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1. Food fraud in the Alps? — Detection of chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in firm raw sausages, ham, and meat via qualitative duplex real-time PCR

Author:
Wiebke Derz; Melanie Pavlovic; Ingrid Huber; Barbara Schalch; Lars Gerdes
Source:
Food control 2021 v.123 pp. 107764
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Capreolus capreolus; Cervus elaphus; DNA; assays; chamois; detection; estimation; food fraud; food safety; game animals; genes; ham; ingredients; processed meat; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; sausages; screening; venison; Alps region; Austria; Germany; Italy; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Firm raw sausages or ham from game species like chamois, red deer, or roe deer are typical meat products from the alpine regions in Germany, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland. Increased hunting effort and limited numbers make chamois meat more expensive than comparable game meat. In routine analysis at Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL), screening of meat relevant animal species is usua ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107764

2. Foodborne bacteria in raw drone brood of Apis mellifera – a preliminary survey

Author:
P. Herren; L. Fieseler; D. Ambuehl; J. Grunder
Source:
Journal of insects as food and feed 2021 v.7 no.3 pp. 281-285
ISSN:
2352-4588
Subject:
Apis mellifera; Bacillus cereus; Escherichia coli; Listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella; Varroa destructor; beehives; cell viability; human nutrition; parasites; surveys; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Drone brood of Apis mellifera is often removed from the beehive to control the honeybee parasite Varroa destructor. Instead of discarding the drone brood, it could rather be used as a new food source for human nutrition. However, studies on microbiological hazards caused by edible insects are rare, especially in the case of drone brood. In this survey, microbial total viable cell counts and the mo ...
DOI:
10.3920/JIFF2020.0067

3. 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

4. Raised concerns about the safety of barley grains and straw: A Swiss survey reveals a high diversity of mycotoxins and other fungal metabolites

Author:
Dimitrios Drakopoulos; Michael Sulyok; Rudolf Krska; Antonio F. Logrieco; Susanne Vogelgsang
Source:
Food control 2021 v.125 pp. 107919
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Alternaria; Aspergillus; Claviceps; Fusarium; Penicillium; barley; deoxynivalenol; food safety; fungi; secondary metabolites; straw; surveys; toxicity; toxicology; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Barley can be contaminated with a wide range of fungal secondary metabolites, including various mycotoxins that reduce the quality and safety of raw materials as well as cause economic losses. A survey was conducted for the crop seasons 2016 and 2017 to analyse fungal metabolites, including mycotoxins, in grain and straw samples of barley, which originated from fields across Switzerland. In total, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107919

5. Use of nanoparticles in food industry: current legislation, health risk discussions and public perception with a focus on Switzerland

Author:
Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser; Marika Bogdanovich; Rayna Harter; Ana Milosevic; Alke Petri-Fink
Source:
Toxicological and environmental chemistry 2021 v.103 no.4 pp. 423-437
ISSN:
1029-0486
Subject:
European Union; commercialization; consumer attitudes; environmental science; food industry; laws and regulations; public health; public opinion; risk; shelf life; surveys; toxicology; Switzerland
Abstract:
... In food industry, nanotechnology has been an attractive technology that can revolutionize the food sector ranging from food processing to food packaging, safety, and finally, shelf-life extension. Herein, the consumer perception of nanoparticles’ use in the food industry is a determining factor in their successful implementation and commercialization. The European Union (EU) Commission and the Fed ...
DOI:
10.1080/02772248.2021.1957471

6. Detection of Biogenic Amines and Tyramine-Producing Bacteria in Fermented Sausages from Switzerland

Author:
Janine Anderegg; Mortiz Fischer; Jovana Durig; Alfonso Die; Christophe Lacroix; Leo Meile
Source:
Journal of food protection 2020 v.83 no.9 pp. 1512-1519
ISSN:
0362-028X
Subject:
Enterococcus; Staphylococcus xylosus; cadaverine; decarboxylation; detection limit; fermentation; food safety; histamine; human diseases; meat; putrescine; starter cultures; traditional technology; tyramine; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Fermented foods can cause human illness because of the unhealthy effect of biogenic amines (BAs) that accumulate by decarboxylation of free amino acids. Salami-type fermented sausages can contain BAs, but which bacteria and environmental factors contribute to BA production is not clear. Sixty-two sausages purchased from Swiss markets were evaluated for decarboxylating bacterial strains and concent ...
DOI:
10.4315/JFP-19-468

7. Multiplex real-time PCR for the detection of insect DNA and determination of contents of Tenebrio molitor, Locusta migratoria and Achaeta domestica in food

Author:
René Köppel; Rafael Schum; Michael Habermacher; Cindy Sester; Lucia Eugeni Piller; Stefanie Meissner; Klaus Pietsch
Source:
European food research & technology 2019 v.245 no.3 pp. 559-567
ISSN:
1438-2377
Subject:
Calamagrostis; DNA; European Union; Food and Agriculture Organization; Locusta migratoria; Tenebrio molitor; animal proteins; business enterprises; diet; edible insects; food additives; food law; food research; food safety; foods; ingredients; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; sales; Switzerland
Abstract:
... In Europe, edible insects are not a part of a common diet. But according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the united nations (FAO), animal protein from insects could be an ecological, economic and healthy addition to human diets. In the EU there are currently no regulations on insects as food for human consumption. The production and sales of products containing insects are not prohibit ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00217-018-03225-5

8. Factors predicting meat and meat products consumption among middle-aged and elderly people: evidence from a consumer survey in Switzerland

Author:
Alexandra Schmid; Doreen Gille; Patrizia Piccinali; Ueli Bütikofer; Magali Chollet; Themistoklis Altintzoglou; Pirjo Honkanen; Barbara Walther; Helena Stoffers
Source:
Food & nutrition research 2017 v.61 no.1 pp. 1308111
ISSN:
1654-661X
Subject:
body mass index; consumer surveys; developed countries; elderly; food safety; gender; ingestion; meat consumption; nutritional behavior; pork; poultry; prediction; raw meat; taste; traditional foods; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Background: An adequate diet contributes to health and wellbeing in older age. This is nowadays more important than ever since in industrialised countries the elderly population is growing continually. However, information regarding the consumption behaviour of older persons in Switzerland is limited. Objective: The objective of this investigation was to explore how middle-aged and elderly Swiss v ...
DOI:
10.1080/16546628.2017.1308111

9. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) in water from karst springs: detection with real-time PCR and isolation of strains

Author:
Andreas Baumgartner; Isabel Niederhauser; David Diston; Dominik Moor
Source:
Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 2016 v.11 no.4 pp. 353-357
ISSN:
1661-5751
Subject:
Shiga-like toxins; enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; food safety; foods; genes; intimin; karsts; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; springs (water); virulence; virulent strains; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Within 2 months, two water sources in a karst area in Switzerland were sampled 9 times each, and analyzed by real-time PCR for 6 EHEC O-types, Shiga-like-toxin (stx1 and stx2) and intimin (eae) genes. With the exception of O111, 5 O-types were recorded regularly and at high frequencies (O26: 33.3 %; O157: 33.3 %; O104: 66.6 %; O103: 72.2 %; O145: 94.4 %). Genes for Shiga-like-toxins and intimin we ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00003-016-1053-1

10. Detection of Traces of Ovalbumin and Casein in White and Red Wines by Quantitative Western Blotting

Author:
Philippe Meyer; Simone Zanetti
Source:
Journal of food science 2015 v.80 no.9 pp. 2102-2109
ISSN:
0022-1147
Subject:
Western blotting; allergens; analytical methods; casein; egg albumen; filtration; food allergies; food law; food safety; hens; milk; ovalbumin; red wines; white wines; winemaking; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Fining of wine with agents containing cow's milk or hen's egg white is a common and traditional procedure. In light of increasing food allergies all over the world, the presence of fining residues has been subject of intense debate. Switzerland does not make exception, and since 2009 the Federal Department of Home Affairs has modified its food regulations stating that the labels must show if trace ...
DOI:
10.1111/1750-3841.12990

11. Quantity and quality of food losses along the Swiss potato supply chain: Stepwise investigation and the influence of quality standards on losses

Author:
Christian Willersinn; Gabriele Mack; Patrik Mouron; Andreas Keiser; Michael Siegrist
Source:
Waste management 2015 v.46 pp. 120-132
ISSN:
0956-053X
Subject:
aesthetics; business enterprises; consumer preferences; consumer surveys; data collection; experts; feeds; field experimentation; food loss; food quality; food safety; households; interviews; issues and policy; laws and regulations; potatoes; product safety; supply chain; trade; tubers; waste management; Switzerland
Abstract:
... This paper presents the results of a stepwise investigation of the quantity and quality of food losses along the Swiss potato supply chain. Quantitative data were collected from field trials, from structured interviews with wholesalers, processors and retailers, and from consumer surveys in combination with a 30-day diary study. The “Swiss trade customs for potatoes” pose the basis for the qualita ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.wasman.2015.08.033

12. Analysis of the neurotoxin anisatin in star anise by LC-MS/MS

Author:
Caroline Mathon; Benjamin Bongard; Monique Duret; Didier Ortelli; Philippe Christen; Stefan Bieri
Source:
Food additives & contaminants 2013 v.30 no.9 pp. 1598-1605
ISSN:
1944-0057
Subject:
Illicium lanceolatum; Illicium verum; adverse effects; anise; carbon; high performance liquid chromatography; ionization; neurotoxins; seizures; tandem mass spectrometry
Abstract:
... The aim of this work was to develop an analytical method capable of determining the presence of anisatin in star anise. This neurotoxin may induce severe side effects such as epileptic convulsions. It is therefore of prime importance to have rapid and accurate analytical methods able to detect and quantify anisatin in samples that are purportedly edible star anise. The sample preparation combined ...
DOI:
10.1080/19440049.2013.804955
PubMed:
23802692

13. Economic impact of mycotoxins in nuts and dried fruit chain

Author:
Rico-Sole, R.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2012 v. no.963 pp. 155-172
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
World Health Organization; aflatoxins; disability-adjusted life year; dried fruit; economic impact; figs; food safety; fruits; growers; imports; industry; ingestion; ochratoxin A; peanuts; public health; questionnaires; toxicity; transportation; Australia; Iceland; Japan; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland; United States
Abstract:
... In the present report, estimation on the global economic losses caused by mycotoxins in nuts and dried fruits has been made. In the economic sense, mycotoxin infestation, contamination and exposure affects growers and processors, with the loss of part of the crop, prevention in the field and storage, border rejections, transportation, tests, etc., as well as governments, in terms of controls costs ...

14. Ochratoxin A in Spanish exportation wine market

Author:
Silvia Quintela; M(a) Carmen Villarán; Iratxe López de Armentia; Edurne Elejalde
Source:
Food control 2012 v.25 no.2 pp. 501-504
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
detection limit; food safety; liquid chromatography; markets; ochratoxin A; sales; surveys; teams; wine quality; wines; Australia; France; Germany; Italy; Spain; Switzerland; United Kingdom; United States
Abstract:
... The Rioja Qualified Designation of Origin (DOCa Rioja) is leader of the Spanish market of quality wines, with nearly the 40% of the total sales of Spanish wines. It has a great international prestige and it exports about 30% of its production, mainly to Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. A study on ochratoxin A (OTA) occurrence in DOCa Rioja exportation wine market was ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.11.023

15. Antimicrobial Resistance in Swiss Laying Hens, Prevalence and Risk Factors

Author:
Harisberger, M.; Gobeli, S.; Hoop, R.; Dewulf, J.; Perreten, V.; Regula, G.
Source:
Zoonoses and public health 2011 v.58 no.6 pp. 377-387
ISSN:
1863-1959
Subject:
Enterococcus faecalis; questionnaires; public health; antibiotic resistance; humans; indicator species; food safety; Enterococcus faecium; farms; laying hens; minimum inhibitory concentration; risk factors; safety standards; European Union; anti-infective agents; eggs; cross-sectional studies; cages; bacteria; Escherichia coli
Abstract:
... Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging concern to public health, and food-producing animals are known to be a potential source for transmission of resistant bacteria to humans. As legislation of the European Union requires to ban conventional cages for the housing of laying hens on the one hand, and a high food safety standard for eggs on the other hand, further investigations about the occurrenc ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01376.x
PubMed:
21040507

16. Assessment of food intake in hospitalised patients: A 10-year comparative study of a prospective hospital survey

Author:
Ronan Thibault; Marinette Chikhi; Aurélie Clerc; Patrice Darmon; Pierre Chopard; Laurence Genton; Michel P. Kossovsky; Claude Pichard
Source:
Clinical nutrition 2011 v.30 no.3 pp. 289-296
ISSN:
0261-5614
Subject:
risk; food intake; prospective studies; food service; proteins; hospitals; nutritive value; nutritional support; patients; multivariate analysis; body mass index; food safety; dietary supplements
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND & AIMS: A food quality control and improvement permanent process was initiated in 1999. To evaluate the food service evolution, protein–energy needs coverage were compared in 1999 and 2008 with the same structure survey in all hospitalized patients receiving 3 meals/day. METHODS: Nutritional values of food provided, consumed and wasted over 24h including non-exclusive nutritional suppor ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.clnu.2010.10.002
PubMed:
21067850

17. Increased sensitivity for the diagnosis of Taenia saginata cysticercus infection by additional heart examination compared to the EU-approved routine meat inspection

Author:
Ramon Marc Eichenberger; Roger Stephan; Peter Deplazes
Source:
Food control 2011 v.22 no.6 pp. 989-992
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Taenia saginata; cattle; cysticerci; cysticercosis; diagnostic sensitivity; farms; food industry; food safety; heart; livestock and meat industry; meat inspection; muscles; parasites; slaughterhouses; Switzerland
Abstract:
... In spite of the statutory meat inspection at abattoirs, Taenia saginata cysticercus infection in cattle remains an economically important parasitic disease for the livestock industry by affecting food safety. The routinely performed standard meat inspection protocol has a low diagnostic sensitivity for the detection of T. saginata cysticerci infections. Therefore, an abattoir trial aiming to incre ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.11.033

18. Risk scoring for setting priorities in a monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in meat and meat products

Author:
Presi, Patrick; Stärk, Katharina D.C.; Stephan, Roger; Breidenbach, Eric; Frey, Joachim; Regula, Gertraud
Source:
International journal of food microbiology 2009 v.130 no.2 pp. 94-100
ISSN:
0168-1605
Subject:
pork; product safety; dietary exposure; prevalence; raw meat; interspecific variation; bacterial contamination; chicken meat; risk assessment; Campylobacter; Escherichia coli; mathematical models; monitoring; Enterococcus; frozen meat; food intake; antibiotic resistance; food contamination; veal; food pathogens; foodborne illness
Abstract:
... Meat and meat products can be contaminated with different species of bacteria resistant to various antimicrobials. The human health risk of a type of meat or meat product carry by emerging antimicrobial resistance depends on (i) the prevalence of contamination with resistant bacteria, (ii) the human health consequences of an infection with a specific bacterium resistant to a specific antimicrobial ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.12.022
PubMed:
19168250

19. Variability of selected trace elements of different meat cuts determined by ICP-MS and DRC-ICPMS

Author:
Gerber, N.; Brogioli, R.; Hattendorf, B.; Scheeder, M.R.L.; Wenk, C.; Gunther, D.
Source:
Animal 2009 v.3 no.1 pp. 166-172
ISSN:
1751-7311
Subject:
pork; nutrient content; heavy metals; food composition; mass spectrometry; meat cuts; interspecific variation; food analysis; chicken meat; risk assessment; horse meat; chemical concentration; variance; toxic substances; toxicity; food safety; lamb meat; meat quality; beef; trace elements; Switzerland
Abstract:
... The aim of this study was to determine the levels of cadmium, lead, iron, zinc, selenium, manganese, copper and molybdenum in different cuts of beef, pork, lamb, chicken and foal collected from supermarkets and butcheries in Switzerland. The concentrations of manganese, copper, molybdenum, zinc, iron, selenium, cadmium and lead were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-M ...
DOI:
10.1017/S1751731108003212
PubMed:
22444183

20. Amino acids and biogenic amines during spontaneous malolactic fermentation in Tempranillo red wines

Author:
Izquierdo Cañas, P.M.; García Romero, E.; Gómez Alonso, S.; Fernández González, M.; Palop Herreros, M.L.L.
Source:
Journal of food composition and analysis 2008 v.21 no.8 pp. 731-735
ISSN:
0889-1575
Subject:
histamine; ammonia; wine quality; headspace analysis; lactic acid bacteria; tyramine; nitrogen; ethyl carbamate; malolactic fermentation; winemaking; putrescine; amino acid composition; urea; food sanitation; red wines; Switzerland
Abstract:
... This paper examines the changes undergone by the nitrogenated fraction of wine during malolactic fermentation (MLF) produced by the indigenous microbiota in 16 industrial-scale vinifications at technologically well-equipped wineries. Statistically significant increases (between 5% and 35%) were found in 15 of the 24 amino acids analyzed; decreases (between 4% and 29%) were found only in four. The ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfca.2007.11.002

21. Lay people's perception of food hazards: Comparing aggregated data and individual data

Author:
Siegrist, M.; Keller, C.; Kiers, H.A.L.
Source:
Appetite 2006 v.47 no.3 pp. 324-332
ISSN:
0195-6663
Subject:
appetite; food beliefs; perceptions (cognitive); surveys; risk assessment; humans; food safety; potentially hazardous foods; data analysis; health foods; Switzerland
Abstract:
... The psychometric paradigm has been used to explain the perception of food hazard risks. In past studies, only aggregated data were analyzed, and individual differences were neglected. In the present study, both aggregated data and non-aggregated data are analyzed. Data stem from a mail survey conducted in Switzerland (N=448). Analyzing aggregated data, results of past studies were successfully rep ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.appet.2006.05.012
PubMed:
16828198

22. Effects of the Swiss retailers' strategy on the governance structure of fresh food products supply chains

Author:
Reviron, S.; Chappuis, J.M.
Source:
Agribusiness 2005 v.21 no.2 pp. 237-252
ISSN:
0742-4477
Subject:
supermarkets; risk management; raw foods; vertical integration; food industry; food quality; risk assessment; food availability; food policy; food safety; human food chain; food retailing; Switzerland
Abstract:
... On the initiative of the two main retailers, the structure of the Swiss food supply chains has changed in depth, with the construction of "normed systems," characterized by quality insurance guarantees and of "partnerships" with alliances of producers and processing companies. These new forms of vertical organizations are different types of hybrid forms, according to New Institutional Economic the ...
DOI:
10.1002/agr.20045

23. Brown potato croquettes low in acrylamide by coating with egg/breadcrumbs

Author:
Fiselier, K.; Grob, K.; Pfefferle, A.
Source:
European food research & technology 2004 v.219 no.2 pp. 111-115
ISSN:
1438-2377
Subject:
Maillard reaction; acrylamides; potato products; fried foods; carcinogens; edible films; reducing sugars; coated foods; food safety; ingredients; lactose; chemical concentration; defatted foods; deep fat frying; dried milk; asparagine; eggs; Switzerland

24. Potential for acrylamide formation in potatoes: data from the 2003 harvest

Author:
Amrein, T.M.; Schonbachler, B.; Rohner, F.; Lukac, H.; Schneider, H.; Keiser, A.; Escher, F.; Amado, R.
Source:
European food research & technology 2004 v.219 no.6 pp. 572-578
ISSN:
1438-2377
Subject:
Solanum tuberosum; potatoes; summer; postharvest physiology; heat treatment; acrylamides; reducing sugars; glucose; food storage; amino acids; fructose; food chemistry; cultivars; crop production; air temperature; food safety; sugar content; free amino acids; rain; Switzerland
DOI:
10.1007/s00217-004-1025-z

25. Occurrence of bisphenol-F-diglycidyl ether (BFDGE) in fish canned in oil

Author:
Theobald, A.; Simoneau, C.; Hannaert, P.; Roncari, P.; Roncari, A.; Rudolph, T.; Anklam, E.
Source:
Food additives & contaminants 2000 v.17 no.10 pp. 881-887
ISSN:
0265-203X
Subject:
chemical composition; anchovies; packaging materials; coatings; resins; canning quality; food contamination; geographical variation; tuna; food packaging; cans; mackerel; sardines; food composition; canned fish; Switzerland
DOI:
10.1080/026520300420475
PubMed:
11103274

26. Food contamination from epoxy resins and organosols used as can coatings: analysis by gradient NPLC

Author:
Biedermann, M.; Grob, K.
Source:
Food additives & contaminants 1998 v.15 no.5 pp. 609-618
ISSN:
0265-203X
Subject:
chemical composition; food analysis; coatings; resins; food contamination; food packaging; cans; high performance liquid chromatography; beef; food composition; canned fish; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Normal phase LC with gradient elution enabled the analysis of a broadened range of oligomers of BADGE (Bisphenol-A diglycidyl ether) and Novolak compounds in canned foods, such as sea foods in oil, meat products and soups. A major component released from Bisphenol-A resins was identified as the cyclo-(Bisphenol-A monoglycidyl ether) dimer and was commonly present in foods at concentrations of arou ...
DOI:
10.1080/02652039809374688
PubMed:
9829047