...Ponts'o Letuka; Jane Nkhebenyane; Oriel Thekisoe Purpose Food safety knowledge and hygienic practices by food handlers play an important role in the prevention of contamination of food prepared. Design/methodology/approach This descriptive survey was conducted in Maseru around the taxi ranks...

... bacteria] for contamination of chicken carcasses, carcass drip and rinse water from the informal chicken market in Gauteng, South Africa. Design/methodology/approach Chicken swabs, chicken drips and rinse waters were collected from 151 chickens from 47 random outlets. Pre-tested questionnaires were...

... for cultivation, inoculation and enumeration are as follows. Control Food safety Food processing Bacteria Contamination Factorial design Emerging technology Challenge test Fruit juices are commonly pasteurized by employing heat methods. However, non-thermal technologies have been widely...

... experts through a workshop and series of semi-structured interviews. Findings The new categorisation developed is in Venn diagram format allowing overlapping categories. It is organised around the two major types of contamination (biological, and chemical/physical contaminants) and the two major...

.... This notational analysis method focused on actions related to microbiological contamination in terms of hand washing or glove changing and the cleaning and sanitising of tools and equipment. Additionally, microbiological quality of 135 samples of raw finfish at points along distribution chains was compared...

... in Taiwan and tests for the impacts of modern tainted foods worries and gender. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Health and Taste Attitude Scales Modern tainted foods worries Gender Personal health Food products Taiwan Attitudes Contamination One‐way ANOVA tests were carried...

... in India for the past 29 (1980‐2009) years due to adulteration, chemical, and microbiological contamination have been reviewed. Reported scientific information on foodborne pathogens detected and quantified in Indian foods has also been reviewed. Findings A total of 37 outbreaks involving 3,485 persons...

... Award for British Food Journal “A tale of two crises: the Belgian and Irish dioxin contamination incidents'' Donal K. CaseyJames S. Lawless School of Law, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Patrick G. Wall School of Public Health and Population Sciences...

...Hung‐Yi Lu; Tzong‐Horng Dzwo; Hsin‐Ya Hou; James E. Andrews Purpose This study aims to examine factors influencing information‐seeking intentions and support for restrictions related to the threat of arsenic‐contaminated frying oil. Design/methodology/approach A telephone survey using...

.../methodology/approach This study involved: filming participants (n=60) while they prepared a meal according to a specified recipe (30 beef/salad burgers and 30 chicken salads); swabbing key potential contamination sites in the participant's kitchen for microbiological testing; sampling the meat...

... was filmed (n=60 respondents). A survey was also administered. Findings The results of the study show that transfer of bacteria around the kitchen environment and onto prepared meals are predicted by a lack of thoroughly washing contaminated hands, knives and chopping boards both during...

... (2–6 Log CFU/cm²). Predominant populations were often similar between biltong product and various surface samples, indicating potential cross‐contamination. Results from 16S rDNA sequence analysis showed that E. coli strains isolated from biltong product...

... to investigate the scientific validity of nutrition claims as “no vegetable/potato has higher amounts of nutrient X than organic vegetables/potatoes” and “no vegetable/potato has lower amounts of contaminant Y than organic vegetables/potatoes”. Design/methodology/approach Detailed nutrient and contaminant...

... contaminations by eliciting damage beyond farm level. Miranda P.M. Meuwissen can be contacted at: miranda.meuwissen@wur.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 In defining scenarios to assess processing industries' damage from feed contaminations, key variables are number of contaminated...

... of diseases caused by infectious and toxigenic bacteria as well as parasites and viruses have been documented to occur as a result of consumption of contaminated produce. This paper seeks to review the scientific literature reporting evidence to support the potential for preharvest contamination of fruits...

...I.W. Haysom; A.K. Sharp Purpose Many cases of food poisoning originate in the domestic environment and can be associated with improper food handling and ineffective cleaning by consumers. These practices could lead to the introduction and spread of bacterial contamination in the kitchen...

...L. Manning; R.N. Baines; S.A. Chadd Purpose Aims to highlight how food contamination, whether accidental or deliberate, can have far‐reaching impact on individuals, organisations and the food supply chain. Design/methodology/approach This paper focuses on the use of agents such as foreign...

... of Campylobacter using a MPN/PCR assay and Salmonella using a MPN/visual immunoassay procedure. The surfaces of 72 packs (24.0 per cent) were externally contaminated with C. jejuni; 32 with counts of <6 MPN/pack and the remaining 40 with counts ranging from 6 to >2,200 MPN/pack. One whole chicken sample (0.3...

...Elizabeth C. Redmond; Christopher J. Griffith; Jenny Slader; Tom J. Humphrey The use of an observational approach in conjunction with isolation techniques for campylobacter and salmonella detection has facilitated a detailed evaluation of the risk of cross contamination during food preparation...

... varied by region. The dominant mycotoxins, respectively, were “roquefortin C” and “sterigmatocystin”. The extent of contamination was also determined and a mycotoxin risk profile was constructed for each agricultural region of Turkey. Figure 1 Sampling origin of mould cultures from different...