BACKGROUND Bisphenol A (BPA) and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) are high-production-volume chemicals used in plastics and resins for food packaging. They have been associated with endocrine disruption in animals and in some human studies. Human exposure sources have been estimated, but the relative contribution of dietary exposure to total intake has not been studied empirically. OBJECTIV...

UNLABELLED This study investigated the impact of storage temperature and duration on the fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on commercially packaged lettuce salads, and on product quality. Fresh-cut Romaine and Iceberg lettuce salads of different commercial brands were obtained from both retail and wholesale stores. The packages were cut open at one end, the lettuce salad inoculated with E. coli ...

BACKGROUND There is evidence that dietary quality declines as children age in North America, but few studies have explored whether food environment exposures in secondary schools as opposed to elementary schools are associated with changes in students' school-day food choices. METHODS This study examined differences in dietary practices (at or en route to and/or from school) between students ...

BACKGROUND Dietary salt reduction is included in the top five priority actions for non-communicable disease control internationally. We therefore aimed to identify health gain and cost impacts of achieving a national target for sodium reduction, along with component targets in different food groups. METHODS We used an established dietary sodium intervention model to study 10 interventions to ...

Obesity, overweight, allergy and additives related disease are common health problems worldwide nowadays. Many of these problems directly relate to food consumption and dietary habits. Hence keep tracking food intake and knowing the consumed food ingredients are essential for a healthy life. However, tracking daily consumption is tedious, and seldom be kept for long. This paper presented a mobi...

Excessive dietary sodium intake increases blood pressure and cardiovascular risk. In Western diets, the majority of dietary sodium comes from packaged and prepared foods (≈75%); however, in Mexico there is no available data on the main food sources of dietary sodium. The main objective of this study was to identify and characterize the major food sources of dietary sodium in a sample of the Mex...

OBJECTIVE To assess government actions to improve the healthiness of food environments in New Zealand, based on the healthy food environment policy index. METHODS A panel of 52 public health experts rated the extent of government implementation against international best practice for 42 indicators of food environment policy and infrastructure support. Their ratings were informed by documented...

Nature of the Industry Workers in the food manufacturing industry link farmers and other agricultural producers with consumers. They do this by processing raw fruits, vegetables, grains, meats, and dairy products into finished goods ready for the grocer or wholesaler to sell to households, restaurants, or institutional food services. Food manufacturing workers perform tasks as varied as the man...