The Epidemiology of Produce-Associated Outbreaks of Foodborne Disease

Mycotoxin is widely known as one cause of foodborne disease, produced by toxigenic fungi. Any country should be aware about this high risk potency by knowing the mycotoxin, affected commodities, fungal sources, and toxicity effect to human or animal. Controlling mycotoxin could be done by physic, chemical, and biological methods. The microbial characteristic used for biological agent should be evaluated including the inability to produce toxic substance, tendency to multiply, colonize, survive, safety, and applicability to the environment. Studies related to mycotoxin biocontrol by using antagonistic microorganism can be focused on (1) the effect to the mycotoxin, (2) the growth of microorganism, or (3) the application to food both raw material and processed products. Consideration to combine more than one species of microorganism instead of a single species also has been taken to achieve more effective result. For example, S. cerevisiae has been used together with LAB to control certain mycotoxin. Further studies are needed to develop the possibility of other biological agents and the effect of their application, which in the next have the potency as manufacturing products.

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Food recalls associated with foodborne disease outbreaks, United States, 2006–2016

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s0950268821001722 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-24

Author(s):

Qihua Qiu ◽

Daniel Dewey-Mattia ◽

Sanjana Subramhanya ◽

Zhaohui Cui ◽

Patricia M. Griffin ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Disease Outbreaks ◽

Foodborne Disease ◽

Food Recalls

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Machine learning techniques and research framework in foodborne disease surveillance system

Food Control ◽

10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108448 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 108448

Author(s):

Yi Du ◽

Yunchang Guo

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Surveillance System ◽

Disease Surveillance ◽

Machine Learning Techniques ◽

Foodborne Disease ◽

Research Framework ◽

Disease Surveillance System ◽

Learning Techniques

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A foodborne disease outbreak in man due to fish consumption possibly containing phycotoxins in Bombay, India

JSM Mycotoxins ◽

10.2520/myco1975.1988.28_37 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 1988 (28) ◽

pp. 37-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R.V. BHAT ◽

S. GAUTAMI ◽

R. B. SASHIDAR ◽

A. G. LAKHANI

Keyword(s):

Fish Consumption ◽

Disease Outbreak ◽

Foodborne Disease

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Insects as vectors of foodborne pathogenic bacteria

Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews ◽

10.1163/187498311x543989 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 5-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Jeffrey Blazar ◽

Marc Allard ◽

E. Kurt Lienau

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Foodborne Pathogens ◽

Pathogenic Bacteria ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Disease Outbreaks ◽

House Fly ◽

American Cockroach ◽

Health Concern ◽

Foodborne Disease ◽

Salmonella Spp

AbstractFood safety is an important consideration worldwide. To maintain and improve our current knowledge of foodborne disease outbreaks, we must understand some of the more imminent issues related to food safety. A variety of agents are responsible for transmitting the estimated 76 million cases of illnesses caused by foodborne pathogens every year. This review explores why insects pose a serious health concern, in terms of worldwide food safety initiatives, by looking at evidence in published <abs>Food safety is an important consideration worldwide. To maintain and improve our current knowledge of foodborne disease outbreaks, we must understand some of the more imminent issues related to food safety. A variety of agents are responsible for transmitting the estimated 76 million cases of illnesses caused by foodborne pathogens every year. This review explores why insects pose a serious health concern, in terms of worldwide food safety initiatives, by looking at evidence in published literature. We highlight at least eleven different species of insects, including the lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer); secondary screwworm, Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius); synanthropic flies [flesh fly, Sarcophaga carnaria (L.); house fly, Musca domestica (L.); fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen); and stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.)], American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.); German cockroach, Blatella germanica (L.); Oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis (L.); Pacific beetle cockroach, Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz); and Speckled feeder cockroach, Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier), which act as vectors for Salmonella spp. or Escherichia coli and illustrate how these insects are successful vectors of foodborne disease outbreaks. We propose that insects be considered as one of the latest issues in food safety initiatives. Not only are some insects extremely important contributors to diseases, but now we suggest that more research into insects as potential carriers of E. coli and Salmonella spp., and therefore as contributing to foodborne disease outbreaks, is granted.

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