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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. Development of recombinant oyster heat shock protein 70 mediated in situ capture RT-qPCR to detect human norovirus and Tulane virus

    • Food Control

    • Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are the major foodborne pathogen that causes non-bacterial gastroenteritis globally. Conventional RT-qPCR is prone to counting free RNA in the sample, resulting in an inflated infectious virus titer. Porcine gastric mucin (PGM), broadly used as the capture unit of in situ capture RT-qPCR (ISC-RT-qPCR), can precisely capture intact norovirus without adsorbing free RNA.

      • Viruses
      • Norovirus

  2. Evaluation of the efficacy of ethanol, peracetic acid, and quaternary ammonium compounds against murine norovirus using carrier and suspension tests

    • Food Control

    • Virucidal suspension testing is commonly used as an authorized test for disinfectants. However, this method could not precisely evaluate the effect of disinfectants on food-contact surfaces. To solve this problem, a carrier testing method needs to be established in the food-processing industries by following a standard guideline.

      • Viruses
      • Norovirus

  3. Decontamination of SARS-CoV-2 from cold-chain food packaging provides no marginal benefit in risk reduction to food workers

    • Food Control

    • Countries continue to debate the need for decontamination of cold-chain food packaging to reduce possible severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) fomite transmission among frontline workers. While laboratory-based studies demonstrate persistence of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces, the likelihood of fomite-mediated transmission under real-life conditions is uncertain.

      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  4. Behavioral predictors of household food-safety practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: Extending the theory of planned behavior

    • Food Control
      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  5. Sanitation and customer service strategies implemented during COVID-19 correlated with lower Listeria monocytogenes prevalence in retail delicatessens

    • Food Control
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  6. Survival of murine norovirus and hepatitis A virus in bottled drinking water, strawberries, and oysters.

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Ziwei Zhao, Md Iqbal Hossain, Soontag Jung, Zhaoqi Wang, Daseul Yeo, Mengxiao Song, Ae Min, Sunho Park, Changsun Choi

      • Norovirus
      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  7. Impact of ultraviolet-C and peroxyacetic acid against murine norovirus on stainless steel and lettuce

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Yoah Moon, Sangha Han, Jeong won Son, Si Hong Park, Sang-Do Ha

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  8. Consumer Risk Perception and Trusted Sources of Food Safety Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Merlyn S. Thomas, Yaohua Feng

      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  9. Food safety and evaluation of intention to practice safe eating out measures during COVID-19: Cross sectional study in Indonesia and Malaysia

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Jan Mei Soon, Iwan Vanany, Ikarastika Rahayu Abdul Wahab, Ruhil Hayati Hamdan, Mohd Hafiz Jamaludin

      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  10. The effects on European importers’ food safety controls in the time of COVID-19

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Luisa Marti, Rosa Puertas, Jose M. García-Álvarez-Coque

      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  11. Covid-19 pandemic effects on food safety - Multi-country survey study

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Ilija Djekic, Aleksandra Nikolić, Mirza Uzunović, Aluwé Marijke, Aijun Liu, Jiqin Han, Mladen Brnčić, Nada Knežević, Photis Papademas, Katerina Lemoniati, Franziska Witte, Nino Terjung, Maria Papageorgiou, Kyriaki G. Zinoviadou, Antonella Dalle Zotte, Erika Pellattiero, Bartosz G. Sołowiej, Raquel P.F. Guiné, Paula Correia, Alexandrina Sirbu

      • Viruses
      • COVID-19

  12. Surveillance of human norovirus in oysters collected from production area in Shandong Province, China during 2017–2018

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Hua'ning Zhang, Danlei Liu, Zilei Zhang, Joanne Hewitt, Xinpeng Li, Peibin Hou, Dapeng Wang, Qingping Wu

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  13. Viraemic pigs entering the food chain are the most likely source of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in pork meat: Modelling the fate of HEV during slaughtering of pigs

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Matteo Crotta, Antonio Lavazza, Ana Mateus, Javier Guitian

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  14. Human norovirus disease burden of consuming Crassostrea gigas oysters: A case-study from Japan

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Yo Ueki, Mohan Amarasiri, Sayaka Kamio, Akie Sakagami, Hiroshi Ito, Sital Uprety, Arief Nurul Umam, Takayuki Miura, Thanh H. Nguyen, Daisuke Sano

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  15. Novel peptides functionalized gold nanoparticles decorated tungsten disulfide nanoflowers as the electrochemical sensing platforms for the norovirus in an oyster

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Seung Hoon Baek, Chan Yeong Park, Thang Phan Nguyen, Min Woo Kim, Jong Pil Park, Changsun Choi, Soo Young Kim, Suresh Kumar Kailasa, Tae Jung Park

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  16. Quantitative assessment of microbial quality and safety risk: A preliminary case study of strengthening raspberry supply system in Chile

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Juan E. Ortúzar, Onay B. Dogan, Gustavo Sotomayor, Constanza Jiménez, Jennifer Clarke, Rolando A. Flores, George M. Gray, John H. Rupnow, Bing Wang

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Viruses
      • Hepatitis
      • Pesticide residues
      • Bacterial pathogens

  17. Development of a high-efficient concentrated pretreatment method for noroviruses detection in independent oysters:An extension of the ISO/TS 15216-2:2013 standard method

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Le Zhang, Liang Xue, Junshan Gao, Weicheng Cai, Yueting Jiang, Yueting Zuo, Yingyin Liao, Zhiwei Qin, Haoming Wu, Tong Cheng, Xueting Luo, Qingping Wu, Kegang Wu, Jumei Zhang

      • Viruses
      • Norovirus

  18. Norovirus contamination of sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus): Potential food risk for consumers

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Nânci Santos-Ferreira, João Rodrigo Mesquita, Enrique Rivadulla, Ângela S. Inácio, Maria São José Nascimento, Jesus Romalde, Paulo Martins da Costa

      • Hepatitis
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses
      • Norovirus
      • Salmonella

  19. Characterizing the effects of thermal treatment on human norovirus GII.4 viability using propidium monoazide combined with RT-qPCR and quality assessments in mussels

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Eun Bi Jeon, Man-Seok Choi, Ji Yoon Kim, Kwang Soo Ha, Ji Young Kwon, Sung Hyeon Jeong, Hee Jung Lee, Yeoun Joong Jung, Ji-Hyoung Ha, Shin Young Park

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  20. Inhibitory effect of lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi against murine norovirus

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Dong Joo Seo, Day Jung, Soontag Jung, Daseul Yeo, Changsun Choi

      • Norovirus
      • Viruses
      • Norovirus
      • Viruses

  21. Antimicrobial effects of Chinese rice wine on Norovirus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in traditional wine-treated mud snails (Bullacta exarata)

    • Food Control

    • Author(s): Ningbo Liao, Liming Gong, Lili Chen, Liang Sun, Jiang Chen, Xiuyu Lou, Haiyan Mao, Yanjun Zhang, Ronghua Zhang

      • Norovirus
      • Norovirus
      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  22. Viability RT-qPCR to detect potentially infectious enteric viruses on heat-processed berries

    • Food Control

    • Available online 12 August 2019

      Author(s): Jiayin Chen, Xiyang Wu, Gloria Sánchez, Walter Randazzo

      • Norovirus
      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses
      • Hepatitis

  23. Occurrence and molecular characterization of enteric viruses in bivalve shellfish marketed in Vietnam

    • Food Control

    • Available online 20 August 2019

      Author(s): E. Suffredini, Q.H. Le, S. Di Pasquale, T.D. Pham, T. Vicenza, M. Losardo, K.A. To, D. De Medici

      • Norovirus
      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses
      • Norovirus
      • Viruses
      • Hepatitis

  24. Antimicrobial activity of anthocyanins and catechins against foodborne pathogens Escherichia coli and Salmonella

    • Food Control

    • Available online 13 June 2019

      Author(s): Yong Ma, Sujuan Ding, Yanquan Fei, Gang Liu, Hongmei Jang, Jun Fang

      • Norovirus
      • Salmonella
      • Vibrio
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses

  25. Norovirus in shellfish: An overview of post-harvest treatments and their challenges

    • Food Control

    • Available online 4 January 2019

      Author(s): Pradip Gyawali, Graham C. Fletcher, Dorothy-Jean McCoubrey, Joanne Hewitt

      • Norovirus
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Viruses