{"title":"Quantitative Analysis of Houseflies-mediated Food Contamination with Bacteria.","authors":"Akira Fukuda, Masaru Usui, Chinami Masui, Yutaka Tamura","doi":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Flies play a key role as vectors in transmitting various bacteria and pose bacterial contamination risk to food. To evaluate the time- and concentration-related bacterial contamination of food by houseflies based on their attraction to the food, we determined the number of fed antimicrobial-resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> transferred from houseflies to foods, sugar and milk mixture, apple, and castella (such as sponge cake). Houseflies contaminated the foods with the fed <i>E. coli</i> within 5 min, and the bacteria were present in high numbers on apple and castella (3.3 × 10<sup>3</sup> and 3.5 × 10<sup>4</sup> CFU/g of food, respectively). Furthermore, the number of fed <i>E. coli</i> on the foods increased with time, rising to 3.6 × 10<sup>4</sup>-1.7 × 10<sup>5</sup> CFU/g. We show that the food contamination level caused by houseflies depends on the concentration of bacteria that the houseflies carry, the contact time with the food, and the attraction of the flies to the food.</p>","PeriodicalId":73044,"journal":{"name":"Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":"7 1","pages":"11-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37593943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)Pub Date : 2019-03-29eCollection Date: 2019-03-01DOI: 10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018011s
{"title":"Flubenziamide (Pesticides).","authors":"","doi":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018011s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018011s","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Food Safety Commission of Japan (FSCJ) conducted a risk assessment of flubendiamide (CAS No. 272451-65-7), an iodophthalimide insecticide for the setting of an acceptable daily intake (ADI) in 2006. FSCJ now has assessed this insecticide for the setting of an acute reference dose (ARfD). Data including fate in animals (rats and mice) and residues in crops (burdock roots, pumpkins and others) were newly submitted. Major adverse effects of flubendiamide include hepatocellular hypertrophy, fatty changes in hepatocytes, follicular epithelial cell hypertrophy in thyroid and ocular enlarged eye in rats. No neurotoxicity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, teratogenicity, neurodevelopmental toxicity and genotoxicity were observed. The lowest no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) in the toxicological studies was 1.70 mg/kg body weight/day in a two-year carcinogenicity study in rats. FSCJ confirmed an ADI of 0.017 mg/kg bw/day after applying a safety factor of 100 to the NOAEL. Adverse effects elicited by a single oral administration of flubendiamide would be abnormalities in eyes such as ocular hypertrophy and iris adhesion in offspring, which were obtained in a two-generation reproductive toxicity study, a one-generation reproductive toxicity study and a neurodevelopmental toxicity study in rats. FSCJ judged that these studies may be applicable to set the ARfD for lactating women in relation to the exposure of flubendiamide to offspring after the birth through breast milk. By taking into account the overall evaluations of the two-generation reproductive toxicity study, one-generation reproductive toxicity study and neurodevelopmental toxicity study in rats, FSCJ judged NOAEL of 15.0 mg/kg bw/day as for an overall NOAEL, and consequently specified an ARfD of 0.15 mg/kg bw/day for lactating women by applying a safety factor of 100 to the NOAEL.</p>","PeriodicalId":73044,"journal":{"name":"Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":"7 1","pages":"15-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6977769/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37593944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mutant Frequency is not Increased in Mice Orally Exposed to Sodium Dichromate.","authors":"Yasunobu Aoki, Michiyo Matsumoto, Michi Matsumoto, Kenichi Masumura, Takehiko Nohmi","doi":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018014","DOIUrl":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>in vivo</i> mutagenicity of hexavalent chromium in the small intestine, the target organ of tumorgenicity, was examined by means of a transgenic mouse gene mutation assay. Sodium dichromate dihydrate was administered orally in drinking water to male <i>gpt</i> delta mice at a dose of 85.7 or 257.4 mg/L for 28 days or at a dose of 8.6, 28.6 or 85.7 mg/L for 90 days. No significant increase in <i>gpt</i> mutant frequency relative to that in control mice was observed in the small intestine in either the 28- or 90-day study, whereas 28-day oral administration of potassium bromate, a positive control substance, increased mutant frequency.</p>","PeriodicalId":73044,"journal":{"name":"Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":"7 1","pages":"2-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6977768/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37591546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)Pub Date : 2018-12-21eCollection Date: 2018-12-01DOI: 10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018006s
{"title":"Fumonisins (Natural Toxins and Mycotoxins).","authors":"","doi":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018006s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018006s","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Food Safety Commission of Japan (FSCJ) conducted a self-tasking assessment of mycotoxins, fumonisin B1 (FB1 CAS No. 116355-83-0), fumonisin B2 (FB2 CAS No. 116355-84-1), and fumonisin B3 (FB3 CAS No. 136379-59-4). Hepatotoxicity and/or nephrotoxicity were commonly observed in experimental animals given orally purified FB1, and the sex-related differences were observed in rats and mice. Species differences were also identified: Increased incidences of liver tumors in female mice and of kidney tumors in male rats were observed in chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity studies. Fumonisins did not show appreciable genotoxicity both the <i>in vivo</i> and <i>in vitro</i> tests. FSCJ judged fumonisins as non-genotoxic carcinogens from the results of various toxicological studies on fumonisins, and thus specified a tolerable daily intake (TDI) of 2 μg/mg bw/day for fumonisins (FB1, FB2 and FB3, alone or by combination), after applying an uncertainty factor of 100 to the lowest no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) of 0.21 mg/kg bw/day in subacute toxicity study in rats. The estimated exposure levels of fumonisins among high consumers such as toddlers are still below the TDI. Therefore, FSCJ concluded that adverse effect of fumonisin on human health through food are unlikely under the current situation in Japan.</p>","PeriodicalId":73044,"journal":{"name":"Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":"6 4","pages":"160-161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018006s","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37591542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)Pub Date : 2018-12-21eCollection Date: 2018-12-01DOI: 10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018010
Hoang A Hoang, Nguyen T T Nhung
{"title":"Development of a bacteriophage-based Method for Detection of <i>Escherichia Coli</i> O157:H7 in Fresh Vegetables.","authors":"Hoang A Hoang, Nguyen T T Nhung","doi":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, a method using a recombinant phage for detection of <i>E. coli</i> O157:H7 in fresh vegetables was investigated. Four kinds of fresh vegetables, i.e. lettuce (<i>Lactuca sativa</i>), mustard greens (<i>Brassica juncea</i>), coriander (<i>Coriandrum sativum</i>), and soybean sprouts were selected since they are commonly used in meals in Vietnam. Firstly, a phage-based method was investigated for detection of <i>E. coli</i> O157:H7 in the four types of vegetables. To support the detection by suppressing growth of background bacteria in vegetables, selective antibiotics, i.e. novobiocin (N) and vancomycin (V) in combination with BHI medium were examined. Secondly, quality of the method was evaluated in terms of sensitivity, specificity, and rapidity. The method enabled the detection of <i>E. coli</i> O157:H7 inoculated at 10<sup>3</sup>, 10<sup>2</sup>, or 10<sup>1</sup> CFU/ 10 mL of sterile 0.8% NaCl containing 5 g of vegetable and in the presence of several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria inoculated at 10<sup>7</sup> CFU/10 mL. The time for detection was approximately 16.5 hours for <i>E. coli</i> O157:H7 inoculated at 10 CFU/10 mL of sterile 0.8% NaCl containing 5 g of vegetable. The limit of detection was considered to be 2 CFU g<sup>-1</sup> vegetable.</p>","PeriodicalId":73044,"journal":{"name":"Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":"6 4","pages":"143-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37591539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of <i>Salmonella</i> Serotypes with Quinolone Resistance in Broilers.","authors":"Ayumi Nakatsuchi, Mizuho Inagaki, Michiyo Sugiyama, Masaru Usui, Tetsuo Asai","doi":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fluoroquinolone is widely used for the treatment of bacterial diseases, and the emergence of quinolone resistance has become a serious concern in recent years, owing to an increase and inappropriate use of antimicrobials. Here, we attempted to understand the differences in the emergence frequency of quinolone-resistant bacterial variants in three <i>Salmonella</i> serotypes <i>S</i>. Infantis, <i>S</i>. Schwarzengrund, and <i>S</i>. Manhattan-which are mainly found in broiler industries in Japan. Emergence frequency tests for quinolone-resistant variants using enrofloxacin-containing agar plates and sequence analysis in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of <i>gyrA</i> in DNA gyrase were performed. The results showed no significant difference in the emergence frequency among the three serotypes, and most of the resistant variants had mutations in the QRDR region. These findings suggest that differences in the serotypes tested are not associated with the emergence frequency of quinolone-resistant variants.</p>","PeriodicalId":73044,"journal":{"name":"Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":"6 4","pages":"156-159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37591541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)Pub Date : 2018-12-21eCollection Date: 2018-12-01DOI: 10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018008s
{"title":"Review on the One-year Repeated Dose Oral Toxicity Study in Dogs for the Toxicological Evaluation of Pesticides (Agricultural Chemicals) (Decision of the Expert Committee on Pesticide, FSCJ, 21 December 2017).","authors":"","doi":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018008s","DOIUrl":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018008s","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the toxicological evaluation of pesticides (agricultural chemicals), their toxicities have been evaluated based on studies in rodents such as rats and mice as well as in non-rodents such as rabbits and dogs. Here, reflecting a research performed under the Food Safety Commission of Japan (FSCJ) grant on pesticide toxicity study<sup>1)</sup>, international trends and also scientific points of view, the necessity of chronic dog toxicity studies was reconsidered for the use in toxicological evaluation of pesticides.</p>","PeriodicalId":73044,"journal":{"name":"Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":"6 4","pages":"162-163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018008s","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37591543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Induction of Mucosal Humoral Immunity by Subcutaneous Injection of an Oil-emulsion Vaccine against <i>Salmonella enterica</i> subsp. <i>enterica</i> serovar Enteritidis in Chickens.","authors":"Yuuichi Ishida, Eishi Sakai, Katsuo Sato, Einori Sugiyama, Kazuyuki Mima, Akira Taneno, Hirofumi Shimomura, Longzhu Cui, Yoshikazu Hirai","doi":"10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2018003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Salmonella enterica</i> subsp. <i>enterica</i> serovar Enteritidis (SE) is one of the major causes of food poisoning. Much effort has been made to develop a vaccine for the prevention of SE colonization and infection in poultry. However, the effect of inactivated whole-cell SE vaccines on the bacterial attachment has not been clarified. This study investigated the immune responses to a killed whole-cell SE vaccine in chickens and the effect of vaccination on the bacterial attachment of SE to cultured Vero cells. A 1 ml dose of 10<sup>8</sup>-10<sup>9</sup> CFU viable SE bacterial cells was orally administered to chickens at 4 weeks or 10 months post vaccination. The number (CFU) of SE in 1 g of cecal droppings was counted on day 6 after administration. The SE CFUs were significantly lower (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in the vaccinated chickens, not only at 4 weeks but also at 10 months after vaccination, than in the unvaccinated control chickens. Anti-SE IgG and anti-SE IgA were detected using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in serum and intestinal and oviduct fluid samples from vaccinated chickens. Adhesion of heat-killed SE cells to Vero cells was reduced by pre-treatment of the bacteria by the vaccinated chicken-derived intestinal fluid, indicating the potential of the vaccine-induced antibody to prevent SE adhesion to epithelial cell surfaces.</p>","PeriodicalId":73044,"journal":{"name":"Food safety (Tokyo, Japan)","volume":"6 4","pages":"151-155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6795388/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37591540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}