...Rashed Noor; Farahnaaz Feroz Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to portray a general situation on the microbiological spoilage aspects of agriculture and focus on the necessary management schemes of microbiological contamination aiming to deliver information on the public health safety...

... cerevisiae (viable or nonviable) is effective in aflatoxin binding from medium and the binding has a physical nature. Social implications The findings reduce the public concern about aflatoxin B₁ contamination in foods and feeds having high risk of aflatoxin contamination. Originality/value...

...Eman A.E. Badr; Asmaa A.E. Agrama; Safaa A.E. Badr Purpose This study seeks to find out if chronic exposure via drinking water to high doses of a mixture of metals found as contaminants in tap and bottled water sources can alter the systemic physiology of residents. Design/methodology/approach...

...I.M. Adekunle; O. Olorundare; C. Nwange Purpose The aim of this paper is to assess the safety of commonly consumed green leafy vegetables in southwest Nigeria in relation to lead (Pb) contamination. Design/methodology/approach In total, 585 samples of five species of commonly consumed green...

... of common underlying problems with the supplementation of different groups of vitamins. Food contaminations are microbial and natural toxins in foods, environmental pollutants, pesticides and additives that are originally present in foods or intentionally or unintentionally added to various foods consumed...

...S. Muhammad; K. Shehu; N.A. Amusa A survey of the market diseases and aflatoxin contamination of tomato fruits was conducted in Sokoto in northwestern Nigeria in 2001 and 2002, respectively. Rotten tomato fruits sold at five different markets in Sokoto town, located at Central market, Kasuwar daji...

... for the identification of protective or moderating factors in diet; and using the results to develop improved methods for food safety evaluation. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Nutrition Contamination There has been an understandable but not necessarily logical preoccupation with the risks to human health...

...Ray Gibson Foreign body contamination of food and drink products is the single biggest cause of product recalls in the UK. However, not every foreign body incident need result in a recall, and immediate scientific investigation of the nature and cause of the foreign body can help manufacturers...

...David Atkins; Julie Norman A review of the food safety implications of crops contaminated by mycotoxins. Each of the most important mycotoxins, aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, and patulin, are described individually with details of national and international safety evaluations and the UK’s controls...

... with associated renal disease which can lead to fatalities. It is now apparent that few bacterial cells are needed to spread infection and that cross‐contamination is therefore a significant problem. Although there are national programmes to investigate E. coli 0157 infection and gain new information...

... microbial growth. Bacteria Consumer protection Contamination Diseases Food industry Meat Publishing industry There has been almost a five‐fold increase in food poisoning cases in England and Wales over the past decade, from around 30 cases to 140 cases per 100,000 people per annum...

... is genetically determined and is also influenced by the carotenoid content of the birds′ diet. Influence on the colour of the meat per se is due to muscle fibre types and their associated biochemistry. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Contamination Meat industry Poultry Quality United Kingdom...

...Peter Silley Impedance technology enables the food industry to detect and identify bacterial contamination in hours rather than days. Dr. Peter Silley describes the technique 'RABIT' IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY Right, loading of cells into module; far right, the equipment for carrying out the tests Recent...

...Michael Kipps Michael Kipps describes some organisms which have become prevalent in recent years © MCB UP Limited 1991 Diseases Contamination CHILDREN'S VIEWS ON DAIRY PRODUCTS 6 In the second part of his article, Michael Kipps of the University of Surrey looks at some of the 'newer...