Microplastics in coastal areas and seafood: implications for food safety

Microplastics in seafood: Benchmark protocol for their extraction and characterization.

Pollution of the oceans by microplastics (<5 mm) represents a major environmental problem. To date, a limited number of studies have investigated the level of contamination of marine organisms collected in situ. For extraction and characterization of microplastics in biological samples, the crucial step is the identification of solvent(s) or chemical(s) that efficiently dissolve organic matter ...

Seafood Processing and Safety

Food microorganisms are found on all surfaces (skin and gills) and in the intestines of fishery products.[...].

New system for seafood safety.

The high molecular weight form of the plasminogen activator urokinase (54kD) binds to specific receptor sites on the cell membrane of breast carcinomas by its inactive 'A' chain. The binding is of high affinity (range of dissociation constants: 5.6 x 10-II to 4 x 10 -10 mol and there were between 20 to 250fmol of binding sites per milligram of membrane protein) and equilibrium is reached in 60m...

Climate Change: Implications for Food Safety

Norovirus Attachment: implications for food safety