Food safety and quality are the basis and prerequisite for ensuring the harmonious and stable development of the modern economy and society. At present, foodborne pathogens, veterinary drug residues, genetically modified foods and adulteration cause or may cause food safety hazards. Metabolomics is ...

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...

The aim of the study was to compare the microbiological quality of meat products špekácky produced with a traditional salt content exceeding 2% and reformulated batches with a reduced salt content of 1.7%. The analyses were performed twice between May-June 2019 and 2020. Total viable count (TVC),...

Transportation and storage are practices that affect food safety. Temperature conditions that prevent the growth of potentially present pathogenic and spoilage bacteria must be maintained during storage and transport. The outcome of meat cooling is closely linked to the initial number of...

The objective of this study was to identify the consumers habits, concern about food safety, and perception of food risk of meat consumption in the municipality of Jataí - GO. One hundred people were interviewed, the majority women (68%), with complete elementary and high school degree (76%), and...

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 ...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the potential of survival and growth dynamics of Listeria monocytogenes strains and Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis and Typhimurium, inoculated artificially (individually and in mixture) on two ready-to-eat (RTE) cooked smoked meat...

In order to ensure animal health and production performance, veterinary drugs are widely used in animal husbandry. However, the abused and unreasonable use of veterinary drugs leads to the accumulation of the residues of veterinary drugs and their metabolites in animal-derived foods, which causes...

Background: The advent of new technologies aimed at ensuring the food safety has increased in recent years. This trend has promoted the manufacturing of edible films and coatings with antibacterial agents. Among these agents, bacteriophages have been an attractive option to add into edible...

Meat is a nutrient-rich matrix for human consumption. However, it is also a suitable environment for the proliferation of both spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms. The growing demand to develop healthy and nutritious meat products with low fat, low salt and reduced additives and achieving...