Evidence on foodborne disease (FBD) in low and middle income countries (LMICs) is still limited, but important studies in recent years have broadened our understanding. These suggest that developing country consumers are concerned about FBD; that most of the known burden of FBD disease comes from biological hazards; and, that most FBD is the result of consumption of fresh, perishable foods sold...

The development and use of many efficient and economical pesticides, since the 1940s, have permitted unprecedented crop and animal protection, and improved public health. Despite the positive effects mentioned above, many problems arose, such as the destruction of other pests in addition to target pests, destruction of natural enemies, pest resistance, and the health hazards caused by pesticide...

Irrespective of the existence of potentially pathogenic organisms carried by animals, foods of animal origin remain the prime nutrition of humans world-wide. As such, food safety continues to be a global concern primarily to safeguard public health and to promote international trade. Application of integrated risk-based quality assurance procedures on-farm and at slaughterhouses plays a crucial...

listeria monocytogenes as one of the most important pathogen in public health concerns is transmitted through consumption of contaminated food. the pathogen has been considered as a potential source of contamination of raw milk and dairy products. this research was aimed to investigate prevalence of l. monocytogenes in raw milk in kerman region. in the summer of 2011, a total number of one hund...

this study was carried out for analysis and non-carcinogenic risk assessment of arsenic (as) and zinc (zn) in some of consumed brands of ghee marketed in kermanshah city, western iran in 2015. for this purpose, 12 samples of four popular brands of ghee were analyzed for levels of as and zn after digestion with acids using atomic absorption spectrometry in 3 replications and health index was obt...

in accordance with the iranian government intention toward two step forward elimination of energy subsidies policy in coming years, we focus in this study on the extent by which the corresponding raising costs will be distributed across the livestock sector and how they affected food security. for this purpose, scenario of increasing energy prices and improving productivity at vertical and hori...

background and objectives: the aim of this study was to explore the food safety knowledge and behavior of housewives in the city of tehran, iran in 2015. materials and methods: in this qualitative study 12 focus group discussions by directed content analysis method (n= 96), were conducted among the women who were responsible for food handling in their households in 10 health centers. each sessi...

A case is made for greater emphasis to be placed on value chain management as an alternative to geographically based disease risk mitigation for trade in commodities and products derived from animals. The geographic approach is dependent upon achievement of freedom in countries or zones from infectious agents that cause so-called transboundary animal diseases, while value chain-based risk manag...