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...

The primary objective of food hygiene is to eliminate or reduce the risk of exposure to foodborne illness. Biological, chemical and/or physical agents contaminating food may cause foodborne illness, but by far the most common causes are biological agents, with microorganisms constituting a major...

New Zealand (NZ) has a high rate of reported campylobacteriosis cases. Cross-contamination in home kitchens during poultry handling is considered the main factor in campylobacteriosis transmission. The main aim of this study was to measure NZ consumers' food safety awareness and self-reported food...

This review describes studies on ensuring the microbiological safety of food. These studies contribute to the processing and storage of high-quality and highly safe foods. The studies are focused on these areas of investigation: (1) simple and rapid methods for detecting and identifying various...

Food handlers working in food factories play a major role in transmission of foodborne diseases. This study aimed to assess food safety knowledge, attitude and practice of food handlers working in food factories in Jordan. A total of 1000 food handlers in 50 food factories were participated in this ...

Foodborne illnesses are a widespread and growing public health concern worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, practices, and risk perception pertaining to food safety among females living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study...

Objective: To study the research and application of foodborne disease risk prevention. Methods: Taking the knowledge graph as the carrier, through knowledge extraction and relationship mining on the technical guide for epidemiological investigation of food safety accidents and internet data, the...