomes loaded with natural antimicrobial agents in white soft cheese; comparative protective efficiency of different stabilizers for live Newcastle disease virus vaccine production; prevalence, antibiogram and...

Objective: To provide scientific basis for the development and utilization of edible pigment Monascus red, the analysis of its key components and toxicological evaluation were carried out. Methods: Identification test and physicochemical indexes test were carried out based on the samples according...

Objective: To evaluate the safety of β-glucan biofortified rice through a 28-day oral toxicity test. Methods: Weaned SD rats were randomly divided into a control group and low, medium and high dose groups (2.5, 5.0 and 10.0 g/kg BW), 22 in each group, half male and half female. After oral gavage...

Background: Yersinia enterocolitica has been sporadically recovered from animals, foods, and human clinical samples in various regions of Ningxia, China. However, the ecological and molecular characteristics of Y. enterocolitica, as well as public health concerns about infection in the Ningxia Hui...

Tetramethrin is a widely applied type I chiral pyrethroid insecticide that exists as a mixture of four isomers. In the present study, its stereoselective cytotoxicity, bioaccumulation, degradation, and metabolism were investigated for the first time at the enantiomeric level in detail by using a...