Arsenic and cadmium raise concern in Bangladesh farm soils and crops
A paired soil and crop survey in Nagarkanda, Bangladesh, found arsenic above guideline limits in all fifteen sampled fields and ...
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Genome Tracing Follows Livestock MRSA From Pig Farms to Ready-to-Eat Sausage
Whole-genome sequencing traced livestock-associated MRSA ST398 from German pig farms through slaughter into fermented ready-to-eat sausage, where it survived the ...
Fermentation Could Turn Seaweed and Microalgae Into Everyday Foods
A new review outlines how lactic acid, alcoholic, and mixed-culture fermentation can break down algal cell walls, soften marine off-flavors, ...
Street Food Startups Could Reshape Urban Health, Researchers Propose New Framework
Researchers propose a framework that ties the commercial survival of street food vendors and small urban food businesses to explicit ...
Handheld Hyperspectral Camera Distinguishes Listeria Species and Serotypes on Agar
A handheld VNIR hyperspectral imaging camera distinguished Listeria species on agar with 74.5 percent validation accuracy and separated two L. ...
Mannose-Coated Selenium Nanoparticles Show Potent Anti-Biofilm Activity Against Foodborne Pathogens
A hyperbranched poly-D-mannose-stabilized selenium nanocomposite remained stable for 34 days and inhibited Staphylococcus aureus biofilms completely at 8.1 micrograms per ...
Dye-and-chelator bilayer electrode detects diazinon pesticide in fruit samples
A two-layer glassy carbon electrode combining electropolymerized methylene blue and 1,5-diphenylcarbazide detected diazinon in fruit extracts down to 0.093 micromolar ...
Lead leaches from artisanal aluminum cookware in Bangladeshi kitchens
Experimental tests show artisanal aluminum pots made from scrap metal release lead into rice and khichuri at levels exceeding regulatory ...
Viruses That Hunt Bacteria May Guard Livestock Guts as Antibiotics Fade
A comprehensive review details how strictly lytic bacteriophages can target intestinal pathogens in livestock and poultry while preserving beneficial microbiota, ...
Machine Learning and FTIR Spectroscopy Team Up to Detect Sudan I Dye in Chili Powder
A new method pairs magnetic molecularly imprinted extraction with machine learning-assisted FTIR spectroscopy to quantify the illicit dye Sudan I ...
Reading the Living Recipe: Metatranscriptomics Maps Gene Expression in Traditional Fermented Foods
A comprehensive review of metatranscriptomic studies on traditional fermented foods reveals how RNA sequencing maps condition-dependent microbial gene expression across ...
Worst-Case Model Finds Very Low BSE Risk From Insects on Residual Streams
A quantitative risk model from Wageningen researchers indicates that rearing insects on residual streams containing animal proteins is unlikely to ...
Education Shapes Household Meat Safety Habits During Eid al-Adha in Türkiye
A cross-sectional survey of 218 Turkish adults found that educational level was significantly associated with several household Qurbani meat handling, ...
Polish Scepticism Targets Food, Not Biotechnology Itself
A review of 12 Polish studies finds that public acceptance of agricultural biotechnology depends strongly on its purpose, with medical, ...
Brine boiling cuts drying time for Kenya’s nutrient-dense Dagaa fish
A small-scale Kenyan trial found that boiling Dagaa in brine for 12 minutes cut sun-drying time by 75% and maintained ...
PMA-dPCR reveals culture-hidden Campylobacter in Japanese retail chicken
A 12-month study of 120 retail chicken samples found that PMA-dPCR detected more Campylobacter than culture methods, while the enhancer-based ...
Aflatoxin M1 in Milk and Aflatoxin B1 in Animal Feed in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Literature-Based Dietary Risk Assessment
A systematic review and meta-analysis found aflatoxin M1 in 58.7% of 605 Bangladeshi milk samples, with modelling indicating especially narrow ...
Resveratrol pretreatment accompanies fewer DBDPE-associated changes in female mice
A 28-day female-mouse study found that resveratrol pretreatment was associated with lower values for several DBDPE-associated organ-index, redox and iron-related ...
Banana Starch Nanoparticles Worsen Colitis in Mice, While Native Starch Helps
A new mouse study shows banana starch nanoparticles worsen colitis by damaging tight junctions and disrupting gut microbes, while native ...
Core-Shell Nanoparticles and Smartphones Team Up to Catch E. coli in Minutes
Researchers have built a core-shell Ag@Au nanoparticle biosensor that pairs plasmonic sensing with smartphone-based machine learning to rapidly and selectively ...
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