Meat products often consist of meat from multiple animal species, and inaccurate food product adulteration and mislabeling can negatively affect consumers. Therefore, a cost-effective and reliable method for identification and quantification of animal species in meat products is required. In this study, we developed a duplex droplet digital PCR (dddPCR) detection and quantification system to si...

background: toxoplasmosis is a worldwide spread disease. the present study examined the prevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection among animals of ediblemeat (cattle and sheep) in chaharmahal va bakhtiari province (southwest of iran) in 2012. furthermore, we attempted for the first time to identify this parasite from the meat products in the province. methods: the tongue, brain, femur muscle an...

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a relationship between a diet containing an excess of energy-dense food rich in fats and sugar and the emergence of a range of chronic diseases, including colon cancer, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and several other disorders [12, 49, 9, 77, 13, 14]. As the presence of fibre in food produces a diminution in their caloric content, thus, an increase i...

Lighting programs that provide longer daylength as a broiler ages reduce the incidence of ascites and sudden death syndrome. Birds given this type of program often have an increased incidence of carcass scratches due to increased bird activity. The turkey industry uses microwave technology to restrict claw growth and reduce carcass scratches. One concern is that the treatment may reduce bird gr...

The ubiquitous nature of Listeria monocytogenes and its ability to grow at refrigerated temperature makes L. monocytogenes a significant threat to the safety of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products. The contamination by L. monocytogenes in RTE meat primarily occurs during slicing and packaging after cooking. The effectiveness of postpackage decontamination technology such as in-package thermal past...

Mycotoxins a"atoxin B1 (AFB 1 ) and ochratoxin A (OTA) present a common source of contamination of meat products. In this study, the three types of Croatian and Slovenian traditional meat products (n = 18) from the categories of dry-cured products, fermented sausages and dry-cured bacon, were analyzed on the levels of mycotoxins AFB 1 and OTA. After determination of basic chemical composition o...

Background & Aims of the Study: One way to increasing shelf life of meat is the production of sausages along with additives. One of these additives contains nitrite that in an acceptance limit is not a threat for human health but if it's amount is higher than standard, it will react in the body with secondary amine and the result is the formation of...

Copper concentrations were measured in a 65 samples marketed and collected in Croatia in summer 2012: meat samples (bovine, pig, sheep), meat products (sausages, pâté), fi sh and fi sh products and shellfi sh (mussels, oysters). Mean Cu levels were (mg/kg): all meat 0.77, sausages 0.69, pâté 2.24, fi sh 0.23, fi sh products 1.20, mussels 0.81, oysters 30.0. Signifi cant diff erences were found ...

in this paper the trade restrictiveness of agricultural policies in iran was measured by the triindex for the nine major agricultural products including wheat, rice, barely, maize, soybean,meat (beef meat), soybean oil, sugar and banana over the period 1981 to 2007. the main resultsindicate that there is no trend in above index and high volatility especially in 2006 and 2007years due to conside...

Intake of dietary sodium has been linked to hypertension and consequently increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The estimated cost of CVD to both the EU and US economies is €169B and $403B, respectively. Currently the daily sodium adult intake is approximately three times the recommended daily allowance (Ireland and UK) and therefore public health and regulatory authorities are recomm...