The prevalence of thermotolerant fungi on non-heat-sterilizable food was determined. Aspergillus spp. were noted in 100% of pepper and regular tea samples, 12 to 66% of fruits, 27% of herbal teas, and 20% of freeze-dried soup samples. All soft cheese samples were contaminated by Geotrichum and yeast (Candida norvegensis) but Candida albicans was never identified.

Mould and mycotoxin contamination in food OTA toxicity Ochratoxin A producers Occurrence of Ochratoxin A Effect of water activity on OTA production OTA destruction during roasting of coffee Levels and distribution of OTA in green coffee (contamination, survey) Effect of processing and handling on OTA content of green coffee Effect of caffeine on OTA production Socioeconomic impact of coffee pro...

Most of the points that apply to dysphasic patients can usefully be remembered when dealing with the mentally handicapped, especially the following. (1) Use simple sentences, but do not "talk down." (2) Put instructions in writing; there will usually be someone in the patient's environment who can read. (3) Both truculence and shyness are often due to being in an unfamiliar environment, so putt...

Consumers engage in food handling practices that can contribute to foodborne illness, and there is interest in improving those behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the “Food Safe Families” clean and separate messages on cross-contamination behaviors of consumers and to determine the impact of external safe food handling cues. Participants (n = 123) were randomly a...

Legacy lead (Pb) contamination from sport shooting activities is a well-known hazard. Assessing the risk this contamination presents to the environment and public health requires a detailed understanding of its spatial distribution, yet our knowledge in this area is limited, especially for wetland shooting ranges. In this study, we analyzed 1351 sediment samples from 456 surficial (0-5 cm) loca...

OBJECTIVES The general aim was to assess dietary exposure to selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals among Eskimo (Inuit) and Chukchi of the Chukotka Peninsula of the Russian Arctic, and to establish recommendations for exposure risk reduction. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional evaluation of nutritional patterns of coastal and inland indigenous peoples of the Chukotka Autonomous...

In case of contamination in the food chain, fast action is required in order to reduce the numbers of affected people. In such situations, being able to predict the fate of agents in foods would help risk assessors and decision makers in assessing the potential effects of a specific contamination event and thus enable them to deduce the appropriate mitigation measures. One efficient strategy su...

s: Corn based-snacks which are a type of food that very popular among children and the contamination of this type of food may be hazardous to those susceptible young age consumers. Corn is the main source of contamination in this food. Fumonisins are among the hazardous mycotoxin that may exist in corn. Therefore, the aim of this study was to asses the level of Fumonisin B and fungal contaminat...

To achieve further reductions in foodborne illness levels in humans, effective pre-harvest interventions are needed. The health status of food animals that are destined to enter the human food supply chain may be an important, although often overlooked, factor in predicting the risk of human foodborne infections. The health status of food animals can potentially influence foodborne pathogen lev...