Tag: food safety

Researchers in China built a suspended Ag-SiO2 nanopore array SERS substrate that detects the pesticide pyridaben down to 1.19 × ...

Green Nanotechnology Turns Biopolymers Into Antimicrobial Food Packaging

A new review published in Frontiers in Industrial Microbiology maps out how green nanotechnology and biopolymer science are converging to ...

Tara Pod Polyphenols Show Matrix-Dependent Effects on Acrylamide and AGEs in Quinoa and Cañihua Cookies

A Peruvian study shows that hydrolyzed and unhydrolyzed tara pod phenolic extracts modulate acrylamide and advanced glycation end products in ...

Informal Chicken Slaughter in Southern Mozambique Markets Reveals Alarming Food Safety Gaps

A cross-sectional survey of 119 market operators found that none had formal training or refrigeration, nearly a third slaughtered sick ...

Edible Pectin Films Armed With Bacterial Peptides Wipe Out Listeria in Ham

Argentine researchers developed an edible high-methoxyl pectin film containing lactocin AL705, a bacteriocin from Latilactobacillus curvatus CRL705, that completely inhibited ...

Cheese-dwelling yeast shows promise against ochratoxin A in ripened dairy products

A naturally occurring cheese yeast, Debaryomyces hansenii, significantly suppressed the growth and ochratoxin A production of Aspergillus westerdijkiae on a ...

Solvent-Proof Fluorescent Nanosensor Spots Pesticides With a Portable UV Lamp

Researchers have built a zinc-coordinated gold-silver nanocluster fluorescent sensor that tolerates organic solvents, detects organophosphorus pesticides down to 0.69 ng/mL ...

Invasive river prawn becomes a living gauge of heavy metal pollution in Ukraine’s war-stressed waters

A new study shows that the invasive Oriental river prawn in southwestern Ukraine accumulates mercury, lead, cadmium and copper within ...

Fungi, Mycotoxins, and Histamine Lurk in Edible Insects and Baby Foods

A landmark study of edible insects and fortified baby foods across Kenya reveals widespread fungal contamination, mycotoxin traces, and histamine ...

Climate Change Is Turning Rare Mycotoxin Outbreaks Into a Year-Round, Multi-Toxin Threat

A new Perspective argues that interacting climate stressors are widening the ecological windows for fungal growth and toxin production, making ...

Soil Hidden as a Reservoir of Toxin-Producing Fusarium Fungi in Northwest Spain

The discovery that agricultural soils in northwestern Spain harbor such a diverse array of Fusarium species carries implications that extend ...

How Lactobacillus Is Rewriting the Rules of Fermented Food Safety and Next-Generation Nutrition

A new review maps how Lactobacillus and other lactic acid bacteria are being reclassified, genomically vetted for safety, and engineered ...

Native Latin American Bacteria Could Reshape Chardonnay Winemaking

Researchers tested native Latin American lactic acid bacteria as malolactic fermentation starters in Chardonnay, finding that strain choice shapes flavor, ...

Genomes of Meat-Borne Yersinia Reveal South Africa’s Place in a Global Food Safety Puzzle

Whole-genome sequencing of Yersinia enterocolitica from South African retail meat shows predominantly non-pathogenic biotype 1A strains embedded in globally distributed ...

New Timing Rule Tells Engineers Exactly When to Strike Growing Biofilms With UV Light or Plasma

A closed-form mathematical criterion derived from a logistic growth-inactivation balance identifies the latest moment a UV-C or cold atmospheric plasma ...

Microplastics Act as Trojan Horses for Rare Heavy Metals from Nuclear Reactors in Crops

A new review reveals that microplastics released from nuclear power plants act as Trojan horses, adsorbing rare heavy metals like ...

A Single Rice Gene Decides Whether Cadmium Becomes a Silent Killer or a Manageable Stress

A single transporter gene, OsHMA3, determines whether rice locks cadmium safely in root vacuoles or lets it flood shoots, where ...

Fungal Genomes Reveal Why a Maize Pathogen Dominates Ear Rot and Poisons Kernels