OBJECTIVE Promoting breastfeeding is major maternal and child health goal in India. It is unclear whether mothers receive additional food needed to support healthy breastfeeding. METHODS Using the latest National Family and Health Survey (2005-2006), we applied multilevel linear regression models to document correlates of nutrition for (n = 20,764) breastfeeding women. We then compared consum...

Salmonella was the archetypal food poisoning organism of the 20th century. It achieved a high public profile following the salmonella-in-eggs crisis of 1988–89, but by then had been the subject of public health concern and scientific interest for over a century. Early associated with animal foods, the advent of phage typing in the 1940s began to reveal the complexity of its environmental associ...

OF THESIS STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIC FOOD IN RELATION TO HE1ALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND PRICING The organic industry is full of opinions and perceptions, which influence consumer purchasing decisions. A convenience sample of 69 college students between the ages of 19-23 registered in a basic food preparation class participated in this study. A sensory analysis of organic and conventional fruits, ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze dietary patterns of infants and its association with maternal socioeconomic, cultural, and demographic variables. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with two groups of mothers of children up to 24 months (n=202) living in the city of Maceió, Alagoas, Northeast Brazil. The case group consisted of mothers enrolled in a Family Health Unit. The comparison group con...

Fresh food products have a high income elasticity of demand and few traditional trade barriers in high income markets. As such, they represent an important opportunity for less developed country (LDC) exporters. Fresh food product exports account for half of all food and agricultural exports from LDCs to high income countries. But these products may be subject to greater food safety risks and p...

introduction botulism is an acute form of poisoning resulted from ingestion of clostridium botulinum toxin. case presentation here we present five cases of food-borne botulism poisoning from home produced cheese. five patients from one family referred to our emergency unit with complaints of weakness and two had severe symptoms. in spite of the laboratory negative results antitoxin was administ...

This month marks the 1-year anniversary of “behind-thecounter” provision of emergency contraception in the United States. For years, the hope that emergency contraception would make a significant dent in unintended pregnancy rates fueled women's health advocates, policymakers and donors to create programs and products to promote this “second chance” contraceptive option in the United States and...

Women are at high risk of becoming food insecure. While emergency food relief assistance is available, an underlying clientele culture and stigma combined with entrenched societal power inequality and gender role identification create barriers for women to access safe and nutritious food. This commentary aims to discuss this issue and provide suggestions on what needs to be done to ensure that ...

Micronutrient deficiencies occur frequently in refugee and displaced populations. These deficiency diseases include, in addition to the most common Fe and vitamin A deficiencies, scurvy (vitamin C deficiency), pellagra (niacin and/or tryptophan deficiency) and beriberi (thiamin deficiency), which are not seen frequently in non-emergency-affected populations. The main causes of the outbreaks hav...

The growth of retailer lately very significant especially in food product, selling of food product is not only in conventional market but moreover now is in such mini market, mall, shopping complex, etc. Food traceability is required in supply of food product to make sure items are safe to consume and not in expired date. This paper present on food traceability in supply chain based on Electron...