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...

Mass spectrometry (MS) is widely used in the food safety area, being fully implemented in both routine analysis and research laboratories. Indeed, MS is considered an essential tool for the monitoring of food contamination. Continuous improvements in the instrumentation resulted in a breakthrough...

Objective: The sampling method of virus on food packaging surfaces was optimized. The virus recovery rate on different material surfaces was studied by simulating different scenes of virus contamination on the surfaces of frozen food packaging materials. Methods: The virus was evenly coated on the...

Some components of plastic food packaging can migrate into food, and whereas migration studies of known components are required and relatively straightforward, identification of nonintentionally added substances (NIAS; unknowns) is challenging yet imperative to better characterizing food safety. To ...

Food safety is a worldwide public concern that has recently gained increased attention due to the emerging outbreaks of foodborne diseases. Therefore, there is a pressing need to make simple, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly methods for detecting food spoilage and to mitigate the impact ...

Contamination in food from packing material can occur in trace quantities. However, the migration of substances from food packing material needs to be evaluated to ensure that the levels are not toxic. Terephthalic acid (TA) can migrate into mineral water stored in polyethylene terephthalate (PET)...

Objective: In order to ensure the food safety of cultured aquatic products in China, strengthen the supervision and improve detection efficiency, a high-throughput screening method for drug residues in aquatic products by mass spectrometry is to be developed. Methods: Liquid...

Objective: To evaluate the uncertainty of the determination of tetracycline drug residues in milk by high performance liquid chromatography. Methods: According to GB/T 21317-2007 Determination of tetracycline residues in food of animal origin by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass...

Bread staling and microbial growth is a complex physiochemical change that occurs during bread storage mainly reducing the quality and consumer acceptance. It is significant to understand the causes of physical, chemical, and microbial spoilage of bakery products in the food industry, to prevent...

Veterinary drugs are widely used in animal husbandry to prevent and treat animal diseases, to promote animal growth, and to improve the conversion rate of feed. However, the use of veterinary drugs in food-producing animals may leave residues of the parent compounds, and/or their metabolites in...