In 2010, Romaine lettuce grown in southern Arizona was implicated in a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O145:H28 infections. This was the first known Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak traced to the southwest desert leafy green vegetable production region along the United States-Mexico border. Limited information exists on sources of STEC and other enteric zoonotic pathogens ...

BACKGROUND For many developing countries, obesity and its sequelae have become a challenge of a magnitude similar to hunger and undernutrition. The main objective of this study was, therefore, to investigate the weight status of women in rural Tanzania with reference to season as well as the link between women's weight, food consumption, and attitudes toward obesity. METHODS Three cross-secti...

Erythromycin production is clearly enhanced by the addition of vegetable oils. However,whether this positive effect is brought about by the triglyceride or non-triglyceride fraction, isnot clear. The non-triglyceride portions of the oils accumulate in the waste during the refiningprocess leaving mainly triglycerides in the refined oil. In this research, sub-fractions of soybeanoil, including le...

Hiroaki KITAZAWA*, Naoko HASEGAWA, Masayasu NAGATA, Machiko FUKUDA, Shin-ichi WATANABE, Atsushi YAMASAKI, Atsuko URAGAMI Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan Vegetable Production Technology Division, NARO Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, Tsukuba, Japan Horticulture Research Division, NARO Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, Kurume, Ja...

Background: Raw or minimally processed vegetables can be important vehicles of food-borne parasites. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the parasitic infections in raw vegetables from Kermanshah, Western Iran and their relation with season and washing procedures. Methods: From January to December 2013, raw vegetable samples were collected from Kermanshah, Western Iran. Th...