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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. A review of HACCP and the South African abattoir hygiene management system towards integration

  2. A systematic review of interventions aimed at increasing calcium intake in adults: where do we go from here?

  3. Nitrate contamination of groundwater and identification of its cause in Kumamoto City and neighbouring area in Japan

  4. Bacterial water quality and risk evaluation of bottled drinking water in China

  5. Disaggregated gender cohort associated with related microbial hazards and critical control points in 'foofoo' processing system

    • International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
    • Gender consideration, a risk factor in food processing system can enhance efficiency of food hazards critical control points (CCPs) and corrective measures for food safety and public health. The study objective was to examine gender related association in 'foofoo' processing and hazards in project cycle. Disaggregated gender cohorts were female adult (FA), male adult (MA), male child (MC), and female child (FC).

      • Bacterial pathogens
  6. Defining a control point for the South African abattoir hygiene management system

    • International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
    • The hygiene management system (HMS) was regulated for South African red meat and poultry abattoirs in mid-2000. It is a basic food safety management system. The HMS requires identification of control points (CPs) where critical limits must be established and control measures set in place. However, a CP has not been defined in legislation and no guidelines are available on how to identify them.

  7. Occurrence of mycotoxins in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and its products

    • International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
    • Contamination of foods with mycotoxins represents an important limit to the income of farmers and a major public health concern especially in tropical countries. Cassava represents an important part of the diet of many people in this part of the word and the most important smallholder crop in Africa. Fungal contamination of cassava products can occur at pre-harvest level or after, during processing, according to the conditions (moisture, temperature, competition with other microorganisms).

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins
  8. Sustainable street vended foods and food safety: a conceptual framework

    • International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
    • Street vended foods are the vehicle of pathogens transmission resulting in foodborne diseases. The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual public health risks framework of consuming road vended foods based on detailed review of existing literature in developing countries.

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter
      • Norovirus
      • Shigella
  9. Characterisation of L. monocytogenes strains isolated from salad vegetables

    • International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
    • Seventy-one strains of L. monocytogenes isolated from raw salad vegetables consumed in the minimally processed state in Malaysia were characterised by serotyping, random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction analysis (RAPD-PCR) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Based on serotyping, only one strain belonged to serotype 4 while the rest were from serotype 1. RAPD-PCR typing was carried out using two primers, i.e., OPAR-8 and GEN 1-50-09.

  10. Food Safety Review in the State of Kuwait as a part of Arab Gulf Area

    • International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
    • The Food Safety Review (FSR) is a partnership between industry, government, academia, and the consumer. The reason for our review is to increase consistency among local health departments and their interpretations of the state food service rules.

  11. Screening for antibiotic residues in swine and poultry tissues using the STAR test

    • International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
    • During a 12-month period, 138 tissue samples (muscle, liver, kidney) were screened for antibiotic residues (ARs), using the five-plate STAR test. Samples positive to one or more antibiotics were detected in 33.9% of the chicken samples and in 26% of the pig samples.

  12. Improvement of food safety for older adults participating in congregate meal sites

    • International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
    • The elderly population in the USA is rapidly growing and is expected to reach 72 million people by 2030, more than double the number in 2000. Older adults are more likely than younger adults to contract foodborne illness and therefore they experience more health complications from food contamination.