Case studies in food microbiology for food safety and quality

2003 ◽  
Vol 41 (01) ◽  
pp. 41-0304-41-0304
mSystems ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoting Li ◽  
David Ames Mann ◽  
Shaokang Zhang ◽  
Yan Qi ◽  
Richard J. Meinersmann ◽  
...  

Chicken has recently overtaken beef as the most-consumed meat in the United States. The growing popularity of chicken is accompanied by frequent occurrences of foodborne pathogens and increasing concerns over antibiotic usage. Our study represents a proof-of-concept investigation into the possibility and practicality of leveraging microbiome-informed food safety and quality. Through a longitudinal and cross-sectional survey, we established the chicken microbiome as a robust and multifaceted food microbiology attribute that could provide a variety of safety and quality information and retain systematic signals characteristic of overall processing environments.


2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Cooper ◽  
Urs Niggli ◽  
Carlo Leifert

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Pedro D. Gaspar ◽  
Joel Alves ◽  
Pedro Pinto

Currently, we assist the emergence of sensors and low-cost information and communication technologies applied to food products, in order to improve food safety and quality along the food chain. Thus, it is relevant to implement predictive mathematical modeling tools in order to predict changes in the food quality and allow decision-making for expiration dates. To perform that, the Baranyi and Roberts model and the online tool Combined Database for Predictive Microbiology (Combase) were used to determine the factors that define the growth of different bacteria. These factors applied to the equation that determines the maximum specific growth rate establish a relation between the bacterial growth and the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that define the bacteria environment. These models may be programmed in low-cost wireless biochemical sensor devices applied to packaging and food supply chains to promote food safety and quality through real time traceability.


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