The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations promotes nutrition interventions considering food as the basis for action, given the strategic role of food and the agricultural sector to improve food security for the community; thus, a large number of people, especially the poor, who participate directly or indirectly in agricultural activities are able to obtain benefits from its m...

This article has no abstract. DOI: 10.18502/jfqhc.7.3.4142

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic evidence indicates that food allergies are increasing in the population. Information on a change in self-reported food allergy (srFA) in adults over time is lacking. OBJECTIVE To report the prevalence of srFA and compare differences at three time points over a decade. METHODS We analyzed srFA and reported physician-diagnosed food allergy in 4000 U.S. adults who part...

  Food packaging is used to maintain the safety and quality of food during distribution and storage and to protect them from adverse internal and external conditions, such as water vapor, spoilage due to microorganisms, moisture, light, and dust. In this regard, lots of research studies have been done to increase shelf life, safety, and quality to create suitable physico...

A consumer survey and Tobit analysis were used to determine the effect of message framing and other factors on selfreported organic food purchase likelihood. Negative framing, which emphasizes the possible negative consequences of conventional agricultural techniques, led to a “boomerang effect” that resulted in lowered purchase likelihood of organic food by consumers with high trust in food sa...

escherichia coli o157:H7 is a foodborne pathogenic bacterium that resides in the intestinal tract of cattle and has been associated with a variety of foodstuffs including raw beef products (arthur et al. 2013, 2010, 2009; ebel et al. 2004; Macdonald et al. 2000; Vogt and dippold 2005; Wachtel et al. 2003). While most E. coli are harmless to humans, a handful of E. coli types can cause disease. ...

70 kiloDalton heat shock protein 2 (HSPA2) is expressed in the testis during the meiotic phase of spermatogenesis in humans and mice. Mutations in HSPA2 have been shown to cause sterility in male mice, while not affecting female reproductive capacity. Based on these comparative observations, HSPA2 is a candidate gene for influencing porcine male reproductive phenotypes. To initiate research ass...