{"title":"Bacterial water quality and risk evaluation of bottled drinking water in China","authors":"Jian Pu, K. Fukushi","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2016.10001511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2016.10001511","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, bacterial water quality of bottled water in China was reviewed. National spot-check results revealed that 17.5% of samples were contaminated, 79.3% of which were due to exceeding microbial level. The annual infectious risk of people drinking bottled water everyday exceeded 1:10000 for all ages. Assuming acceptable risk is 10−4 per year, it would be considered safe if annual exposure times are less than 78 days. Strict adherence to principles of good manufacturing practices is essential through process control and personal hygiene should be maintained at the processing facility, to reduce the infection risks. Enforcement of the existing regulations and laws is also necessary to achieve this goal. Further research is needed on relationships between common bacteria and pathogens in drinking water, in order to better understand the ecology of microorganisms, and to perform a better health risk analysis for pathogens in bottled water.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"18 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83524032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Kawagoshi, T. Hama, Ryuji Kakimoto, Naotaka Itomitsu, Nian Hong, K. Tomiie
{"title":"Nitrate contamination of groundwater and identification of its cause in Kumamoto City and neighbouring area in Japan","authors":"Y. Kawagoshi, T. Hama, Ryuji Kakimoto, Naotaka Itomitsu, Nian Hong, K. Tomiie","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2016.10001512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2016.10001512","url":null,"abstract":"Kumamoto City that has a population of 0.7 million depends on the only groundwater for the drinking-water demand. Recently, there are growing concerns about a groundwater contamination by nitrate. In this study, we aimed to reveal the situation and cause of nitrate contamination of groundwater in Kumamoto City and its neighbouring area by a combination of water-quality measurement and the analysis of public data. Nitrate concentration in the groundwater varied according to the area-location, however, most groundwater samples showed an increasing trend for the last few decades, and high nitrate concentration (>10 mg-N/L) was detected even in deep-aquifer samples. The results of nitrogen stable isotopic analysis suggested that nitrate contamination was caused by organic nitrogen. At the same time, the analysis based on public statistical data demonstrated that the nitrogen load by waste of domestic animals drastically increased for the last decades. These results strongly suggested that the waste of domestic animals was the most significant cause for the groundwater contamination in the research area.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"17 1","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82377665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Jung, Jessica N. Stapleton, M. Stork, J. Bourne, K. M. Ginis
{"title":"A systematic review of interventions aimed at increasing calcium intake in adults: where do we go from here?","authors":"M. Jung, Jessica N. Stapleton, M. Stork, J. Bourne, K. M. Ginis","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2016.10001515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2016.10001515","url":null,"abstract":"Identification of effective intervention characteristics for increasing calcium intake is important given the widespread failure of adults to meet dietary guidelines for calcium in many developed countries. This paper synthesises, in a systematic review, all interventions published between 1980-2012, that were designed to increase calcium consumption in adults. Eighteen interventions were identified and subsequently analysed using Hendrie's intervention intensity scaling system (2012), permitting comparison of interventions of varying designs. Michie et al. (2011) refined CALO-RE taxonomy was used to classify behaviour change techniques used within the interventions. Five interventions yielded large effect sizes, with a mean change of 333.18 mg of calcium per day post-intervention. Although the number of behaviour change techniques was unrelated to intervention effectiveness, the interventions yielding the largest effects employed techniques that involved education regarding: a) the consequences of increasing calcium intake; b) how to increase calcium intake. This review highlights promising calcium consumption behaviour change characteristics, grounded in behaviour change theories, and emphasises the need for future research that incorporates more male samples.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"404 1","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79745312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A review of HACCP and the South African abattoir hygiene management system towards integration","authors":"R. Govender","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2016.10001525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2016.10001525","url":null,"abstract":"Integrating management systems is a common practice today. This is done particularly to save costs in the continued management of implemented systems. In South Africa, the hygiene management system (HMS) is regulated for application at abattoirs to manage food safety hazards during processing. Similarities have been noted between the HMS and the hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) system. Some facilities have certified HACCP and/or ISO 22000 system in place in addition to the HMS. Little research has been done on how whether or not these systems can be integrated. As part of an ongoing empirical study, this paper presents a theoretical framework for the integration of HACCP with the HMS. It also presents central points of integration, i.e., the management of critical control points as well as integration of pre-requisite programs (PRPs).","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"07 1","pages":"65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86019779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Defining a control point for the South African abattoir hygiene management system","authors":"R. Govender","doi":"10.1504/ijfsnph.2015.070161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijfsnph.2015.070161","url":null,"abstract":"The hygiene management system (HMS) was regulated for South African red meat and poultry abattoirs in mid-2000. It is a basic food safety management system. The HMS requires identification of control points (CPs) where critical limits must be established and control measures set in place. However, a CP has not been defined in legislation and no guidelines are available on how to identify them. Given this gap, the development of meaningful control measures may present a challenge to implementers of the HMS. A conceptual analysis of CPs within the context of food safety was done in relation to ISO 22000:2005, SANS 10330:2007, ISO 10049:2011 and HMS standards. This was done to formulate a meaningful definition for HMS-based CPs because they are a central feature of food safety systems in general, towards providing assurance of safe food. A definition was presented for a CP within the context of the HMS in this paper as well as how it relates to control in comparison with contemporary food safety systems. Results may be used to inform HMS implementation guidelines for abattoirs.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91094840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disaggregated gender cohort associated with related microbial hazards and critical control points in 'foofoo' processing system","authors":"M. Ekop, Obot Essien Ekop","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.070172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.070172","url":null,"abstract":"Gender consideration, a risk factor in food processing system can enhance efficiency of food hazards critical control points (CCPs) and corrective measures for food safety and public health. The study objective was to examine gender related association in 'foofoo' processing and hazards in project cycle. Disaggregated gender cohorts were female adult (FA), male adult (MA), male child (MC), and female child (FC). There were 16 processing steps divided into stages of raw processing, fermentation processing and finished product stage, hence each step represents 360° / 16 = 22.5°, ranked equally. Matching gender with hazards according to steps, step 1, unpeeled cassava, Escherichia coli has a mean count 1.3 × 104 > 103 cfu/g critical limit. CCP was established, and the gender cohorts FA|MCFC responsible for this step, called upon for training/corrective measures for removal or reduction of Escherichia coli to tolerant level, and replicated in all steps in the processing chain.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86941645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainable street vended foods and food safety: a conceptual framework","authors":"O. Ajayi, J. Oluwoye","doi":"10.1504/ijfsnph.2015.070154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijfsnph.2015.070154","url":null,"abstract":"Street vended foods are the vehicle of pathogens transmission resulting in foodborne diseases. The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual public health risks framework of consuming road vended foods based on detailed review of existing literature in developing countries. Although street food is enjoying a wide range of acceptability, microorganisms from the genus Campylobacter, Clostridium, Salmonella, Escherichia, Listeria, Shigella, Yersinia, Vibrio, Staphylococcus and Norovirus are commonly isolated pathogens and recognised as the cause foodborne diseases. Although there is dearth of data and information on foodborne diseases in Nigeria, more than 200,000 are suspected to die each year and about 124,400 deaths of Nigerian children under the age of five occurred in 2008, due to diarrheal disease. Street vended foods are riddled with problems and numerous points of contamination. In conclusion education, inspections, surveillance of foodborne disease outbreaks policies and certification should be implemented in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81338033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Adjovi, B. Gnonlonfin, S. Bailly, J. Bailly, Soraya Tadrist, O. Puel, I. Oswald, A. Sanni
{"title":"Occurrence of mycotoxins in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and its products","authors":"Y. Adjovi, B. Gnonlonfin, S. Bailly, J. Bailly, Soraya Tadrist, O. Puel, I. Oswald, A. Sanni","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.070157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.070157","url":null,"abstract":"Contamination of foods with mycotoxins represents an important limit to the income of farmers and a major public health concern especially in tropical countries. Cassava represents an important part of the diet of many people in this part of the word and the most important smallholder crop in Africa. Fungal contamination of cassava products can occur at pre-harvest level or after, during processing, according to the conditions (moisture, temperature, competition with other microorganisms). Such fungal contamination can also lead to mycotoxin accumulation. The most common fungi found in cassava products belong to genera Rhyzopus, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Phoma and Penicillium. Their corresponding mycotoxins could also be found in cassava. However, until now, the correlation between the presence of Aspergillus flavus and its toxins aflatoxins remains unclear. In this review, we broadly report data about mycotoxins contamination of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and its derivatives, with a special emphasis on aflatoxins.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"23 1","pages":"217-247"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85701512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the quality of protein in cotyledons and radicles of selected legumes after germinating as a healthy food","authors":"R. Amarakoon, F. Buňka, S. Kráčmar","doi":"10.1504/ijfsnph.2015.070163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijfsnph.2015.070163","url":null,"abstract":"The quality of protein in cotyledons and radicles (shoot) was separately investigated in selected legumes, namely: Pisum sativum (cultivars: Terno, Xantos, Svit, Achat), Glycine max, Lupinus albus (cultivar Amiga), Pisum sativum var. arvense (cultivar Arkta), Faba vulgaris (cultivar Piestansky) after germinating for 48 hours and compared with the respective raw seeds. The highest content of amino acid in cotyledons and radicles were noted in P. sativum (Xantos) and its phenylalanine was the highest increased essential amino acid in radicles 7.4 g/16 g N with respective raw seeds 4.6 g/16 g N. The in vitro protein digestibility of cotyledons and radicles increased significantly (P < 0.05) of all legumes under study. It is ranged from 79.1% to 86.4% in cotyledons, 86.7% to 93.4%. in radicles and 54.1% to 75.0% in respective raw seeds. The quality of proteins in cotyledons and radicles of all legumes was improved significantly after germinating 48 hours.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"94 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84595406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Ugwuja, N. Ugwu, V. Muoneke, C. Aloke, J. N. Idenyi, H. Uro-Chukwu
{"title":"Plasma levels of copper, iron and zinc in healthy primary school children from rural communities of Ebonyi State, South Eastern Nigeria","authors":"E. Ugwuja, N. Ugwu, V. Muoneke, C. Aloke, J. N. Idenyi, H. Uro-Chukwu","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067571","url":null,"abstract":"Plasma copper, iron and zinc were determined in 295 primary school children; mean age = 8.81 ± 2.07 years from rural communities in Ebonyi State, Southeastern Nigeria using atomic absorption spectrophotometers. Copper and zinc deficiencies were found in 4.1% and 6.1% respectively while inadequate plasma iron and anaemia were found in 21.4% and 20%, respectively. Significantly, higher prevalence of zinc deficiency was observed in females (8.8% vs. 3.4%; p = 0.047) and copper deficiency in males (6.1% vs. 2.0%; p = 0.043). Although, plasma copper and zinc decrease with pupils’ age, only copper was found to be statistically significant (r = –0.121, p = 0.038). Data suggest that copper and zinc malnutrition may not be of concern among rural primary school children however, sustenance of functional health facilities and public health education on food diversification and good personal and environmental hygiene are advocated.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"15 1","pages":"162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81198260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}