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Probabilistic Health Risk Assessment for Dietary Exposure to Aflatoxin in Peanut and Peanut Products in Taiwan. 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.021 2018-04-10 Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites naturally occurring in many foods such as peanuts, spices, rice, tree nuts, and maize. Aflatoxins are both genotoxic and carcinogenic substances and can cause severe adverse health effects. The purpose of this study is to ...
Stability of Listeria monocytogenes in wheat flour during extended storage and isothermal treatment 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.008 2018-04-06 Foodborne pathogens including Salmonella have been implicated in recent recalls of low-aw foods, such as peanut butter, almond flour, wheat flour and dry milk powder, and are primary concerns for microbiological safety of dry food products. Although there are...
The effectiveness of closed-circulation gaseous chlorine dioxide or ozone treatment against bacterial pathogens on produce 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.004 2018-04-04 The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of gaseous chlorine dioxide (ClO2) or ozone (O3) treatment against Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), serovars of Salmonella enterica, and Listeria monocytogenes on baby-cut carrots, low...
Monitoring honey adulteration with sugar syrups using an automatic pulse voltammetric electronic tongue 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.003 2018-04-03 The new tendency to detect adulterated honey is the development of affordable analytical equipment that is in-line and manageable, enabling rapid on site screening. Therefore, the aim of this work was to apply an electronic tongue based on potential multistep...
Antagonistic effects of Lactobacillus plantarum 0612 on the adhesion of selected foodborne enteropathogens in various colonic environments 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.001 2018-04-02 The study aims to investigate the antagonistic ability of Lactobacillus plantarum 0612 against foodborne enteropathogens adhesion to the human intestinal Caco-2 cells by competition in a simulated colon model. L. plantarum 0612 has been subjected to the gastr...
Effects of chitosan coatings incorporating with free or nano-encapsulated Satureja plant essential oil on quality characteristics of lamb meat 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.047 2018-04-02 There is a growing demand for bio-based and active packaging as one of the preferred emerging technologies to improve food quality and extend shelf-life. The objectives of this study were to formulate a novel biodegradable coating embedded with nano-encapsula...
Improvement of the quality and the shelf life of reduced-nitrites turkey meat sausages incorporated with carotenoproteins from blue crabs shells 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.048 2018-04-02 The present study investigated the biological properties of carotenoproteins extract (CPE) from blue crab shells as well as the influence of their addition on the quality of turkey meat sausages (TMSs) containing reduced amounts of nitrites. CPE exhibited ant...
Comparative transcriptome RNA-Seq analysis of Listeria monocytogenes with sodium lactate adaptation 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.044 2018-03-29 Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen that can cause listeriosis with high mortality rates. Sodium lactate has been used as an antimicrobial in meat products to inhibit the growth of foodborne pathogens. However, the adaptation mechanism o...
Multiplex high resolution melt-curve real-time PCR assay for reliable detection of Salmonella 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.043 2018-03-27 A highly specific multiplex high resolution melt-curve (HRM) real-time PCR assay was developed for the reliable detection of Salmonella serotypes in general. As compared to a conventional singleplex PCR, the use of HRM and three specific gene targets allowed ...
Authentication of the sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) using amino acids carbon stable isotope fingerprinting 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.041 2018-03-27 Authentication of seafood is critical for ensuring consistent food quality. In the present study, amino acids (AAs) carbon stable isotope fingerprinting was investigated for its potential to identify sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) from different geogra...

Probabilistic Health Risk Assessment for Dietary Exposure to Aflatoxin in Peanut and Peanut Products in Taiwan.

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.021

2018-04-10

Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites naturally occurring in many foods such as peanuts, spices, rice, tree nuts, and maize. Aflatoxins are both genotoxic and carcinogenic substances and can cause severe adverse health effects. The purpose of this study is to ...

Stability of Listeria monocytogenes in wheat flour during extended storage and isothermal treatment

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.008

2018-04-06

Foodborne pathogens including Salmonella have been implicated in recent recalls of low-aw foods, such as peanut butter, almond flour, wheat flour and dry milk powder, and are primary concerns for microbiological safety of dry food products. Although there are...

The effectiveness of closed-circulation gaseous chlorine dioxide or ozone treatment against bacterial pathogens on produce

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.004

2018-04-04

The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of gaseous chlorine dioxide (ClO2) or ozone (O3) treatment against Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), serovars of Salmonella enterica, and Listeria monocytogenes on baby-cut carrots, low...

Monitoring honey adulteration with sugar syrups using an automatic pulse voltammetric electronic tongue

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.003

2018-04-03

The new tendency to detect adulterated honey is the development of affordable analytical equipment that is in-line and manageable, enabling rapid on site screening. Therefore, the aim of this work was to apply an electronic tongue based on potential multistep...

Antagonistic effects of Lactobacillus plantarum 0612 on the adhesion of selected foodborne enteropathogens in various colonic environments

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.001

2018-04-02

The study aims to investigate the antagonistic ability of Lactobacillus plantarum 0612 against foodborne enteropathogens adhesion to the human intestinal Caco-2 cells by competition in a simulated colon model. L. plantarum 0612 has been subjected to the gastr...

Effects of chitosan coatings incorporating with free or nano-encapsulated Satureja plant essential oil on quality characteristics of lamb meat

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.047

2018-04-02

There is a growing demand for bio-based and active packaging as one of the preferred emerging technologies to improve food quality and extend shelf-life. The objectives of this study were to formulate a novel biodegradable coating embedded with nano-encapsula...

Improvement of the quality and the shelf life of reduced-nitrites turkey meat sausages incorporated with carotenoproteins from blue crabs shells

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.048

2018-04-02

The present study investigated the biological properties of carotenoproteins extract (CPE) from blue crab shells as well as the influence of their addition on the quality of turkey meat sausages (TMSs) containing reduced amounts of nitrites. CPE exhibited ant...

Comparative transcriptome RNA-Seq analysis of Listeria monocytogenes with sodium lactate adaptation

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.044

2018-03-29

Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen that can cause listeriosis with high mortality rates. Sodium lactate has been used as an antimicrobial in meat products to inhibit the growth of foodborne pathogens. However, the adaptation mechanism o...

Multiplex high resolution melt-curve real-time PCR assay for reliable detection of Salmonella

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.043

2018-03-27

A highly specific multiplex high resolution melt-curve (HRM) real-time PCR assay was developed for the reliable detection of Salmonella serotypes in general. As compared to a conventional singleplex PCR, the use of HRM and three specific gene targets allowed ...

Authentication of the sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) using amino acids carbon stable isotope fingerprinting

10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.03.041

2018-03-27

Authentication of seafood is critical for ensuring consistent food quality. In the present study, amino acids (AAs) carbon stable isotope fingerprinting was investigated for its potential to identify sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) from different geogra...