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1. A holistic approach to food fraud vulnerability assessment

Author:
Faeze Rezazade; Jane Summers; Derek Ong Lai Teik
Source:
Food control 2022 v.131 pp. 108440
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Bayesian theory; databases; food fraud; food safety; meat; models; quality control; risk assessment; risk reduction; seafoods; weight-of-evidence; China
Abstract:
... The increase in fraudulent incidents has resulted in a change of focus in theory related to investigating food fraud from risk mitigation to vulnerability reduction. While the literature provided a framework from which to identify possible areas of vulnerability to food fraud, it does not provide a methodology that would allow food producers and processors to quantify and assess their vulnerabilit ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108440

2. An explainable machine learning model for identifying geographical origins of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus based on multi-element profile

Author:
Yong Sun; Yanfang Zhao; Jifa Wu; Nan Liu; Xuming Kang; Shanshan Wang; Deqing Zhou
Source:
Food control 2022 v.134 pp. 108753
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Apostichopus japonicus; algorithms; food safety; market value; models; provenance; spatial data; China
Abstract:
... The geographical origin of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicas plays an important role in determining its market value. This study investigated the feasibility of using multi-element profile combined with explainable machine learning to trace the origin of sea cucumber in China. Multi-element profile (23 elements) of 167 sea cucumber samples was determined with ICP-OES and ICP-MS, and used for con ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108753

3. Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Indiana from foods, patients, and environments in China during 2007–2016

Author:
Zengfeng Zhang; Shoukui He; Xuebin Xu; Jiang Chang; Zeqiang Zhan; Yan Cui; Chunlei Shi; Xianming Shi
Source:
Food control 2022 v.131 pp. 108427
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Salmonella Indiana; antibiotic resistance; beta-lactamase; ceftriaxone; ciprofloxacin; food safety; genes; genetic variation; multilocus sequence typing; multiple drug resistance; pathogens; plasmids; public health; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; serotypes; transposons; China
Abstract:
... Salmonella enterica serovar Indiana has become a widely prevalent non-typhoidal serovar in China in recent years. To improve the understanding of antimicrobial resistance and genetic bias in this emerging pathogen, a total of 214 S. Indiana isolates from foods, patients, and the environments in China from 2007 to 2016 were characterized for antimicrobial susceptibility, antimicrobial resistance-de ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108427

4. Chinese consumers’ views of ethnic foods in relation to environment: Paradoxical perceptions versus ecological realities

Author:
Peter Ho; Karlis Rokpelnis; Heng Zhao; Hossein Azadi
Source:
Food control 2022 v.137 pp. 108757
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
deforestation; desertification; food production; food quality; food safety; lifestyle; national surveys; pollution; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Ethnic traditions are increasingly being seen as drivers of local economic growth and specialty product marketing in China. At the same time, growing awareness toward environmental issues and their impacts on humans have emerged as a part of lifestyle changes and new socioeconomic opportunities. Concerns regarding health and food safety have risen as a result of environmental degradation, increasi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108757

5. Colorimetric detection of Aflatoxin B1 by using smartphone-assisted microfluidic paper-based analytical devices

Author:
Xuemei Tang; Ruiqi Su; Haixi Luo; Ying Zhao; Lu Feng; Jian Chen
Source:
Food control 2022 v.132 pp. 108497
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
aflatoxin B1; antigens; carcinogens; chitosan; colorimetry; food safety; gelatin; glucose; hydrogen peroxide; mobile telephones; monoclonal antibodies; oxidation; pollution; public health; China
Abstract:
... Aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁) is a powerful carcinogen, and the pollution it causes has become a global public health safety issue. Therefore, microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) with smartphones to read colorimetric signals were constructed for rapid AFB₁ detection. The colorimetric mechanism of μPADs was based on the common starch–iodine reaction, and the addition of gelatin/chitosan enhan ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108497

6. Comparative analysis of volatile profiles in four pine-mushrooms using HS-SPME/GC-MS and E-nose

Author:
Qiyong Guo; Nadya Mara Adelina; Jintao Hu; Ligang Zhang; Yuhong Zhao
Source:
Food control 2022 v.134 pp. 108711
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
benzaldehyde; electronic nose; food safety; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; odors; principal component analysis; solid phase microextraction; China
Abstract:
... Pine-mushrooms is rich in bioactive compounds, possess a unique aroma profile for culinary art. In China, pine-mushroom has been produced in Southwest and Northeast area. However, the discrepancy of volatile profiles in pine-mushrooms from two regions was unclear due to different extraction and detection method applied in research. This study attempted to compare the volatile profiles of four pine ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108711

7. Consumer preference for food safety attributes of white shrimp in China: Evidence from choice experiment with stated attribute non-attendance

Author:
Shijiu Yin; Jingbin Wang; Fei Han; Mo Chen; Zhen Yan
Source:
Food control 2022 v.137 pp. 108938
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Litopenaeus vannamei; consumer preferences; decision making; food safety; mariculture; organic certification; product safety; shrimp; traceability; China
Abstract:
... This study aimed to measure Chinese consumer preferences and Willingness-to-Pay (WTP) for different aquatic product safety information attributes considering stated attribute non-attendance (ANA). Taking white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) as an example, we designed and conducted two rounds of choice experiments to determine the preferences of 556 consumers for the safety properties of various aquatic ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108938

8. Consumers’ intention to participate in food safety risk communication: A model integrating protection motivation theory and the theory of reasoned action

Author:
Ying Zhu; Xiaowei Wen; May Chu; Sangluo Sun
Source:
Food control 2022 v.138 pp. 108993
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
food production; food safety; motivation; risk communication; self-efficacy; stakeholders; surveys; theoretical models; China
Abstract:
... Food safety risk communication aims to enhance stakeholders' understanding of the assessment and management of food safety hazards and allows people to make informed judgements about food production and consumption. To analyse consumers' intention to participate in food safety risk communication, this paper develops an integrated model that combines the protection motivation theory with the reason ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108993

9. Development, optimization, validation and application of ultra high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and pyrrolizidine alkaloid N-oxides in teas and weeds

Author:
Haolei Han; Changling Jiang; Chen Wang; Ziqi Wang; Yunfeng Chai; Xiangchun Zhang; Xin Liu; Chengyin Lu; Hongping Chen
Source:
Food control 2022 v.132 pp. 108518
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Crassocephalum crepidioides; chemical species; food safety; gardens; methanol; pollution; solvents; sulfuric acid; tandem mass spectrometry; tea; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; weeds; China
Abstract:
... Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and their corresponding N-oxides (PANOs) are natural plant toxins, which are widely distributed in various types of teas. The source of PAs contamination in tea is probably related to weeds in tea gardens. The method of simultaneously detecting PAs/PANOs in teas and weeds has not been reported. A sensitive method was developed for detecting 14 PAs/PANOs simultaneously ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108518

10. Did the COVID-19 lockdown affect consumers’ sustainable behaviour in food purchasing and consumption in China?

Author:
Shanshan Li; Zein Kallas; Djamel Rahmani
Source:
Food control 2022 v.132 pp. 108352
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
COVID-19 infection; environmentally preferable purchasing; food safety; food security; food waste; gender; healthy diet; issues and policy; questionnaires; stakeholders; waste reduction; China
Abstract:
... The COVID-19 pandemic situation has altered consumers’ behaviour in food purchasing and consumption. This study, as a first attempt, assesses how the COVID-19 lockdown affects Chinese consumers’ purchasing and consumption behaviour from a sustainability point of view. To reach this objective, a semi-structured questionnaire is designed, collecting data from 1006 participants. The food purchasing b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108352

11. Distribution of mycotoxin-producing fungi across major rice production areas of China

Author:
Zhihui Qi; Xin Zhou; Lin Tian; Haiyang Zhang; Lei Cai; Fang Tang
Source:
Food control 2022 v.134 pp. 108572
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Aspergillus flavus; Clonostachys; Leptosphaeria; Leptosphaerulina; Oryza sativa; Phaeosphaeria; Sarocladium; Sphaerulina; Ustilaginoidea; Wallemia; aflatoxins; atmospheric precipitation; food safety; fungal communities; fungi; grain quality; rice; risk; species diversity; temperature; wind speed; China
Abstract:
... Mycotoxin contamination of rice (Oryza sativa), especially that from aflatoxins (AFTs), is one of the greatest chemical hazards to humans and animals. However, few studies have investigated the relationships between fungal communities and mycotoxin contamination of rice grains. In the present study, we collected rice grain samples from 10 provinces in the northeastern (NE), southeastern (SE), and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108572

12. Evaluation of specific import provisions for food products from third countries based on an analysis of RASFF notifications on pesticide residues

Author:
Paula Kuchheuser; Marc Birringer
Source:
Food control 2022 v.133 pp. 108581
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
European Union; consumer protection; food law; food safety; imports; pesticides; rice; risk management; China; India
Abstract:
... Maximum residue levels for pesticides in food and feed are an important part of the European pesticide policy. The Annual Reports summarising the results of official controls on pesticide residues in food indicate low rates of non-compliance and a correspondingly high level of food safety in the European Union (EU). However, products from third countries have received particular attention in recen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108581

13. Fish as a risk source for human health: OCPs and PCBs in Pacific salmon

Author:
Maksim M. Donets; Vasiliy Yu. Tsygankov; Alexandr N. Gumovskiy; Yulia P. Gumovskaya; Margarita D. Boyarova; Veronika I. Kulshova; Olesya Yu. Busarova; Anna V. Litvinenko; Nadezhda K. Khristoforova; Vladimir A. Lyakh
Source:
Food control 2022 v.134 pp. 108696
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Oncorhynchus masou; Russia; carcinogenesis; food safety; human health; risk; salmon; xenobiotics; Canada; China
Abstract:
... The genus Oncorhynchus includes such Pacific salmon species as the chum (O. keta), pink (O. gorbuscha), sockeye (O. nerka), Chinook (O. tshawytscha), coho (O. kisutch), and masu salmon (O. masou). Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a hazardous group of persistent xenobiotic substances that concentrate in live organisms. In our previous works, we showed Pacific salmon to be suitable indicator ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108696

14. Food cold chain management improvement: A conjoint analysis on COVID-19 and food cold chain systems

Author:
Jianping Qian; Qiangyi Yu; Li Jiang; Han Yang; Wenbin Wu
Source:
Food control 2022 v.137 pp. 108940
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
COVID-19 infection; Internet; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; blockchain; cold; cold chain; decision making; equipment; food chain; food quality; food safety; frozen meat; information storage; international cooperation; management systems; pandemic; prototypes; risk assessment; temperature; traceability; trade; traditional foods; viruses; China
Abstract:
... Cold chains are effective in maintaining food quality and reducing food losses, especially for long-distance international food commerce. Several recent reports have demonstrated that frozen foods are serving as carriers of SARS-CoV-2 and transmitting the virus from one place to another without any human-to-human contact. This finding highlights significant difficulties facing efforts to control t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108940

15. Food fraud of rejected imported foods in China in 2009–2019

Author:
Dan Li; Mingwu Zang; Shouwei Wang; Kaihua Zhang; Zheqi Zhang; Xiaoman Li; Jinchun Li; Wenping Guo
Source:
Food control 2022 v.133 pp. 108619
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Japan; candy; food fraud; food safety; meat; tea; China; Taiwan
Abstract:
... Numerous food fraud (FF) problems have been identified in China's rejected imported foods. However, a limited number of studies have been conducted on this area. We studied rejected imported foods involving FF in China in 2009–2019, focusing on the country of origin, port of entry, food category, fraudulent method, and adulterated substances. The definition of FF in this study centers on the intri ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108619

16. Functional contents and antioxidant potency of Chinese Wenguan flower tea

Author:
Jiao Xiao; Ying Zou; Xiaoyan Wen; Yongli Guo; Feng Hu; Gang Chen; Zhiyan Wu; Yuhong Lin; Zhen Wang; Lu Sun; Yingni Pan; Ning Li
Source:
Food control 2022 v.138 pp. 109002
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Xanthoceras sorbifolium; antioxidants; apoptosis; flavor; flowers; food safety; isoquercitrin; oxidative stress; phenolic acids; quality control; quercitrin; tea; China
Abstract:
... Wenguan Tea, composed of dried buds or flowers of Xanthoceras sorbifolia, has become popular in the north of China because of its special flavor and health benefits. The present study aims to propose a method for rapid identification of bioactive components in different edible parts of X. sorbifolia, to modulate the quality control. And a bioactivity-guided phytochemical study was further performe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109002

17. Geographic origin discrimination of red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii from different Chinese regions using mineral element analysis assisted by machine learning techniques

Author:
Shuyan Bai; Dongli Qin; Zhongxiang Chen; Song Wu; Shizhan Tang; Lei Gao; Peng Wang
Source:
Food control 2022 v.138 pp. 109047
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Procambarus clarkii; atomic absorption spectrometry; discriminant analysis; food safety; minerals; muscles; principal component analysis; provenance; support vector machines; traceability; China
Abstract:
... To explore the application prospects of mineral element analysis assisted by machine learning in the geographical origin traceability of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) and establish an origin traceability model for it, we used inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine the content of 24 mineral elements, including Cu, Zn, Ga, As, Se, Rb, Sr, and Mo, in red swamp c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109047

18. Geographical origin identification and chemical markers screening of Chinese green tea using two-dimensional fingerprints technique coupled with multivariate chemometric methods

Author:
Hui-Wen Gu; Xiao-Li Yin; Tian-Qin Peng; Yuan Pan; Hui-Na Cui; Zhi-Quan Li; Weiqing Sun; Baomiao Ding; Xian-Chun Hu; Zi-Hong Zhang; Zhi Liu
Source:
Food control 2022 v.135 pp. 108795
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
algorithms; chemometrics; food safety; green tea; prices; principal component analysis; provenance; t-test; China
Abstract:
... Identifying the geographical origins of green teas produced in specific regions is of significance since the geographical origin of tea influences its quality and price greatly. In this work, a novel two-dimensional (2D) fingerprints acquired by high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector (HPLC-DAD) was firstly proposed to identify geographical origins of Chinese green teas. A tota ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108795

19. Geographical origin modeling of Chinese rice using stable isotopes and trace elements

Author:
Chunlin Li; Jing Nie; Yongzhi Zhang; Shengzhi Shao; Zhi Liu; Karyne M. Rogers; Weixing Zhang; Yuwei Yuan
Source:
Food control 2022 v.138 pp. 108997
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
databases; food safety; nutrition; provenance; rice; spatial data; stable isotopes; staple foods; China
Abstract:
... Rice is an important staple food in China, which authenticity is closely associated with nutrition and safety. It is necessary to discriminate their geographical origin with a comprehensive databank. 900 Japonica and Indica rice samples from 17 provinces were collected to analysis stable isotopes and trace elements for their origin discrimination of four regions as Middle-Lower Yangtze Plain (Y-R) ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108997

20. Inhibitory effect and mechanism of various fruit extracts on the formation of heterocyclic aromatic amines and flavor changes in roast large yellow croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea)

Author:
Meng Li; Songyi Lin; Ruichun Wang; Duo Gao; Zhijie Bao; Dong Chen; Yue Tang; Na Sun; Simin Zhang
Source:
Food control 2022 v.131 pp. 108410
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Larimichthys crocea; acerolas; antioxidants; blueberries; creatine; creatinine; flavor; food safety; fruits; glucose; grape seed extract; lipids; marine fish; meat; oxidation; China
Abstract:
... The large yellow croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea) is one of the most commercially important marine fish in China and is a fixture at Chinese tables. Herein, we determined the formation of heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) in roasted yellow croaker and evaluated the inhibitory effect of natural fruits extracts (blueberry extract, acerola cherry extract and grape seed extract) on the formation of HA ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108410

21. Investigation and analysis of pesticide residues in edible fungi produced in the mid-western region of China

Author:
Yongbo Li; Guofu Qin; Fengrui He; Keting Zou; Bei Zuo; Ruixiao Liu; Wei Zhang; Bixia Yang; Guipeng Zhao; Guangfeng Jia
Source:
Food control 2022 v.136 pp. 108857
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
acephate; aldicarb; carbendazim; food safety; high performance liquid chromatography; prochloraz; procymidone; risk; spectrometers; China
Abstract:
... The present study sought to investigate the levels of multi-pesticide residues in highly consumed edible fungi in China's western regions. A total of 354 edible fungi samples were collected from the local markets, and the concentrations of 53 pesticides in these samples were determined through high performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometer (HPLC/MS/MS). Carbendazim, acephate, procymidone ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108857

22. Linalool, the main volatile constituent from Zanthoxylum schinifolium pericarp, prevents growth of Aspergillus flavus in post-harvest grains

Author:
Yan-Nan Li; Shuai-Bing Zhang; Yang-Yong Lv; Huan-Chen Zhai; Jing-Ping Cai; Yuan-Sen Hu
Source:
Food control 2022 v.137 pp. 108967
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Aspergillus flavus; Zanthoxylum schinifolium; antifungal properties; biofumigation; cell membranes; chemical composition; dose response; electrolyte leakage; food safety; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; gene expression regulation; limonene; linalool; liquids; metabolites; metabolomics; mitochondria; mycelium; oxidative stress; pericarp; permeability; spices; spoilage; spoilage fungi; stored grain; tricarboxylic acid cycle; vapors; volatile organic compounds; wheat; China
Abstract:
... Plant volatile organic compounds (PVOCs) have shown great potential as alternatives to synthetic insecticides or fungicides for stored grain management. Zanthoxylum schinifolium pericarp, a traditional Chinese spice, is conventionally buried in grain piles to prevent fungal spoilage of stored grains in China. However, the chemical basis and antifungal mechanism of PVOCs from Z. schinifolium perica ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108967

23. Machine learning techniques and research framework in foodborne disease surveillance system

Author:
Yi Du; Yunchang Guo
Source:
Food control 2022 v.131 pp. 108448
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
disease outbreaks; disease surveillance; food safety; foodborne illness; human health; monitoring; prediction; China
Abstract:
... Based on the verified application in China's National Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System, machine learning techniques have been indicated to have very positive effects. We summarize current positive attempts on improving case reporting, helping diagnosing and outbreak prediction. Based on the attempts, we propose a general framework to facilitate future improvements for a more intellig ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108448

24. Mycotoxins in cereal-based infant foods marketed in China: Occurrence and risk assessment

Author:
Xiaofeng Ji; Yingping Xiao; Wen Wang; Wentao Lyu; Xiaoli Wang; Yan Li; Tao Deng; Hua Yang
Source:
Food control 2022 v.138 pp. 108998
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
crackers; deoxynivalenol; dietary exposure; food consumption; food safety; fumonisin B1; fumonisin B2; grain foods; infant foods; millets; noodles; nutrition risk assessment; ochratoxin A; rice; tandem mass spectrometry; tenuazonic acid; toxicology; wheat flour; zearalenone; China
Abstract:
... Infants are considered as the most vulnerable subgroup susceptible to mycotoxins in food. A total of 820 cereal-based infant foods marketed in China were screened for 20 mycotoxins using an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method. Low levels of 12 mycotoxins were detected including deoxynivalenol (DON), tenuazonic acid (TeA), enniatin A (ENA), zear ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108998

25. Occurrence and dietary exposure risk assessment of phthalate esters in Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) from Hubei, central China

Author:
Ting Liu; Li He; Jie Peng; Mingyi Chen; Lang Zhang; Jianwu Chen; Jinhua Gan
Source:
Food control 2022 v.133 pp. 108618
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Eriocheir sinensis; adults; aquaculture; aquatic environment; crabs; dibutyl phthalate; dietary exposure; economic resources; economic valuation; food safety; hazard ratio; hepatopancreas; juveniles; pollution; pollution control; risk; tandem mass spectrometry; China
Abstract:
... Recently, the wide existence of phthalate esters (PAEs) in aquatic environment has drawn great public attention, due to their negative health impacts on human and aquatic organisms. Chinese mitten crab is a major aquaculture economic resource in Hubei, feeding a world population of more than 10 million. Due to their wide consumption and great economic value, it's imperative to study the dietary ri ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108618

26. Occurrence of aflatoxin M1 in yogurt and milk in central-eastern China and the risk of exposure in milk consumers

Author:
Jianglin Xiong; Defeng Wen; Hualin Zhou; Rong Chen; Hua Wang; Chong Wang; Zhongyuan Wu; Yinsheng Qiu; Lingying Wu
Source:
Food control 2022 v.137 pp. 108928
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
European Union; UHT milk; UHT treatment; aflatoxin M1; average daily intake; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; extended shelf life; females; food safety; males; milk; pasteurized milk; risk; winter; yogurt; China
Abstract:
... We investigated the occurrence of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in yogurt and milk, including pasteurized, ultra-high temperature (UHT), and extended shelf life (ESL) milk samples, from central-eastern China and assessed the risk of AFM1 exposure in consumers. We collected 845 milk samples, consisting of yogurt (329), pasteurized milk (288), ESL milk (120), and UHT milk (108) from Hubei, Zhejiang, and Fujia ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108928

27. Performance of food safety management systems of Chinese food business operators in Tianjin

Author:
Yingxue Ren; Zhen He; Pieternel A. Luning
Source:
Food control 2022 v.138 pp. 108980
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
food industry; food law; food safety; labor force; China
Abstract:
... China is one of the largest food suppliers in the world, but still continues to face challenges in ensuring food safety. This study aims to gain insights into the performance of food safety management systems (FSMSs) of Chinese food business operators (FBOs) given their typical context characteristics. This study assessed 121 Chinese FBOs in one of the four municipalities, varying in company size ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108980

28. Plasmid-mediated ciprofloxacin, carbapenem and colistin resistance of a foodborne Escherichia coli isolate

Author:
Xiaobo Liu; Ruichao Li; Edward Wai-Chi Chan; Xiaodong Xia; Sheng Chen
Source:
Food control 2022 v.137 pp. 108937
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Escherichia coli; Southern blotting; animal and human health; carbapenems; chloramphenicol; ciprofloxacin; colistin; food safety; monitoring; multiple drug resistance; plasmids; pork; secretion; streptomycin; tetracycline; trimethoprim; China
Abstract:
... Multidrug resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli poses great threat to human and animal health. To investigate the genetic characteristics of conjugative plasmids that encode ciprofloxacin, carbapenem and colistin resistance in a MDR E. coli strain (974) isolated from pork samples in China, the E. coli strain 974 was subjected to conjugation study, S1-PFGE, Southern hybridization and was sequenced by Il ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108937

29. Preliminary study on coffee type identification and coffee mixture analysis by light emitting diode induced fluorescence spectroscopy

Author:
Si Luo; Chunsheng Yan; Daru Chen
Source:
Food control 2022 v.138 pp. 109044
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
cream; discriminant analysis; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; food safety; principal component analysis; spectral analysis; sugars; China; Cuba; Italy; Jamaica
Abstract:
... Light emitting diode induced fluorescence spectroscopy is utilized for coffee classification. Seven different types of coffee beans including Brazilian, Mandheling, Italy, Jamaica, Columbia, Cuba, and China can be discriminated respectively. This technique is also developed to measure concentrations of coffee with cream or sugar. The percentage of cream and sugar in the mixture changes from 0% to ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109044

30. Profiling the occurrence of biogenic amines in wine from Chinese market and during fermentation using an improved chromatography method

Author:
Bing Han; Xiaoyu Han; Huan Deng; Tianyang Wu; Chenyu Li; Jicheng Zhan; Weidong Huang; Yilin You
Source:
Food control 2022 v.136 pp. 108859
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
alcoholic fermentation; food intake; food safety; histamine; malolactic fermentation; markets; putrescine; risk; risk assessment; spermine; toxicology; tryptamine; tyramine; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; winemaking; wines; China
Abstract:
... The determination of biogenic amines (BAs) plays an important role in ensuring food safety. In this study, the occurrence of BAs in 98 wine samples readily available to Chinese consumers, as well as the dynamics of BAs during the spontaneous fermentation of Cabernet Sauvignon and Marselan wines were determined by an improved ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) method. It was found that ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108859

31. Rapid and sensitive quantitation of DDMP (2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one) in baked red jujubes by HS-SPME-GC-MS/MS

Author:
Yening Qiao; Jinfeng Bi; Qinqin Chen; Xinye Wu; Xinwen Jin; Min Gou; Xinrui Yang; Giorgia Purcaro
Source:
Food control 2022 v.135 pp. 108820
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Ziziphus; bitterness; cultivars; detection limit; food composition; food safety; glucose; headspace analysis; nutritive value; odors; proline; solid phase microextraction; tandem mass spectrometry; toxicity; water content; water stress; China
Abstract:
... Baked red jujube is a common food ingredient used to enrich the nutritional value and enhance the aroma. DDMP (2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one) with intense bitterness and potential toxicity may be present in several baked red jujube-based products but there are no well-defined methods to measure it quickly, sensitively, and accurately. Headspace solid-phase microextraction with ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108820

32. Rapid authentication of Chinese oolong teas using atmospheric solids analysis probe-mass spectrometry (ASAP-MS) combined with supervised pattern recognition models

Author:
Hui Ru Tan; Li Yan Chan; Huei Hong Lee; Yong-Quan Xu; Weibiao Zhou
Source:
Food control 2022 v.134 pp. 108736
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
European Union; adulterated products; discriminant analysis; food safety; mass spectrometry; models; oolong tea; product authenticity; protected designation of origin; traceability; China; Taiwan
Abstract:
... Ambient mass spectrometry (AMS) is an emerging technique in food authenticity and traceability study due to the minimal sample preparation required and short analysis time. Herein, a non-targeted fingerprinting approach using an AMS technique, atmospheric solids analysis probe – mass spectrometry (ASAP-MS), was used to authenticate Chinese oolong teas. In the first part of the study, a total of 38 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108736

33. Residues of veterinary drugs in fish and fish products: An analysis of RASFF data over the last 20 years

Author:
L. Guardone; L. Tinacci; A. Armani; M. Trevisani
Source:
Food control 2022 v.135 pp. 108780
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
European Union; Pangasianodon; Pangasius; avermectins; catfish; eel; fish products; fluoroquinolones; food safety; imports; markets; metabolites; nitrofurans; risk; salmon; trout; China; Germany; Spain; United Kingdom; Vietnam
Abstract:
... An analysis of the notifications in the European Union (EU) Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) portal due to residues of veterinary drugs in fish and fish products over the period 2001–2021 was conducted examining the following data: number and type of notifications; year of notification; notification basis; notifying country; country of origin; action taken; distribution status; risk de ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108780

34. Risk assessment of heavy metals contamination in pork

Author:
Hui Zhang; Guangya Zhou; Shuwen Zhang; Yunfeng Yang; Sooranna Dev; Qiang Su; Xiaojun Deng; Qin Chen; Bing Niu
Source:
Food control 2022 v.135 pp. 108793
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
arsenic; cadmium; diet; food safety; heavy metals; lead; mercury; pollution; pork; risk; risk assessment; supply chain; China
Abstract:
... Pork is an important part of the daily diet of the Chinese population, and its safety has attracted the attention of the government and consumers. This study aims to assess the degree of heavy metal pollution of pork in the Chinese market, and to study the preventive measures against the main factors of heavy metal pollution in the supply chain, so as to reduce the health risks associated with eat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108793

35. The discovery of multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring novel SaRImsr isolated from retail foods

Author:
Feng Zhang; Shi Wu; Jiahui Huang; Jingsha Dai; Jumei Zhang; Runshi Yang; Liang Xue; Miao Zhao; Juan Wang; Yu Ding; Moutong Chen; Qingping Wu
Source:
Food control 2022 v.135 pp. 108739
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
antibiotic resistance; chromosomes; erythromycin; excision; food safety; genome-wide association study; integrases; multigene family; multiple drug resistance; operon; phenotype; phylogeny; ribosomal proteins; virulence; China
Abstract:
... Food-borne Staphylococcus aureus has shown multidrug resistance. According to our previous studies, most S. aureus isolated from retail foods in China exhibited resistance to a variety of antimicrobials. Further Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) revealed that a novel gene cluster, containing erythromycin-resistant genes, mef(D)-msr(F), existed in 19 isolates. In this study, we aim to investigat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108739

36. The disparity between self-reported and observed food safety behavior: A case involving consumers from rural China

Author:
Meng Zhang; Qiubo Zhu; Junfei Bai
Source:
Food control 2022 v.138 pp. 108981
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
education; elderly; females; food safety; memory; surveys; China
Abstract:
... Self-report and observation are two common methods for learning about consumers' food handling behavior. Identifying the relationship between self-reported behavior and observed behavior, especially in statistics, contributes to decisions regarding the survey method, allowing a more precise estimation of causal effects. However, this relationship has rarely been investigated. Based on 900 consumer ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108981

37. The impact of expectation discrepancy on food consumers’ quality perception and purchase intentions: Exploring mediating and moderating influences in China

Author:
Zhao-ge Liu; Xiang-yang Li; Chong Wu; Rui-jin Zhang; Dilawar Khan Durrani
Source:
Food control 2022 v.133 pp. 108668
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
food quality; food safety; foods; qualitative analysis; risk; surveys; China
Abstract:
... The discrepancy between expected and actual food product features can be an important indicator of food quality and thus may inform consumer decisions. Using mixed method design, this paper explores whether and how expectation discrepancy affects food consumers' quality perception and purchase intentions under food safety risk situation. In the first phase, a qualitative study based on in-depth se ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108668

38. Varietal differences in the phytochemical components’ accumulation and aroma profile of three Humulus lupulus cultivars

Author:
Kai Hong; Zhenzhen Xu; Limin Wang; Agbaka Johnpaul; Yongqiang Cheng; Chenyan Lv; Changwei Ma
Source:
Food control 2022 v.132 pp. 108499
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Humulus lupulus; beers; bitterness; caffeic acid; cultivars; discriminant analysis; food safety; ingredients; least squares; odors; phytochemicals; polyphenols; salicylic acid; sensory evaluation; taste; tea; China
Abstract:
... Humulus lupulus (hop) cone is a key ingredient in beer, which determines its taste and aroma. The impact of ripening on the bitter acids, aroma compounds, and polyphenols of hops has been reported separately, there is no systematic study on all three components. Here, three hop varieties (‘TP1’, ‘TP2’, and ‘QTF’) in China were sampled to investigate the correlation between the harvest maturity and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108499

39. A Delphi approach to develop an evaluation indicator system for the National Food Safety Standards of China

Author:
Di Wu; Hao Ding; Jinyao Chen; Yongxiang Fan
Source:
Food control 2021 v.121 pp. 107591
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
dimensions; experts; food safety; issues and policy; research; risk; safety standards; surveys; China
Abstract:
... As an important part of the Chinese Food Safety Regulation System, most National Food Safety Standards (NFSS) have been enforced more than three years. Therefore, policy makers need assessment tools to decide which standard should be included in the priority list for revision and if new ones are needed. This study developed an evaluation indicator system (NFSSeis) and a Quality Index (QI) to imple ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107591

40. A comprehensive survey of allergen labeling on pre-packaged food products imported from Mainland China

Author:
Nicki Shwe Yee; Qianqian Shao; Chatchporn Uraipong; Masahiro Shoji; Nanju Alice Lee
Source:
Food control 2021 v.123 pp. 107749
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
accuracy; allergens; eggs; food safety; foods; information; ingredients; milk; peanuts; prevalence; risk; risk assessment process; surveys; wheat; Australia; China
Abstract:
... This study investigated the prevalence, type and accuracy of allergen labeling information on 429 imported pre-packaged food products imported from Mainland China sold in Sydney, Australia. Overall, 93.5% of the products complied to the FSANZ's Food Standards Code and included English labels. The 73% of the surveyed products complied with Australian mandatory allergen labeling requirements and sta ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107749

41. A multi-plug filtration (m-PFC) cleanup method based on carboxylic multi-walled carbon nanotubes for the detection of 14 perfluorinated compounds and dietary risk assessment of chicken, beef, and mutton collected from Shanghai markets

Author:
Xianli Wang; Qicai Zhang; Zhiyong Zhao; Weiguo Song; Lin Cheng; Junhua Yang; Shanshan Chen; Shuhui Guan; Wei Song; Qinxiong Rao; Zhihui Zhao
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108330
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
beef; carbon nanotubes; chickens; filtration; food intake; food safety; humans; markets; mutton; nutrition risk assessment; perfluorooctanoic acid; poultry meat; risk; China
Abstract:
... Dietary intake is a major pathway of human exposure to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs). Livestock and poultry meats (chicken, beef, mutton) account for a significant proportion of dietary consumption in China, and thus it is crucial to investigate the levels and composition profiles of PFCs in consumer meats to assess and mitigate potential health risks. However, rapid and simple analytical method ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108330

42. A quantitative risk assessment model of Salmonella contamination for the yellow-feathered broiler chicken supply chain in China

Author:
Xingning Xiao; Wen Wang; Jianmin Zhang; Ming Liao; Chase Rainwater; Hua Yang; Yanbin Li
Source:
Food control 2021 v.121 pp. 107612
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Salmonella; broiler chickens; chlorine; cold treatment; cooking; critical control points; cross contamination; electrolyzed water; farms; food safety; laboratory experimentation; literature; microbiological risk assessment; models; poultry industry; quantitative risk assessment; relative risk; risk estimate; risk reduction; salmonellosis; slaughterhouses; sodium hypochlorite; spraying; storage conditions; supply chain; China
Abstract:
... A quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) model was developed to investigate the health risk associated with Salmonella contamination in yellow-feathered broiler chicken supply chain in China extending from the farm to home consumption. A baseline model was developed based on most common industrial practices for risk estimates. Critical control points along the supply chain were identified u ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107612

43. Aflatoxin M1 in pasteurized, ESL and UHT milk products from central China during summer and winter seasons: Prevalence and risk assessment of exposure in different age groups

Author:
Jianglin Xiong; Xiaofang Zhang; Hualin Zhou; Mengqi Lei; Yulan Liu; Chun Ye; Wenxuan Wu; Chong Wang; Lingying Wu; Yinsheng Qiu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.125 pp. 107908
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
UHT milk; UHT treatment; aflatoxin M1; age; food safety; maximum residue limits; milk; pasteurization; pasteurized milk; prevalence; risk; risk assessment; risk reduction; shelf life; standard deviation; summer; winter; China
Abstract:
... This study aimed to investigate aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) contamination in pasteurized, extended shelf life (ESL) and ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk in central China in winter and summer, and to assess the risk of exposure to milk AFM1 in 10 different age groups. A total of 547 milk samples were collected in Henan, Hubei and Hunan provinces from 2019 to 2020, of which 142 pasteurized milk samples, 68 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107908

44. Analysis of heavy metal content in Lentinula edodes and the main influencing factors

Author:
Hailong Yu; Xiufen Shen; Hongyu Chen; Haoran Dong; Lujun Zhang; Tao Yuan; Dan Zhang; Xiaodong Shang; Qi Tan; Jianyu Liu; Beibei Lv; Yu Li
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108198
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Lentinula edodes; cultivars; food safety; heavy metals; human health; medicinal fungi; mushrooms; pollution; risk; China
Abstract:
... Lentinula edodes is the second largest edible mushroom species in the world and an important medicinal fungus. However, the content of heavy metals in this edible mushroom has attracted increasing attention from consumers. To fully understand the heavy metal content in Chinese L. edodes and the risk of consumption of L. edodes to human health, the contents of four important heavy metals (Pb, As, H ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108198

45. Assessment of elemental profiling combined with chemometrics for authenticating the geographical origins of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Author:
Cui Han; Li Li; Gong Zhang; Shuanglin Dong; Xiangli Tian
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108231
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Litopenaeus vannamei; aquaculture; chemometrics; data collection; discriminant analysis; food safety; models; provenance; shrimp; traceability; China
Abstract:
... Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) is an important aquaculture species worldwide, and there is a growing concern over misdescribed shrimp products, particularly over their geographical origins. Shrimp samples were collected from 12 locations in northern and southern China to develop traceability methods in identifying their geographic origins. In one of the sampling sites, shrimp were col ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108231

46. Authentication of acacia honey using fluorescence spectroscopy

Author:
Shengyu Hao; Junya Li; Xinying Liu; Jie Yuan; Wenqin Yuan; Yue Tian; Hongzhuan Xuan
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108327
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Acacia; Robinia pseudoacacia; adulterated products; fluorescence; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; food safety; honey; wavelengths; China
Abstract:
... The potential of multiple fluorescence spectroscopy detection methods for the authentication of Robinia pseudoacacia L. honey (acacia honey) was evaluated. Fluorescence intensity (excitation wavelength: 280 nm), three-dimensional fluorescence spectra (excitation wavelengths: 200–460 nm; emission wavelengths: 260–560 nm), and fluorescence lifetime were recorded respectively to distinguish acacia ho ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108327

47. Authentication of the geographical origin of Guizhou green tea using stable isotope and mineral element signatures combined with chemometric analysis

Author:
Wenwen Liu; Yan Chen; Ruoxin Liao; Jie Zhao; Hui Yang; Fuhua Wang
Source:
Food control 2021 v.125 pp. 107954
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
adulterated products; chemometrics; classification; climate change; discriminant analysis; edaphic factors; evaporation; financial economics; food safety; green tea; markets; minerals; prediction; principal component analysis; protected designation of origin; provenance; relative humidity; stable isotopes; China
Abstract:
... Guizhou green tea is a provincial-scale protected geographical indication (PGI) product with high value and good reputation. However, induced by economic benefit, deliberate origin mislabeling and adulteration of Guizhou green tea become significant in the market. Reliable methods for authenticating the origins of green tea are therefore needed to counteract deliberate mislabeling and protect genu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107954

48. Challenge to evaluate regulatory compliance for nutrients in infant formulas with current state-of-the-art analytical reference methods

Author:
Erik J.M. Konings; Antoine Roux; Audrey Reungoat; Nathalie Nicod; Esther Campos-Giménez; Laurent Ameye; Peter Bucheli; Sandrine Alloncle; Julien Dey; Geneviève Daix; Brendon D. Gill; Harvey E. Indyk; Robert A. Crawford; Roger Kissling; Stephen E. Holroyd; Martine P. van Gool; Arnold P. Broek; Hans M.M. Cruijsen; Dustin E. Starkey; Joseph J. Thompson; Stefan Ehling; Ross Peterson; Scott Christiansen; Karen Mandy; Cristine L. Bradley; Shay C. Phillips; Julie Moulin
Source:
Food control 2021 v.119 pp. 107423
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Codex Alimentarius; Russia; Singapore; adults; analytical methods; compliance; folic acid; food safety; infant formulas; ingredients; manufacturing; nutrients; paper; probability; raw materials; risk management; stakeholders; variability; vitamin A; world markets; China; Pakistan; South Africa; Thailand
Abstract:
... Infant formulas are strictly regulated and rigorously tested for compliance. Recently, new official analytical methods/standards have been established for nutrient analyses in these product categories through the Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN), governed by AOAC INTERNATIONAL. Many of these methods have been adopted or are in the process of being adopted as refe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107423

49. Changes in aroma components and potential Maillard reaction products during the stir-frying of pork slices

Author:
Zhouli Wang; Rui Cai; Xiandong Yang; Zhenpeng Gao; Yahong Yuan; Tianli Yue
Source:
Food control 2021 v.123 pp. 107855
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Maillard reaction products; acids; acrylamides; alcohols; aldehydes; consumer preferences; decline; flavor; flavorings; food safety; human health; ketones; lean meat; lipid content; odors; physicochemical properties; pork; processing time; pyrazines; raw meat; stir frying; sulfur compounds; temperature; terpenoids; toxic substances; vinegars; water content; China
Abstract:
... Stir-fried pork slices are kinds of traditional pork processing products in China, which are usually cooked at high temperature with different seasonings. Because of their special quality and flavor, these products gain consumers' preference. However, there are few studies on their physicochemical properties, aroma composition and safety. In this study, the changes in basic components, aroma compo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107855

50. Characterization of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) isolated from retail raw meats in Southeast China

Author:
Fangli Nong; Ping Zhang; Jing Meng; Qingchao Xie; Yufeng Li; Yingjie Pan; Yong Zhao; Haiquan Liu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.126 pp. 108061
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Shiga toxin; Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli; antibiotic resistance; biofilm; ceftazidime; chloramphenicol; food pathogens; food safety; gastrointestinal system; human diseases; humans; phylogeny; serotypes; streptomycin; virulence; China
Abstract:
... Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an important zoonotic foodborne pathogen that can induce acute gastrointestinal symptoms related to human infection. In this study, we characterized 49 STEC strains isolated from 816 retail raw meats from 2010 to 2016 in Southeast China for their serotype, virulence-associated genes, phylogenetic group, antibiotic resistance, and biofilm-forming abi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108061

51. Characterization of the volatile compounds profile of the innovative broken oolong-black tea in comparison with broken oolong and broken black tea

Author:
Dandan Qi; Aiqing Miao; Wei Chen; Wenwen Wang; Xiugu He; Chengying Ma
Source:
Food control 2021 v.129 pp. 108197
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
black tea; chemometrics; fermentation; food safety; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; manufacturing; odors; oolong tea; China
Abstract:
... Broken oolong-black tea is an innovative tea in China produced by applying characteristic manufacture crafts of broken oolong tea (bruising) and broken black tea (fermentation) on the manufacture of tea and it has both aroma features of broken oolong tea and broken black tea. The aim of this study is to investigate the differences of the volatile compounds among broken oolong-black, broken oolong ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108197

52. Comprehensive dietary and internal exposure assessment of deoxynivalenol contamination in a high-risk area in China using duplicate diet studies and urinary biomarkers

Author:
Xiaodan Wang; Nannan Qiu; Chi Zhang; Shuang Zhou; Yunfeng Zhao; Yongning Wu; Yun Yun Gong
Source:
Food control 2021 v.124 pp. 107830
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
acceptable daily intake; adolescents; area; biochemical pathways; biomarkers; children; correlation; deoxynivalenol; detection; diet study techniques; elderly; environmental monitoring; excretion; exposure assessment; food consumption; food intake; food safety; humans; metabolites; population; risk; sampling; urine; wheat products; China
Abstract:
... This study assessed the exposure of 199 Chinese population samples from the Anhui Province, China, to deoxynivalenol (DON) based on their dietary intake and urinary biomarkers. This is the first study to compare between both procedures of DON exposure detection (diet study and human bio-monitoring approach) within the same population. Food and urine samples were collected from 199 healthy particip ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107830

53. Conjugative IncHI2 plasmid harboring novel class 1 integron mediated dissemination of multidrug resistance genes in Salmonella Typhimurium

Author:
Daiqi Shang; Hang Zhao; Xuebin Xu; Kannappan Arunachalam; Jiang Chang; Ling Bai; Chunlei Shi
Source:
Food control 2021 v.122 pp. 107810
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Salmonella Typhimurium; animal husbandry; anti-infective agents; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; bacteria; correlation; environment; food safety; multiple drug resistance; phylogeny; plasmids; polymerase chain reaction; prevalence; replicon; sequence analysis; serotypes; transposons; China
Abstract:
... Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is one of the most important serovars among nontyphoidal Salmonella. The inappropriate and over usage of antimicrobials in clinical and animal husbandry has increased the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium). Diverse mobile genetic elements (MGEs) such as plasmids, insertion sequences and integrons also have a crucial ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107810

54. Consumer knowledge, risk perception and food-handling behaviors – A national survey in China

Author:
Mingliang Wang; Lian Huang; Xia Liang; Li Bai
Source:
Food control 2021 v.122 pp. 107789
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
age; correlation; educational status; food handling; food industry; food safety education; foodborne illness; gender; human health; income; knowledge; national surveys; questionnaires; raw meat; risk perception; sampling; thawing; China
Abstract:
... Foodborne diseases have threatened human health and undermined food industries both domestically and globally, and improper food-handling behaviors have been considered as an important reason. Understanding the key drivers of consumer food-handling behaviors to develop effective mitigation strategies for foodborne diseases is urgently needed.We conducted the first national survey in China to inves ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107789

55. DNA barcoding for the identification of shark lips (鱼唇): A nationwide survey for analyzing a never investigated product in the Chinese market

Author:
Xia Zhang; Andrea Armani; Jing Wen; Alice Giusti; Juan Zhao; Xuyan Li
Source:
Food control 2021 v.126 pp. 108075
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Carcharhinus; DNA; DNA barcoding; Isurus oxyrinchus; Prionace glauca; Sphyrna lewini; barcoding; degradation; fields; food safety; laws and regulations; markets; national surveys; seafoods; sharks; traceability; trade; China
Abstract:
... A nationwide survey conducted in China aimed at authenticating species in shark lips products (鱼唇) (n = 252) by full DNACOI barcoding (FDB; 652 bp) is presented. In addition, the efficiency of the FDB and of the mini DNA barcode (MDB; 127 bp) proposed by Fields et al. (2015) (PloS one, 10, e0114844.) in identifying the shark species detected in this study was compared. Despite the manufacturing pr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108075

56. DNA barcoding of yellow croakers (Larimichthys spp.) and morphologically similar fish species for authentication

Author:
Chengtong Chen; Yanfei Ding; Zhihua Jiang; Han Jiang; Chenze Lu; Leilei Zhang; Zhixiang Chen; Cheng Zhu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.127 pp. 108087
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Collichthys; DNA barcoding; Larimichthys polyactis; Nibea albiflora; Pennahia argentata; barcoding; cytochrome-c oxidase; fish; food fraud; food safety; mitochondria; China
Abstract:
... Yellow croakers (Larimichthys spp.), including Larimichthys polyactis and L. crocea, are important traditional commercial fish species in East Asian countries. However, they are often replaced by low-value fish with similar morphological characteristics. This work aimed to exploit the application of DNA barcoding in molecular identification of L. polyactis, L. crocea and morphologically similar sp ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108087

57. Data fusion by ratio modulation of stable isotope, multi-element, and fatty acids to improve geographical traceability of lamb

Author:
Mengjie Qie; Bin Zhang; Zheng Li; Shanshan Zhao; Yan Zhao
Source:
Food control 2021 v.120 pp. 107549
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
detection; discriminant analysis; fatty acids; food safety; fraud; principal component analysis; profits and margins; protected designation of origin; provenance; sampling; stable isotopes; traceability; China; New Zealand
Abstract:
... There is a growing enthusiasm among consumers for high value lamb, especially the lamb with certain geographical indications, which may result in possible fraudulent labeling due to the opportunity for large economic profits. On such a basis, the aim of this study was to improve the discrimination rate of geographical traceability of lamb. To achieve this objective, lamb samples obtained from four ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107549

58. Detection of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau flaxseed oil adulteration based on fatty acid profiles and chemometrics

Author:
Xingrui Wang; Yuze Han; Yingxia Li; Shuzhen Wang; Jinying Wang
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108332
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Carthamus tinctorius; Helianthus annuus; adulterants; adulterated products; chemometrics; corn; corn oil; discriminant analysis; fatty acid composition; food safety; heat; ingredients; lignans; linolenic acid; linseed oil; mucilages; p-coumaric acid; peanuts; principal component analysis; rapeseed; rapeseed oil; sesame oil; soybeans; vegetable oil; China
Abstract:
... Flaxseed oil is an important ingredient in functional foods, as it is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, phenolic compounds (lignans, ferulic and p-coumaric acid), and mucilage. Therefore, economically motivated flaxseed oil adulteration is a common occurrence. Developing effective approaches to detecting such adulteration is essential to preserve flaxseed oil quality and safety. Herein, similar ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108332

59. Disruption of metabolic function and redox homeostasis as antibacterial mechanism of Lindera glauca fruit essential oil against Shigella flexneri

Author:
Feng Chen; Xiang Miao; Zixin Lin; Yu Xiu; Lingling Shi; Qian Zhang; Dongcheng Liang; Shanzhi Lin; Boxiang He
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108282
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Lindera glauca; NAD (coenzyme); NADP (coenzyme); Shigella flexneri; anti-infective agents; antibacterial properties; antioxidant enzymes; bacterial growth; cell death; cell membranes; electron transfer; electron transport chain; enzyme inactivation; essential oils; food safety; fruits; glutathione; glycolysis; growth curves; growth retardation; homeostasis; hydrogen peroxide; lipid peroxidation; minimum inhibitory concentration; monoterpenoids; pentose phosphate cycle; public health; redox potential; sesquiterpenoids; tricarboxylic acid cycle; China
Abstract:
... Current trend in food safety and public health is focusing on the use of natural antimicrobials. The Lindera glauca fruit with rich resource and essential oil has emerged as potential application in China. This work aimed to detect chemical compounds of L. glauca fruit essential oil (LGFEO) and to evaluate antimicrobial activity and mechanism of LGFEO for develop natural antimicrobials. A total of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108282

60. Exposure to bisphenol A and its substitutes, bisphenol F and bisphenol S from canned foods and beverages on Chinese market

Author:
Pei Cao; Huai-ning Zhong; Kai Qiu; Dan Li; Gang Wu; Hai-xia Sui; Yan Song
Source:
Food control 2021 v.120 pp. 107502
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
adults; beverages; bisphenol A; bisphenol F; bisphenol S; canned foods; children; cities; detection; dietary exposure; food safety; sampling; supermarkets; China
Abstract:
... This study estimated the dietary exposures to BPA, BPF and BPS from canned foods and beverages in China. A total of 151 canned product samples were collected from the supermarkets in major Chinese cities, and the substances in the product were measured and analyzed. The detection rates of BPA, BPF and BPS in canned product samples were 92.1%, 45.0% and 49.5%, respectively, and the concentrations o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107502

61. Factors influencing Chinese farmers’ proper pesticide application in agricultural products – A review

Author:
Yingxuan Pan; Yingxue Ren; Pieternel A. Luning
Source:
Food control 2021 v.122 pp. 107788
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
agricultural products; behavior; chemical elements; environmental factors; equipment; extension education; farmers; food safety; literature; pesticide application; pesticide residues; pesticides; research; China
Abstract:
... Pesticide residues in agricultural products are a persistent food safety issue in China. The current review aims to get a comprehensive understanding of factors influencing farmers' proper pesticide application in China. To achieve that, the study developed an analytical framework based on the principles of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the techno-managerial approach. Following the fra ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107788

62. Food contact materials recalls and international trade relations: an analysis of the nexus between RASFF notifications and product origin

Author:
Federica De Leo; Benedetta Coluccia; Pier Paolo Miglietta; Francesca Serio
Source:
Food control 2021 v.120 pp. 107518
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
European Union; business enterprises; databases; food contact surfaces; food safety; food supply chain; international trade; laws and regulations; markets; materials; melamine; objectives; quality control; risk; storage; testing; China
Abstract:
... Nowadays, quality assurance and food safety are necessary objectives for companies that produce and market food. Food contact materials (FCMs) are essential to ensure adequate levels of food safety, involving the entire food supply chain, since they are intended to be in contact with food during production, handling or storage. They are governed by European Union (EU) and national legislation and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107518

63. Fungal diversity and mycotoxin contamination in dried fish products in Zhanjiang market, China

Author:
Yijia Deng; Yaling Wang; Qi Deng; Lijun Sun; Rundong Wang; Lin Ye; Sen Tao; Jianmeng Liao; Ravi Gooneratne
Source:
Food control 2021 v.121 pp. 107614
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Aspergillus flavus; Ceriporia; Cutaneotrichosporon; Eleutheronema tetradactylum; Fusarium; Hemibarbus maculatus; Kodamaea; Larimichthys crocea; Lutjanus; Neoscytalidium; Nigrospora; Penicillium; Phellinus; Scomberomorus; T-2 toxin; Thunnus thynnus; Trichiurus lepturus; Trichoderma; aflatoxins; culture media; deoxynivalenol; dietary protein; dried fish; fish; fish processing; food safety; frequency; fungal contamination; fungi; income; internal transcribed spacers; liquid chromatography; markets; occurrence; ochratoxin A; plate count; population; processing technology; seafoods; sequence analysis; strains; tandem mass spectrometry; China
Abstract:
... Dried fish are important dietary protein and income sources in Zhanjiang, China. Mycotoxins produced by pathogenic fungi that contaminate fish during processing can cause considerable hazard to consumer health. This study reports fungal diversity, total fungal counts and mycotoxin contamination of dried fish sold at the seafood market in Zhanjiang. Seven dried fish products (Hemibarbus maculatus, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107614

64. Genomic characterization of an extensively drug-resistant chicken-borne Salmonella Indiana isolate carrying an IncHI2-IncHI2A plasmid

Author:
Zengfeng Zhang; Shoukui He; Baowei Yang; Chunlei Shi; Yanhong Liu; Xianming Shi
Source:
Food control 2021 v.125 pp. 107761
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
DNA repair; Salmonella Indiana; aminoglycosides; antibiotic resistance; bacteriophages; biofilm; chicken carcasses; chickens; folic acid; food safety; genome; genomics; macrolides; plasmids; public health; quinolones; secretion; transposons; China; Indiana
Abstract:
... The recent emergence of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) foodborne bacteria is posing a huge threat to food safety and public health. In this study, we reported the genome features of an XDR Salmonella Indiana isolate (SJTUF87912v2) recovered from a chicken carcass in 2012 in Guangdong, China. This isolate was resistant to 10 antimicrobial classes including penicillins, β-lactam combination agents ...
Handle:
10113/7182465
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107761

65. Genomic characterization of conjugative plasmids carrying the mcr-1 gene in foodborne and clinical strains of Salmonella and Escherichia coli

Author:
Wei Li; Yanfei Yan; Jia Chen; Ruiwen Sun; Yuxuan Wang; Tingfen Wang; Zitian Feng; Kai Peng; Juan Wang; Sheng Chen; Yanping Luo; Ruichao Li; Baowei Yang
Source:
Food control 2021 v.125 pp. 108032
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Escherichia coli; Salmonella; Southern blotting; antibiotic resistance; colistin; food safety; food supply chain; genomics; multiple drug resistance; nanopores; plasmids; polymyxin B; prevalence; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; resistance genes; transposons; China
Abstract:
... To date, the genomic characterization of foodborne bacteria carrying the mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-1 and transferability of mcr-1-carrying plasmids between wild-type bacteria have not been studied in detail. We retrospectively investigated the prevalence of mcr-1-positive Salmonella and Escherichia coli isolated from retail food products, food supply chain, and clinical samples across Ch ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108032

66. Geographical authentication of peach in China based on stable isotope combined with multielement analysis of peach juice

Author:
An Li; Jie Zhao; Jialin Xi; Xusheng Yang; Xinxin Jin; Qiusheng Chen; Ligang Pan
Source:
Food control 2021 v.127 pp. 108126
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
classification; discriminant analysis; food safety; fruits; least squares; peach juice; peaches; principal component analysis; provenance; stable isotopes; China
Abstract:
... The authenticity of the geographical origin of peach is crucial because of the increased awareness of consumers on the high quality and safety of foodstuff. This study was conducted to discriminate 150 peach samples from six regions in China by using stable isotope data coupled with multielement analysis. The ratios of three types of stable isotopes (δ¹³C, δ²H and δ¹⁸O) and the contents of 18 elem ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108126

67. Geographical discrimination and authentication of Chinese garlic based on multi-element, volatile and metabolomics profiling combined with chemometrics

Author:
Si Mi; Xiangnan Zhang; Yuhang Wang; Fulong Yan; Yaxin Sang; Heyou Gong; Xianghong Wang
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108328
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
chemometrics; food safety; garlic; metabolites; metabolome; metabolomics; multivariate analysis; provenance; China
Abstract:
... This study aims to discriminate the garlics collected from four different geographical locations of China. The multi-element (12 samples), volatile (12 samples) and metabolome (24 samples) composition of the garlics were analyzed and compared. A total of 34 chemical elements, 68 volatiles and 854 metabolites were detected in the garlic samples. Significant differences were observed in the chemical ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108328

68. Human health risk assessment of toxic heavy metal and metalloid intake via consumption of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) from rice-crayfish co-culture fields in China

Author:
Yunfei Tan; Bo Peng; Yinglin Wu; Lijing Xiong; Junxiao Sun; Guohui Peng; Xufeng Bai
Source:
Food control 2021 v.128 pp. 108181
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Procambarus clarkii; acceptable daily intake; aquaculture; average daily intake; coculture; crayfish; exoskeleton; food safety; health effects assessments; heavy metals; hepatopancreas; human health; models; muscles; risk; sediments; toxicity; China
Abstract:
... The food safety of a popular aquatic product, red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), has caused widespread public concern. Rice-crayfish mixed farming currently takes advantage of crayfish production and is becoming the dominant farming method. It is still unknown whether this new aquaculture model produces crayfish with safe accumulated doses of toxic heavy metals and metalloids. In the curren ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108181

69. Identification of new serovar-specific detection targets against salmonella B serogroup using large-scale comparative genomics

Author:
Qinghua Ye; Yuting Shang; Moutong Chen; Rui Pang; Fan Li; Chufang Wang; Xinran Xiang; Baoqing Zhou; Shuhong Zhang; Jumei Zhang; Shi Wu; Liang Xue; Yu Ding; Qingping Wu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.124 pp. 107862
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Salmonella; bacteria; detection limit; epitopes; food safety; genes; genomics; humans; information; membrane proteins; nucleotide sequences; oligodeoxyribonucleotides; pork; protein secretion; sampling; serotypes; China; Indiana
Abstract:
... Salmonella serotyping is a critical step for the identification of pathological isolates in humans and animals. Whole-genome analysis is a proven method for Salmonella serovars identification. In this study, we analysed 1668 genomic sequences of 23 serogroup B serovars and 129 genomic sequences of 80 non-target serovars to detect serovar-specific molecular targets for serogroup B (O:4 epitopes). S ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107862

70. Investigation of tigecycline resistant Escherichia coli from raw meat reveals potential transmission among food-producing animals

Author:
Honghu Sun; Yuping Wan; Pengcheng Du; Dejun Liu; Ruichao Li; Pei Zhang; Yongning Wu; Séamus Fanning; Yang Wang; Li Bai
Source:
Food control 2021 v.121 pp. 107633
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Escherichia coli; antibiotic resistance; beef; chickens; computer simulation; ducks; epidemiology; food animals; food safety; genes; genomics; phenotype; phylogeny; pork; prevalence; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; raw meat; sampling; screening; sequence analysis; single nucleotide polymorphism; testing; tigecycline; China
Abstract:
... To investigate the characteristics of tet(X4)-carrying E. coli from retail raw meat, three hundred and eleven retail raw meat samples including chicken, pork, duck, and beef were collected for screening for tigecycline resistant isolates in Sichuan Province, China. We detected 25 (8.0%, 95%CI: 5.3%–11.6%) tet(X4) positive E. coli isolates from 311 retail meat with the highest prevalence (13.4%, 95 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107633

71. Molecular authentication of crocodile dried food products (meat and feet) and skin sold on the Chinese market: Implication for the European market in the light of the new legislation on reptile meat

Author:
Xia Zhang; Andrea Armani; Alice Giusti; Jing Wen; Sigang Fan; Xiaoguo Ying
Source:
Food control 2021 v.124 pp. 107884
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Caiman crocodilus; Crocodylus; DNA barcoding; crocodiles; exports; feet; food safety; genes; genetic databases; imports; laws and regulations; light; markets; meat; meat production; mitochondria; nutritive value; phylogeny; sampling; species identification; supply chain; traceability; China
Abstract:
... A molecular approach (DNA barcoding and phylogenetic analysis) using mitochondrial COI and 16SrRNA genes was used to identify species in crocodile dried food products (meat and feet) and skin sold on the Chinese market and generically labelled as “鳄鱼” (crocodiles). All the 80 collected samples (100%) were identified at species level and five of them were also identified at sub-species level using ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107884

72. Molecular characterisation of antimicrobial resistance determinants and class 1 integrons of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Enteritidis strains from retail food in China

Author:
Yu Li; Xiaojuan Yang; Jumei Zhang; Shiyuan Yang; Shuhong Zhang; Moutong Chen; Liang Xue; Yu Ding; Haiyan Zeng; Qihui Gu; Youxiong Zhang; Xianhu Wei; Juan Wang; Qingping Wu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.128 pp. 108191
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
ampicillin; antibiotic resistance; beta-lactamase; cost effectiveness; food safety; foodborne illness; multilocus sequence typing; multiple drug resistance; multiple-locus variable number tandem-repeat analysis; nalidixic acid; pathogens; plasmids; public health; quinolones; serotypes; China
Abstract:
... Salmonella is a genus responsible for a majority of foodborne disease outbreaks affecting public health worldwide, and Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is the most common pathogen that presents alarming rates of antimicrobial resistance. The aim of this study was to analyse the antimicrobial resistance of 124 S. Enteritidis strains collected from retail foo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108191

73. NMR-based quantitative component analysis and geographical origin identification of China's sweet orange

Author:
Haifeng Lin; Chenxi He; Huili Liu; Guiping Shen; Feng Xia; Jianghua Feng
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108292
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
antioxidants; chemometrics; flavanones; food safety; fraud; humans; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; oranges; protected designation of origin; provenance; China
Abstract:
... Sweet oranges with distinguished origin label have been becoming a fraud target by confusing or hiding origins. In this study, high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in combination with chemometrics was used to discriminate the geographical origins of China's sweet oranges from four main producing regions (Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guangxi). Sixty-two components, including v ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108292

74. Natural co-occurrence of multi-mycotoxins in unprocessed wheat grains from China

Author:
Jianyun Zhao; Tianxiao Cheng; Wenjing Xu; Xiaomin Han; Jing Zhang; Hongyuan Zhang; Chong Wang; Séamus Fanning; Fengqin Li
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108321
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
15-acetyldeoxynivalenol; 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol; Fusarium; deoxynivalenol; food safety; fumonisins; nivalenol; tandem mass spectrometry; weather; wheat; zearalenone; China; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... This study aimed at assessing the occurrence of twelve mycotoxins, including deoxynivalenol (DON) and its derivatives, 3- and 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol (3-ADON and 15-ADON), nivalenol (NIV), zearalenone (ZEN), fumonisins (FB₁, FB₂ and FB₃) and aflatoxins (AFB₁, AFB₂, AFG₁ and AFG₂) in 338 unprocessed wheat samples harvested in 2018 from China by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass sp ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108321

75. Occurrence of aflatoxin B1 in total mixed rations and aflatoxin M1 in raw and commercial dairy milk in northern China during winter season

Author:
Ningning Xu; Yingping Xiao; Qinggang Xie; Yang Li; Junan Ye; Daxi Ren
Source:
Food control 2021 v.124 pp. 107916
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
European Union; aflatoxin B1; aflatoxin M1; area; assays; enzymes; food safety; high performance liquid chromatography; milk; occurrence; raw milk; variance; winter; China
Abstract:
... This study aims to investigate the occurrence of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in total mixed rations (TMR) and aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in raw and commercial milk in northern China during winter season. A total of 22 feed samples, as well as the corresponding 84 raw milk and 69 commercial milk samples were randomly collected from northwest, northeast and north areas of China from November 2019 to January 2020. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107916

76. Origin verification of imported infant formula and fresh milk into China using stable isotope and elemental chemometrics

Author:
Xiuwen Zhou; Zhi Yan; Baohui Jin; Yingying Wu; Liqi Xie; Haiquan Chen; Guanghui Lin; Yan Zhao; Karyne M. Rogers; Hao Wu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.128 pp. 108165
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
chemometrics; discriminant analysis; dried milk; food safety; infant formulas; milk; neural networks; provenance; stable isotopes; China; Denmark; France; Netherlands; New Zealand; Switzerland
Abstract:
... China is the largest importer of infant formula. However, monitoring the authenticity of infant formula has long been a problem in China. The origin of infant formula is more difficult to trace than fresh milk because it contains many foreign additives that cannot be correlated to a specific country. In this study, stable isotope ratios (δ¹⁵N, δ¹³C, δ³⁴S, δ²H and δ¹⁸O) of bulk infant formula milk ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108165

77. Paths for improvements of smallholder dairies: Case-study on local food security in arid regions of China

Author:
Shanshan Li; Yanfu Bai; Jianxin Jiao; A. Allan Degen; Tao Zhang; Wenyin Wang; Luming Ding; Ruijun Long; Zhen Peng; Zhiqiang Dang; Dawei Zhang; Zhanhuan Shang
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108372
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
COVID-19 infection; arid zones; case studies; cattle feeds; corn stover; cow feeding; dairy breeds; dairy cows; dairy equipment; dairy farm management; farm surveys; farmers' attitudes; fatty acid composition; feed composition; food security; forage quality; herd size; local food systems; local government; milk; milk fatty acids; milk yield; pandemic; polyunsaturated fatty acids; questionnaires; rural areas; sanitation; small-scale farmers; small-scale farming; somatic cell count; subsidies; veterinary medicine; wheat straw; China
Abstract:
... The trend today leans towards urbanization and large farming enterprises. However, in 2019–2020, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the supply of commercial milk was disrupted, and the local smallholder dairy farmers played an important role in stabilizing food and nutritional security in rural, arid areas of China. The aim of this study was to describe and understand the operation of small ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108372

78. Pre-warning of abiotic factors in maize required for potential contamination of fusarium mycotoxins via response surface analysis

Author:
Song Yu; Bingxuan Jia; Kailin Li; Haiyan Zhou; Wenshan Lai; Yan Tang; Zheng Yan; Wei Sun; Na Liu; Dianzhen Yu; Aibo Wu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.121 pp. 107570
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Fusarium graminearum; Fusarium verticillioides; chemical elements; corn; corn flour; deoxynivalenol; environmental factors; equations; food safety; food security; fumonisins; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; occurrence; research; sampling; screening; seeds; strains; temperature; water activity; zearalenone; China
Abstract:
... Fusarium mycotoxins contaminated in maize are of serious threat to food security and safety. The main abiotic factors of mycotoxins-producing strains and circumstantial elements are crucial for mycotoxin production in the cereal matrix. In this current research work, Fusarium verticillioides and Fusarium graminearum are selected, which enable to produce the major mycotoxins in maize as common Fusa ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107570

79. Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella recovered from pig-borne food products in Henan, China

Author:
Zenghai Jiang; Tanveer Muhammad Anwar; Xianqi Peng; Silpak Biswas; Mohammed Elbediwi; Yan Li; Weihuan Fang; Min Yue
Source:
Food control 2021 v.121 pp. 107535
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Salmonella; agglutination tests; amoxicillin; animal-based foods; antibiotic resistance; assays; bile; clones; food pathogens; food safety; foodborne illness; frequency; humans; infection; liver; monitoring; multiple drug resistance; pork; prevalence; public health; retail marketing; serotypes; streptomycin; sulfisoxazole; swine; therapeutics; China; Indiana
Abstract:
... Foodborne disease is one of the most important public health issues worldwide. Food of animal origin is considered as the main vehicle of transmission to humans. Pigs are carriers of numerous foodborne pathogens, including Salmonella which is linked to pork related infection and leads to significant public health concerns, particularly with emerging antimicrobial-resistant clones. Therefore, a con ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107535

80. Prevalence and characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Kazak cheese in Xinjiang, China

Author:
Huixue Cai; Xiaomeng Kou; Hua Ji; Xin Wang; Haixia Wang; Yan Zhang; Shili Lu; Baokun Li; Juan Dong; Qingling Wang; Jing Zhou; Die Hu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.123 pp. 107759
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
bacteria; cheeses; clindamycin; enterotoxins; erythromycin; food safety; foodborne illness; frequency; geometry; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; minimum inhibitory concentration; monitoring; most probable number technique; multiple drug resistance; pathogens; penicillins; prevalence; public health; quantitative analysis; resistance genes; sampling; strains; China
Abstract:
... Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a common pathogen found in dairy products whose enterotoxins are the main pathogenic factors that cause food poisoning. In this study, a total of 399 samples of retail Kazak cheese collected from 4 regions in Xinjiang (China) were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed for the presence of bacteria. Among them, 56 (14%, 95% CI: 10.6–17.4%) samples were found ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107759

81. Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bulk tank milk in Shandong dairy farms

Author:
Xiaonan Zhao; Xiaomeng Yuan; Ming Hu; Yin Zhang; Lulu Li; Qing Zhang; Xuexia Yuan; Wenbo Wang; Yuqing Liu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.125 pp. 107836
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
antibiotic resistance; bulk milk; dairy cows; dairy farming; enterotoxins; erythromycin; farms; food safety; genes; humans; mastitis; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; monitoring; multilocus sequence typing; multiple drug resistance; pathogens; penicillins; prevalence; public health; raw milk; sampling; staphylococcal protein A; strains; virulence; China
Abstract:
... Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the most common pathogens that cause mastitis in dairy cows. The emergence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) constitutes a serious public health concern due to its ability to colonize and infect humans and animals. In this study, the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of S. aureus and MRSA were investigated from bulk tank milk (BTM) in Shand ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107836

82. Rapid identification of Hebeloma crustuliniforme species using real-time fluorescence and visual loop-mediated isothermal amplification based on the internal transcribed spacer sequence

Author:
Jie Gao; Nan Wang; Juan Zhang; Ruibin Xie; Wenjie Yu; Jianxin Tan; Ailiang Chen
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108301
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
DNA; Hebeloma crustuliniforme; fluorescence; food safety; gastric juice; internal transcribed spacers; loop-mediated isothermal amplification; mushrooms; poisonous fungi; China
Abstract:
... Mushroom poisoning is responsible for nearly 50% of all oral poisoning-related deaths in China. Most mushroom poisoning incidences are caused by the difficulty in distinguishing whether wild mushrooms are poisonous or not. In this study, we aimed to develop two rapid and sensitive methods for Hebeloma crustuliniforme identification using visual and real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108301

83. Residual levels of antimicrobial agents and heavy metals in 41 species of commonly consumed aquatic products in Shanghai, China, and cumulative exposure risk to children and teenagers

Author:
Ling Ni; Dailing Chen; Huiyu Fu; Qingchao Xie; Yao Lu; Xichang Wang; Yong Zhao; Lanming Chen
Source:
Food control 2021 v.129 pp. 108225
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; ampicillin; cadmium; chloramphenicol; ciprofloxacin; copper; cumulative exposure; food safety; heavy metals; lead; mercury; product quality; risk; risk assessment; simulation models; sulfapyridine; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; China
Abstract:
... Currently, few integrated studies of residual antimicrobial agents and heavy metals in aquatic products and their cumulative exposure risk to children and teenagers exist. In this study, residual levels of 37 antimicrobial drugs and 5 heavy metals in 41 species of commonly consumed aquatic food animals were determined using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108225

84. Serotypes, antibiotic resistance, and molecular characterization of non-typhoidal salmonella isolated from diarrheic patients in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, 2014–2017

Author:
Xianying Zeng; Suling Lv; Cong Qu; Lan Lan; Dongmei Tan; Xiugui Li; Li Bai
Source:
Food control 2021 v.120 pp. 107478
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Salmonella; agglutination; antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; ciprofloxacin; food chain; food safety; humans; monitoring; multiple drug resistance; patients; prevalence; public health; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; salmonellosis; serotypes; China
Abstract:
... The serotype, antimicrobial resistance, and molecular typing of 843 Salmonella isolates recovered from diarrheic patients in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Guangxi), China from 2014 to 2017 were investigated. Among these 843 isolates, a total of 67 Salmonella serotypes and four un-typable isolates were detected by the slide agglutination method. The most prevalence serotype was Salmonella 1,4,[ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107478

85. Simultaneous determination of cyclic PET and PBT oligomers migrated from laminated steel cans for food

Author:
Tongtong Xu; Kai Qiu; Hongbo Gao; Gang Wu; Bolin Zhang; Qianqian Zhao; Yuling Zhang
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108396
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
composite polymers; detection limit; ethanol; food safety; iso-octanes; mass spectrometry; steel; temperature; China
Abstract:
... In this paper, three commonly used PET and PBT copolymers films as inner gauge materials of laminated steel were screened and identified, and then 6 kinds of cyclic PET and PBT oligomers that could be obtained as commercially available standards were selected from the screening results for research. An ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108396

86. Sub-regional identification of peanuts from Shandong Province of China based on Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy

Author:
Lei Wang; Qingli Yang; Haiyan Zhao
Source:
Food control 2021 v.124 pp. 107879
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; analysis of variance; chemometrics; cities; data analysis; discriminant analysis; field experimentation; food safety; peanuts; principal component analysis; sampling; support vector machines; varieties; China
Abstract:
... The objective of this study was to select infrared spectra closely related to sub-region and less influenced by variety to distinguish the sub-regions of peanuts combined with chemometrics. Based on field experiments in Shandong Province of China, a total of 90 peanut samples of 10 different varieties from three different cities were measured by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. And ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107879

87. Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli and enterococci from food products at retail in Beijing, China

Author:
Chengtao Sun; Yingchao Wang; Shizhen Ma; Shan Zhang; Dejun Liu; Yang Wang; Congming Wu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.119 pp. 107483
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Enterococcus; Escherichia coli; agriculture; ampicillin; antibiotic resistance; aquaculture; bioinformatics; ciprofloxacin; colistin; correlation; food industry; food safety; foods; fruits; genes; humans; incidence; monitoring; multiple drug resistance; oxazolidinones; phenotype; public health; rifampicin; vegetables; China
Abstract:
... Public health intervention priorities to control the spread of antimicrobial resistance in the food sector rely on a comprehensive understanding of its situation among various food products. By analyzing a set of fifteen different kinds of food products (n = 495) collected at retail in Beijing, China, we found the food-animal products, vegetables, aquatic products and fruits were highly contaminat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107483

88. Surveillance of human norovirus in oysters collected from production area in Shandong Province, China during 2017–2018

Author:
Hua'ning Zhang; Danlei Liu; Zilei Zhang; Joanne Hewitt; Xinpeng Li; Peibin Hou; Dapeng Wang; Qingping Wu
Source:
Food control 2021 v.121 pp. 107649
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Norovirus; area; capsid; correlation; detection; fecal bacteria; food safety; gastroenteritis; genotype; harvesting; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; humans; monitoring; oysters; pH; sampling; seawater; shellfish; viral contamination; winter; China
Abstract:
... Human norovirus (HuNoV) is the leading cause of non-bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Oysters are known food-related vehicles for HuNoV transmission. However, there are few data available on the viral contamination of shellfish from production areas in China. A one-year monitoring program was carried out to detect and characterize HuNoV contamination in oysters, collected from two shellfish com ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107649

89. The emergence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Salmonella London isolates from human patients, retail meats and chickens in southern China and the evaluation of the potential risk factors of Salmonella London

Author:
Ziheng Xu; Min Wang; Can Wang; Chenyu Zhou; Jingzhen Liang; Guimin Gu; Mingliu Wang; Ping Wei
Source:
Food control 2021 v.128 pp. 108187
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Salmonella London; amoxicillin; antibiotic resistance; cefotaxime; ceftazidime; food pathogens; food safety; genetic variation; genotyping; humans; multiple drug resistance; phenotype; public health; repetitive sequences; sulfamethoxazole; trimethoprim; virulence; China
Abstract:
... Salmonella is a major foodborne pathogen that causes a broad range of infection in humans and animals. This research was undertaken to investigate the antimicrobial resistance, virulence genes and genotyping of the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Salmonella London (S. London) isolates originating from human patients, retail meats and chickens in southern China. The high antimicrobia ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108187

90. Understanding Chinese farmers' participation behavior regarding vegetable traceability systems

Author:
Lianying Li; Krishna P. Paudel; Jinyong Guo
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108325
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
decision making; food safety; gender; marital status; regression analysis; structural equation modeling; surveys; teachers; traceability; vegetables; China
Abstract:
... Implementing vegetable traceability systems is complex. Farmers are producers and the first point of traceability. Their intention and behavior related to implementation of vegetable traceability systems directly determine the success or failure of the implementation of those systems. The objective of this study was to identify factors that affect participation behavior in vegetable traceability s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108325

91. A study on the food fraud of national food safety and sample inspection of China

Author:
Dan Li; Mingwu Zang; Xiaoman Li; Kaihua Zhang; Zheqi Zhang; Shouwei Wang
Source:
Food control 2020 v.116 pp. 107306
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
alcohols; databases; eggs; food additives; food fraud; food safety; lean meat; malachite green; pastries; processed foods; veterinary drugs; China
Abstract:
... National food safety and sample inspection is important for the discovery of food safety problems in China. Due to increases in sample quantity since 2014, many food fraud (FF) problems, such as lean meat essence and malachite green added, have been identified through sample inspections. To gain insights into the current situation of FF, we studied failed samples involved FF identified through sam ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107306

92. An empirical study on consumer purchase intention for nuts and influencing factors—Survey based on consumers from Zhejiang

Author:
Lin Hong; Linna Yao; Pian Xie; Weixia Li
Source:
Food control 2020 v.117 pp. 107343
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
empirical research; financial economics; hygiene; industrialization; industry; markets; nuts; product improvement; regression analysis; structural equation modeling; willingness to pay; China
Abstract:
... Recently, the global demand for nuts has increased, which has brought considerable economic benefits. However, specific hygiene issues have affected the development of the nut market. Accordingly, it is necessary to investigate consumer purchase intention in this regard. Hitherto, no in-depth research has been done about the nut industry. Thus, the present study analyzed consumers' willingness to ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107343

93. An intercontinental analysis of food safety culture in view of food safety governance and national values

Author:
Shingai P. Nyarugwe; Anita R. Linnemann; Yingxue Ren; Evert-Jan Bakker; Jamal B. Kussaga; Derek Watson; Vincenzo Fogliano; Pieternel A. Luning
Source:
Food control 2020 v.111 pp. 107075
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
business enterprises; cluster analysis; food industry; food production; food safety; governance; hygiene; risk perception; Africa; China; Greece
Abstract:
... Taking food safety culture into account is a promising way to improve food safety performance in the food industry. Food safety culture (FS-culture) research is expanding from an organisational perspective to include characteristics of the internal and external company environment. In this study, the prevailing food safety culture in 17 food companies from four countries on three continents (Afric ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.107075

94. An on-line study about consumers’ perception and purchasing behavior toward umami seasonings in China

Author:
Yiwen Zhu; Yan Ping Chen; Charfedinne Ayed; Bei Li; Yuan Liu
Source:
Food control 2020 v.110 pp. 107037
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Chinese people; Internet; consumer attitudes; consumer surveys; cuisine; flavorings; purchasing; supermarkets; television; umami; willingness to pay; China
Abstract:
... Though umami seasonings (UMS) play an important part in food flavor and supply in Asian cuisine, little is known about consumers' thoughts and willingness to pay for UMS in China. Thus, this study gives a first insight into Chinese consumers’ knowledge, purchasing behavior and willingness to pay for UMS and explores the deciding factors related to the acceptance of UMS. An online consumer survey c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.107037

95. Antimicrobial effects of Chinese rice wine on Norovirus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in traditional wine-treated mud snails (Bullacta exarata)

Author:
Ningbo Liao; Liming Gong; Lili Chen; Liang Sun; Jiang Chen; Xiuyu Lou; Haiyan Mao; Yanjun Zhang; Ronghua Zhang
Source:
Food control 2020 v.107 pp. 106524
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Norovirus; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Weibull statistics; anti-infective agents; antimicrobial properties; color; food quality; microbiological risk assessment; odors; off flavors; pathogens; rice wines; shellfish; snails; taste; temperature; texture; China
Abstract:
... In China, edible shellfish are recognized as foods potentially at high risk of contamination with human Norovirus (HuNoV) and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. In this study, the antimicrobial effects of Chinese rice wine on HuNoV surrogates (MS2 and MNV-1) and V. parahaemolyticus in pickled mud snails immersed at different temperatures were evaluated. The optimized conditions for the wine treatment were a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.02.018

96. Application of bayesian network modelling to predict food fraud products from China

Author:
Jan Mei Soon
Source:
Food control 2020 v.114 pp. 107232
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Bayesian theory; European Union; adulterated products; aluminum; baked goods; food fraud; fruits; genetically modified organisms; grains; maximum residue limits; melamine; pesticides; rice products; risk ranking; trade; vegetables; China
Abstract:
... Previous studies identified that the origin of food fraud imported into EU was most commonly China. However, which food and drink categories were most affected by fraud? This study aimed to use bayesian network to predict food fraud products originating from China. RASFF notifications related to China were reviewed from 2004 to 2018.1668 fraud-related notifications were included in the development ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107232

97. Application of stochastic Bayesian modeling to assess safety status of baby formulas and quantify factors leading to unsafe products in China market

Author:
Lijuan Wei; Jianan Pei; Aihua Zhang; Xinyang Wu; Yunhui Xie; Yongheng Yang
Source:
Food control 2020 v.108 pp. -
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Bayesian theory; children; food industry; food safety; infants; markets; monitoring; nutrients; stakeholders; China
Abstract:
... Safety status of baby formulas in market is of great concerns due to food safety scandals occurred in China as well as vulnerability of infants and young children, despite the efforts of various stakeholders in recent years to enhance safety & quality. In this study, stochastic Bayesian modeling was used to assess safety status of baby formulas and quantify factors leading to unsafe products in Ch ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106826

98. Authentication of the geographical origin of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L) using various spectroscopies: NIR, low-field NMR and fluorescence

Author:
Haroon Elrasheid Tahir; Muhammad Arslan; Gustav Komla Mahunu; Abdalbasit Adam Mariod; Zhang Wen; Zou Xiaobo; Huang Xiaowei; Shi Jiyong; Hesham El-Seedi
Source:
Food control 2020 v.114 pp. 107231
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Hibiscus sabdariffa; cluster analysis; discriminant analysis; emissions; fluorescence; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; near-infrared spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; prediction; principal component analysis; provenance; China; Sudan
Abstract:
... Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) quality is strongly influenced by several factors and the geographical origin is one of the key parameters. However, fraudulent practices including mislabeling of the geographical sources might occur. In the present experiment, the analyzed samples consisted of 64 authentic samples originating from the world's best roselle country (Sudan) and eight samples from the wo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107231

99. Batch-based traceability for pork: A mobile solution with 2D barcode technology

Author:
Taibo Chen; Kaifang Ding; Shuaikang Hao; Gendao Li; Jingye Qu
Source:
Food control 2020 v.107 pp. 106770
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
animal-based foods; barcoding; business enterprises; nutritive value; pork; pork quality; supply chain; traceability; China
Abstract:
... As an animal-derived food, pork provides Chinese consumers with important nutritional value. The frequent safety incidents related to pork-made food have led the government and public advocate that a traceability system is as an effective means of controlling food quality and safety. This paper thus introduces a mobile pork quality and safety tracing system based on 2D (two-dimensional) barcode (a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106770

100. Behind the label: Chinese consumers’ trust in food certification and the effect of perceived quality on purchase intention

Author:
Jianhua Wang; Junying Tao; May Chu
Source:
Food control 2020 v.108 pp. -
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
certification; cities; food labeling; international organizations; issues and policy; pork; stakeholders; structural equation modeling; surveys; China
Abstract:
... This study aims to evaluate Chinese consumers' trust in food certification, and incorporates perceived quality as a new construct into the theory of planned behaviour to further analyze their purchase intention of certified food. The study conducted a survey of 844 Chinese consumers in twelve selected cities in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces by stratified sampling regarding their intention to purchas ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106825