Numerous studies have described environmental exposure of humans to heavy metals in African populations. Little is known about the exposure to heavy metal toxins from processed or unprocessed foods consumed in Africa, and no data exists on the food concentrations of arsenic and chromium, which are potential carcinogens and systemic toxicants. This study determined the concentrations of arsenic ...

This paper examines responses to a national FDA advisory that urged at-risk individuals to limit store-bought fish consumption due to the dangers of methyl-mercury. We investigate consumer response using both parametric and nonparametric methods. Some targeted consumers significantly reduced canned fish purchases as a result of the advisory, suggesting that information-based policies can achiev...

4. Rouse, A. H., C. D. Atkins and R. L. Huggart. 1954. Effect of pulp quantity on chemical and physi cal properties of citrus juices and concentrates. Food Technol. 8: 431-435. 5. U. S. Dept. Agriculture. U. S. standards for grades of canned citrus juices and concentrates. Agricultural Marketing Service, Washington, D. C: (a) Frozen concentrated grapefruit juice, Dec. 1951; (b) Frozen concentra...

BACKGROUND Diamine oxidase (DAO) is a polyamine-degrading enzyme also implicated in histamine metabolism. Chronic urticaria (CU) has a wide spectrum of clinical presentations and causes. Anisakis sensitisation associated chronic urticaria (CU+) has been characterised as a phenotype with different clinical and immunological characteristics and possibly associated with previous acute parasitism. ...

in this investigation, the effects of the precooking (cooking with saturated steam, microwave and oven) and sterilization (115, 120 and 130 ° c, with same sterilization value) on the amount of iron, zinc, copper, calcium, sodium, of silver carp was studied during canning process. the results of measuring elements in the raw and precooked fish were ranged from 3.05 to 4.19 for copper, 71.45 to 8...

Identification of fish fillets usually requires the application of a molecular tool because most of the morphological traits used in species identification are removed during the filleting process. Early molecular identification methods relied on protein electrophoresis that became recognized as an official method for fish fillet identification (AOAC, 1990; Tenge et al., 1993; Yearsley et al., ...

In addition to fresh foods, many canned foods also provide nutrient-dense dietary options, often at a lower price, with longer storage potential. The aim of this study was to compare nutrient-dense food group intake and nutrient intake between different levels of canned food consumption in the US. Consumption data were collected for this cross-sectional study from 9761 American canned food cons...