Optical Biosensors in Food Safety and Control

2013 ◽  
pp. 473-486
Author(s):  
Theodoros Varzakas ◽  
Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli ◽  
Nikolaos Tzamtzis ◽  
Dimitrios Nikolelis
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Optical Biosensors ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Plesiomonas: A Review on Food Safety, Fish-Borne Diseases, and Tilapia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Alejandro De Jesús Cortés-Sánchez ◽  
Luis Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand ◽  
Mayra Díaz-Ramirez ◽  
Erika Torres-Ochoa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Fundamental Property ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Plesiomonas Shigelloides ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Public Health Challenge ◽  
And Control

Fish and fish products are considered a fundamental part of the human diet due to their high nutritional value. Food-borne diseases are considered a major public health challenge worldwide due to their incidence, associated mortality, and negative economic repercussions. Food safety is the guarantee that foods will not cause harm to the health of those who consume them, and it is a fundamental property of food quality. Food safety can be at risk of being lost at any stage of the food chain if the food is contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms. Many diverse bacteria are present in the environment and as part of the microbiota of food that can be transmitted to humans during the handling and consumption of food. Plesiomonas shigelloides has been mainly associated with outbreaks of gastrointestinal diseases due to the consumption of fish. This bacterium inhabits the environment and aquatic animals and is associated with the microbiota of fish such as tilapia, a fish of importance in fishing, aquaculture, commercialization, and consumption worldwide. The purpose of this document is to provide, through a bibliographic review of databases (Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, among others), a general informative perspective on food-borne diseases and, in particular, the consumption of fish and tilapia. Diseases derived from contamination by Plesiomonas shigelloides are included, and control and prevention actions and sanitary regulations for fishery products established in several countries around the world are discussed to promote the safety of foods of aquatic origin intended for human consumption and to protect public health.

Balancing Competence and Control

2020 ◽  
pp. 180-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Biermann ◽  
Berthold Rittberger
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Regulatory Networks ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Aviation Safety ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Member States ◽  
European Regulatory ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Eu

In recent decades the EU has witnessed a remarkable rise in the number of specialized regulatory agencies and European regulatory networks (ERNs). It is often assumed that agencies and ERNs are mutually exclusive instruments of indirect governance. As this chapter argues, however, they are often used in combination to better address competence–control tradeoffs. The chapter illustrates this argument with two case studies of regulatory policymaking in the EU. First, in the case of aviation safety, the EU and its member states created a new agency, the European Aviation Safety Agency, to overcome a control deficit which had hampered its ability to rein in existing regulatory networks. Second, in the field of food safety, the EU as collective governor sought to overcome the competence deficit of its intermediary, the European Food Safety Agency, by enlisting a second intermediary: the “Focal Point Network” (an ERN).

scholarly journals Assessment of Safety Performance in Banana Alcoholic Beverage Processing Factories in Rwanda

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Grace Irakiza ◽  
Viateur Ugirinshuti ◽  
Olivier Kamana ◽  
Martin P. Ongol
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Processing Technology ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Context Score ◽  
Microsoft Office ◽  
And Control

Although the Rwandan competent authorities are putting effort to improve the safety of traditional banana alcoholic beverages, safety problems still exist. This study aimed to apply customized diagnostic tool to gain an insight into the performance of food safety in traditional banana alcoholic beverage factories as an evidence based to support the selection of suitable interventions for improvement to assure sustainability and meet growing market of traditional banana alcoholic beverages. Literature search was used to identify context factors, quality assurance and control activities that can influence safety of banana alcoholic beverage products and validated by processors through interview and participant observation. The data were collected in eleven factories located in Kigali city and four provinces of Rwanda using an assessment tool. Data analysis was performed using Microsoft Office Excel. All factories have shown to operate in relatively high risk context (score 2-3), most of control activities were at basic level (score 1), whereas assurance activities were at relatively average level (score 1-2) which resulted into poor food safety performance (score 1). This shows that, the modern food safety practices can’t be applied in traditional food processing factories due to traditional methods and equipment, low level of science-based knowledge related to processing technology, food safety and hygiene. Therefore, there is a need to design modern equipment that are easy to clean and disinfect to replace traditional ones, to train technical staff on processing technology, safety and hygiene, and to change behaviors towards making decisions based on scientific knowledge.

Quality and Food Safety Assurance and Control

2013 ◽  
pp. 251-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mar Verhoeff ◽  
Gerrit van Duijn
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Safety Assurance ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals A Public Health Informatics Solution to Improving Food Safety in Restaurants: Putting the Missing Piece in the Puzzle

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sripriya Rajamani ◽  
Melanie Firestone ◽  
Craig Hedberg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foodborne Illness ◽  
Public Health Informatics ◽  
Illness Prevention ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Inspection Data ◽  
And Control

Foodborne illnesses remain an important public health challenge in the United States causing an estimated 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths per year. Restaurants are frequent settings for foodborne illness transmission. Public health surveillance – the continual, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of reports of health data to prevent and control illness – is a prerequisite for an effective food control system. While restaurant inspection data are routinely collected, these data are not regularly aggregated like traditional surveillance data. However, there is evidence that these data are a valuable tool for understanding foodborne illness outbreaks and threats to food safety. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities for incorporating routine restaurant inspection data as a surveillance tool for monitoring and improving foodborne illness prevention activities.  The three main challenges are: 1) the need for a national framework; 2) lack of data standards and interoperability; and 3) limited access to restaurant inspection data. Tapping into the power of public health informatics represents an opportunity to address these challenges. Overall, improving restaurant inspection information systems and making restaurant inspection data available to support decision-making represents an opportunity to practice smarter food safety.

scholarly journals Aflatoxin Proficiency Testing and Control in Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIMOTHY J. HERRMAN ◽  
VIVIAN HOFFMANN ◽  
ANNE MUIRURI ◽  
CINDY McCORMICK
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Proficiency Testing ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
International Electrotechnical Commission ◽  
Quality Systems ◽  
Relative Standard ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Testing Accuracy ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACT Texas A&M AgriLife Research (hereafter AgriLife) introduced a quality systems approach to accurately measure and manage aflatoxin that resulted in improved food safety for approximately 10 million Kenyans. A quality systems approach contains elements that ensure laboratory testing competence. In this study, quality system elements included analyst training and qualification, proficiency testing, use of reference material to support analytical traceability and define analytical uncertainty, development and implementation of a food safety plan by commercial maize (Zea mays) millers, and verification of testing accuracy at the AgriLife laboratory accredited by the Kenya Accreditation Service under the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission 17025:2005 standard. In 2014 and 2015, five proficiency rounds were performed, ranging in aflatoxin concentrations of 5 to 40 μg/kg. Five laboratories had a z-score of >3, and all of these were for the fifth proficiency round with an aflatoxin content of 5 μg/kg. In 2015, 31 analysts qualified to participate in the program at 15 maize mills. The analysts' qualification for seven test samples, which ranged from 3.1 to 28 μg/kg total aflatoxin, resulted in an average relative standard deviation of 19.2% across all participants and test methods. Independent testing of participating mill verification results before and after analyst implementation of the quality systems approach revealed an improvement in measure accuracy. HIGHLIGHTS

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