many food products are perishable by nature and require protection from spoilage during their preparation, storage and distribution to give them desired shelf-life. because food products are now often sold in areas of the world far distant from their production sites, the need for extended safe shelf-life for these products has also expanded. currently, there is a strong debate about the safety...

Gastrointestinal symptoms IgE-mediated gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, occur fairly soon after an IgE-mediated reaction. Non IgE-mediated reactions are often chronic, such as vomiting and/or reflux, unresolved diarrhoea, or constipation. Both reflux and constipation have been linked to gut dysmotility and protein in cow’s milk (Lacono et al, 1998). Symptoms of...

The objective of this study was to analyse allergenic proteins by identifying their molecular biomarkers for detection in food using bioinformatics tools. The protein and epitope sequences were from BIOPEP database, proteolysis was simulated using BIOPEP program and UniProt database screening via BLAST and FASTA programs. The biomarkers of food proteins were proposed: for example for whey prote...

worldwide popularity of probiotic- microorganisms and their products on the one hand, and their general weak viability in food products (especially fermented types) as well as gastrointestinal conditions on the other hand, has encouraged researchers to innovate different methods of probiotics viability improvement.  microencapsulation of the probiotic cells is one of the newest and highly effic...

BACKGROUND There are many DNA-based systems for detecting animal species present in food and food products, applicable for food quality control and authentication. However, most (if not all) methods require more than one pair of primers and cannot be applied over a wide taxonomic range, e.g. identifying vertebrates and invertebrates with the same primers and protocols. RESULTS A pair of prime...

OBJECTIVE To understand the status and problems of complementary feeding and to explore the strategy of improving complementary feeding for infants and young children in China. METHOD Data of urban and rural children were selected from the China Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (CFNSS) dataset to describe the status of complementary feeding and growth of children. Logistic Regression wa...

Consumers and regulatory officials are becoming increasingly aware of the human health risk of the presence of micro-organisms or chemicals in the agricultural environment. Providing 'on-farm food safety' programmes which address the daily management of the production unit with regard to animal health and well-being, public health and environmental health must be a top priority for agricultural...

objective: citrinin is a mycotoxin produced by several species of the genera aspergillus and penicillium and occurs mainly in food products and animal feed. some scientific reports show a link between citrinin and nephrotoxic and possibly a carcinogenic effect for humans. methods: samples collected by settling plates,in northern iran and pure culture isolation performed till the toxin measureme...