Foodborne diseases caused by various pathogenic bacteria occur worldwide. To prevent foodborne diseases and minimize their impacts, it is important to inspect contaminated foods and specifically detect many types of pathogenic bacteria. Several DNA oligonucleotide biochips based on 16S rRNA have been investigated to detect bacteria; however, a mode of detection that can be used to detect divers...

The aim of the study was to compare Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay for detection Salmonella in Chicken Meat. Food safety remains a major concern worldwide, with outbreaks foodborne illness resulting significant costs individuals food industry. genus is most prevalent group pathogens that are regularly isolated from food-producing animals ...

Detection of pathogens in the food chain is limited mainly to bacteria, and the globalization of the food industry enables international viral foodborne outbreaks to occur. Outbreaks from 2002 through 2006 recorded in a European norovirus surveillance database were investigated for virologic and epidemiologic indicators of food relatedness. The resulting validated multivariate logistic regressi...

South Sudan faces a myriad of challenges ranging from a struggling economy, low levels of technology to weak health care systems. It is a new country born out of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Its independence on July 9th, 2011, ended one of the longest protracted civil wars in Africa. The country has a population of about 12 mil...

South Sudan faces a myriad of challenges ranging from a struggling economy, low levels of technology to weak health care systems. It is a new country born out of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Its independence on July 9th, 2011, ended one of the longest protracted civil wars in Africa. The country has a population of about 12 mil...

Foodborne illness is a significant public health problem in America. The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) launched a national Food Thermometer Education Campaign (FTEC) to educate the public to use food thermometers more regularly. FSIS applied social marketing processes to a portion of its FTEC to identify and move a specific target pop...

Foodborne disease is an important public health problem in the United States, with an estimated 9.4 million domestically acquired illnesses and 1351 deaths from known pathogens each year [1]. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) tracks important foodborne illnesses, generating information that provides a foundation for food safety policy and prevention efforts. FoodNet h...

The interest for natural antimicrobial compounds has increased due to alterations in consumer positions towards the use of chemical preservatives in foodstuff and food processing surfaces. Bacteriophages fit in the class of natural antimicrobial and their effectiveness in controlling bacterial pathogens in agro-food industry has led to the development of different phage products already approve...