BACKGROUND There are an estimated 9.4 million cases of foodborne illness each year. Consumers have a key role in preventing foodborne illness, but differences in the practice of food safety behaviors exist, increasing risk for certain groups in the population. Identifying groups who are more likely to practice risky food safety behaviors can assist in development of interventions to reduce the ...

the adoption of food safety systems (fsss) is of major significance in the food industry, and that approach is especially of more promience in dairy and meat processing firms. in this study the aim was to introduce the factors affecting the probability of adoption of fsss in the dairy and the meat processing plants in aydin, western turkey. it was observed that ten out of twenty-eight dairy bus...

introduction: linguatula serrata is a zoonotic parasite, belonging to the class pentastomida. the major aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of sodium chloride (nacl) and heat on survival time of linguatula serrata nymphs. materials & methods: thirty nymphs (10 in triplicate) were separately transferred to plastic tubes, containing different concentrations of nacl solution (2%, 5% and 1...

migration of compounds from packaging materials is one of the most important aspects of food safety. epoxy resins have been in inner coatings of food cans since the 1960s. these resins can be produced from bisphenol-a diglycidyl ether (badge) that is also utilized as a starter. migration of potentially toxic compounds in epoxy resins used for commercial cans is a very important food safety issu...

Educating students in the range of subjects encompassing food safety and security as approached from a One Health perspective requires consideration of a variety of different disciplines and the interrelationships among disciplines. The Western Institute for Food Safety and Security developed a subject matter outline to accompany a previously published One Health in food safety and security cur...

we determined the concentrations of lead and cadmium in edible parts of colocasiaesculenta,amaranthusspp. and ipomoea batata cultivated on farms in industrially polluted sections of nyabugogomarsh (kigali, rwanda) and quantified metal intake by consumers of these crops. we report that metalconcentrations in crops were within eu limits. the highest metal concentrations were found in amaranthussp...

Introduction: Food safety is a crucial factor in the growth of developing countries worldwide. In this study, we present a meta-analysis of microbiological food safety publications from Ghana. Methodology: The search words “Ghana food safety”, “Ghana food research”, and “Ghana food bacteria” were used to search for microbiological food safety publications with related abstracts or titles in Pub...