Introduction: Consumption of fresh herbs plays a major epidemiological role in the transmission of some parasitic food-borne diseases. Some manufacturers are producing different kinds of fresh packaged ready-to-eat packaged herbs in Iran. Therefore, this study was carried out in order to evaluate the parasitic contamination in ready-to-eat fresh packaged herbs produced by one of major manufactu...

A fast method of liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed for the analysis of eleven UV ink photoinitiators in packaged food. Chromatographic separation was achieved in a pentafluorophenylpropyl (PFPP) column at 5°C and acetonitrile:25 mM formic acid-ammonium formate (pH 2.7) in gradient elution. To reduce sample treatment, a QuEChERS (quick, easy, chea...

food preservation has always been a concern for mankind. different methods have been developed to preserve food for long periods, such as cold storage, plastic covers, and modified atmospherethis study examined the physicochemical and biological effects of a modified atmosphere on packaged romaine lettuce at three levels (g1: 40% oxygen, 15% carbon dioxide, 45% nitrogen; g2: 70% oxygen, 15% car...

Increasing consumption of pre-packaged foods is likely an important driver of diet-related diseases in China. From January 2013 it became mandatory to provide a standardised nutrient declaration on pre-packaged foods in China. We collected data on pre-packaged foods from large chain supermarkets in Beijing in 2013, examined the completeness of the nutrient declaration of core required nutrients...

Interpretive, front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labels may encourage reformulation of packaged foods. We aimed to evaluate the effects of the Health Star Rating (HSR), a new voluntary interpretive FOP labelling system, on food reformulation in New Zealand. Annual surveys of packaged food and beverage labelling and composition were undertaken in supermarkets before and after adoption of HSR i.e., 20...

BACKGROUND Front-of-pack nutrition labelling may support healthier packaged food purchases. Australia has adopted a novel Health Star Rating (HSR) system, but the legitimacy of this choice is unknown. OBJECTIVE To define the effects of different formats of front-of-pack labelling on the healthiness of food purchases and consumer perceptions. DESIGN Individuals were assigned at random to acc...

The EU food labelling regulation tells the food producer that all ingredients in a pre-packaged product need to be in the list of ingredients. There are some exceptions from this general rule, but theses exceptions can not be used if the ingredient is a recognised allergenic food on the EU list. It is also important to note that the producer is obliged to use an easily recognisable name. As an ...

Availability of less-healthy packaged food and beverage products has been implicated as an important driver of obesity and diet-related disease. An increasing number of packaged foods and beverages are sold in India. Our objective was to evaluate the healthiness of packaged foods sold by India's largest manufacturers. Healthiness was assessed using the Australian Health Star Rating (HSR) system...