Chilled (0, 2, 6, 10, 13 and 15 days) and frozen (0, 0.5, 2, 4, 8 and 12 months) sardines were used to determine the influence of such storage times of fish over the quality of the final canned product. Traditional determinations of lipid quality (free fatty acids content, thiobarbituric acid index and polyene index) were studied and compared with the formation of fluorescent compounds expresse...

In October 2012, two persons fell ill with symptoms consistent with staphylococcal food poisoning after eating home-canned tuna fish and tomatoes. Laboratory investigation detected the enterotoxins in the home-canned tuna and molecular analysis of the isolated Staphylococcus aureus confirmed it carried toxin genes. Qualitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and enzime linked fluorescent assa...

BACKGROUND Metal pollution of waterways directly affects human health and can impact the food chain. Seafood living in polluted water can accumulate trace metals. The purpose of this study was to analyze the toxic metals Pb and Cd and the dietary essential metals Zn and Mn in 120 cans of tuna species from four different brands processed in Iran and purchased in 2012. RESULTS The mean level of...

Fish consumption advisories are issued by the federal government for women of childbearing age (WCBA). These advisories make recommendations about the amount and types of fish that should be consumed to provide the greatest health benefits to women and their children while avoiding risks from chemical contaminants. We used diary methods to study fish consumption patterns of 1,395 WCBA in the Gr...

The paper seeks to present the evolution in dynamics of indices, consumer prices, for food products (milling and bakery products; fruits canned fruits; vegetables vegetables; oils fats; eggs; meat, meat preparations meat; fish fish; milk dairy sugar sugary products, honey, alcoholic beverages, cocoa coffee, other products), at national level same time makes a comparative look with groups market...

OBJECTIVE To compare intake estimates, validity and reliability of two summary questions to measure fish consumption with information from a detailed semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) on fish consumption. DESIGN Population-based, cross-sectional study. Participants completed an FFQ and provided blood samples for erythrocyte membrane eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) analysis. Agg...