background and purpose: fascioliasis is one of the zoonotic diseases in the world that has public health and economic perspectives. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of fascioliasis in slaughtered cattle in the industrial slaughterhouse of arak, iran (2007-2010). materials and methods: this study sample was consisted of 648994 head of cattle including 292797 sheep, 81012 c...

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...

Poultry meat is one of the most popularly consumed meats worldwide. With the increased consumption, the poultry industry is also facing major challenges in maintaining of safety and shelf life of the poultry meat. Microbial concerns related to poultry meat comprise of meat safety and shelf life as poultry meat is prone to contamination with spoilage as well as pathogenic microorganisms. Poultry...

A consumer life­cycle demand system is constructed to investigate the presence of ra­ tional habits and effects of food safety information on U.S. meat consumption. Based on previous studies, information on meat recalls and media coverage of food safety events is used to measure consumer perception of meat quality. At quarterly frequen­ cies, U.S. meat demand is found to be intertemporally nons...

As meat consumption is increasing around the world, so do concerns and challenges to meat hygiene and safety. These concerns are mostly of a biological nature and include bacterial pathogens, such as Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella and Campylobacter in raw meat and poultry, and Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat processed products, while viral pathogens are of major concern at foodserv...

Since the Second World War the consumer behaviour in developed countries changed drastically. Primarily there existed the demand for sufficient food after a period of starvation, afterwards the desire for higher quality was arising, whereas today most people ask for safe and healthy food with high quality. Therefore a united approach comprising consistent standards, sound science and robust con...

Differences in E. coli O157:H7 strain colonization and shedding patterns in cattle American researchers conducted oral challenge studies with three different genotypes of E. coli O157:H7 in cattle to determine the genotypic variability in shedding frequencies and concentrations and the extent of contamination of the environment. Four groups of Holstein steers each were orally challenged with 10...

Reduction of foodborne illnesses and deaths by improving the safety of poultry products is one of the priority areas in the United States, and developing and implementing effective food processing technologies can be very effective to accomplish that goal. Irradiation is an effective processing technology for eliminating pathogens in poultry meat. Addition of antimicrobial agents during process...

Standard testing methods using stx, eae, and O serogroup–specific gene sequences for detecting the top six nonO157 STEC (i.e., O26, O103, O121, O111, O145, and O45) typically possess the disadvantage in which these genes may reside, independently, in different non-pathogenic organisms, leading to false-positive results. To this end, researchers from the U.S. explored the utility of the ecf oper...

Enhancing the thermal destruction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef patties using trans-cinnamaldehyde Trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC) is an active antimicrobial substance extracted from the spice cinnamon which offers meat processors a labelfriendly, non-artificial sanitising agent. The effectiveness of TC in the inactivation of the foodborne pathogen Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in undercooked...