Showing papers in "Food Control in 2019"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the influence of ultrasound treatments (0, 4, 8, 12, and 16 min) on the color attributes, ascorbic acid, phenolic compounds content and antioxidant activity of strawberry juice.

TL;DR: Blockchain algorithms incorporate a high potential, as data can be stored in an unmodifiable way and enabling quick tracking across all process steps, so that stakeholders as well as commodities or semi-finished items can be identified much faster.

TL;DR: A health risk assessment indicated that consumption of these seaweed species poses a low risk for humans with regard to heavy metals, and an EU-wide regulation on maximal concentration of heavy metals in seaweeds should be established.

TL;DR: It seems that Anthocyanins and catechins can regulate the composition of intestinal microbes to improve intestinal immunity and promote intestinal health, thereby controlling foodborne disease.

TL;DR: In this paper, the sanitising effect of low concentration acidic electrolysed water (AEW, free available chlorine (FAC): 4 mg/L) combined with levulinic acid (LA, 3% v/v) on fresh organic lettuce during 7-day storage was evaluated.

TL;DR: In this article, NIR spectroscopy has been coupled with two different classifiers: Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) and Soft Independent Modelling of Class Analogies (SIMCA).

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of hot air impingement blanching on peroxidase (POD) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activities, ultrastructure, water distribution, drying time, and key quality attributes of apricots were investigated under air temperature of 110˚°C and relative humidity of 35%−40% for various exposure times ranging from 30 to 150˚s.

TL;DR: Overall, glyphosate residues in grains and foods were below the current MRLs, and more studies are needed to further elucidate any health-related concerns, degradation of glyphosate during grain storage and processing, as well as its long-term safety.

TL;DR: A review of the available literature on safety of edible insects revealed that processing methods that include boiling, frying and roasting greatly increase the safety of the edible insects.

TL;DR: In this article, near and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy has been combined with chemometrics to screen for substitution of black pepper with papaya seeds, chili and with non-functional black pepper material such as black pepper husk, pinheads and defatted spent materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used multivariate data analysis and partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) models to classify green coffee beans on continents and countries bases.

TL;DR: Compared to the parent chitosan, the derivative could significantly inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, wherein the latter was more sensitive to the derivative than the former.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors found that Chinese consumers consider food fraud to represent a food hazard that poses a threat to the authenticity, quality and reliability of food and increased the risk of purchasing and consuming of unsafe food.

TL;DR: Improving the microbiological quality of salted Chinese cabbage, used in kimchi, an important part of the Asian culinary scene, is critical for minimising exposure to foodborne pathogens.

TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted to evaluate the level of food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices among 402 food handlers in Kuwait restaurants, and the results showed that the majority of food handlers had sufficient knowledge 53.59 ± 16.68 (70%) showing very good knowledge particularly about personal hygiene.

TL;DR: In this paper, the photocatalytic efficiency of activated carbon supported TiO2 catalyst (AC/TiO2) for degradation of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) under UV-Vis light was evaluated.

TL;DR: The antibacterial mechanism of plantaricin LPL-1 against L. monocytogenes was clarified at cellular and molecular levels and inhibited expression levels of genes related to virulence factors, biofilm formation factors, and RNA polymerase sigma factor were inhibited.

TL;DR: In this paper, a method of reducing adulteration in meats, in which Electronic Nose (E-nose) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) were applied to identify adulterants in mutton.

TL;DR: A lipidomics study using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and multivariate statistics was conducted in this work to discriminate raw pork meat, finding one-hundred variables found to have high potential.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between thermal tolerance of Salmonella Enteritidis PT30 and water activity (aw) of food matrices measured at elevated temperatures during thermal processing was studied.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the inhibitory activity of shikimic acid (SA) against biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus and explored its potential molecular mechanism.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of organic matters in the form of beef extract or peptone on the inactivation efficacy of PAW against Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Staphylococcus aureus.

TL;DR: The presence of microplastics in three different species of edible snails belonging to the genus Helix is evaluated for the first time to improve the knowledge about the distribution of MPs in the terrestrial ecosystem, and the consequent MPs human exposure deriving from their consumption.

TL;DR: In a recent study, Nguyen et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed consumer concern about food safety and its determinants, taking into account spatial disparities, and found that consumers experienced a high level of anxiety over food safety.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the potential of near infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) combined with multivariate analysis to identify black pepper adulterated with common adulterant papaya seeds.

TL;DR: The use of gaseous chlorine dioxide (ClO2) treatments for postharvest sanitation has increased in recent years due to its many advantages over other sanitizers, including its powerful antimicrobial activity, and low environmental impact.

TL;DR: Results suggest that DF01 bacteriocin may be applied to control the biofilm formation of E. coli and S. Typhimurium.

TL;DR: Significant levels of preharvest infection of maize by toxigenic A. flavus strains should be a critical focal point to prevent aflatoxin contamination and exposure and is a health concern for the population in these regions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the antifungal activities and mechanisms of tea tree oil (TTO) and its main components were investigated as potential substitutes for synthetic preservatives, and α-terpineol and terpene-4-ol exhibited the greatest effectiveness at inhibiting mycelium growth and spore germination.

TL;DR: Despite several caveats, NGS is a strong candidate to become a valuable aid or even the technology of choice to achieve regulatory compliance and reputation protection in a number of food fraud situations, particularly for highly complex food matrices.