abstract- today, the authenticity of meat products with less costly and desirable species has increased. therefore and considering religious, economicalor public health concerns, proper actions should be taken to prevent such frauds. in this study, real time pcr assay was applied for rapid, sensitive and specific identification and quantification of chicken tissue in meat products. specific pri...

Hybrid meat analogues, whereby a proportion of meat has been partially replaced by more sustainable protein sources, have been proposed to provide a means for more sustainable diets in the future. Consumer testing was conducted to determine consumer acceptability of different formulations of Hybrid beef burgers and pork sausages in comparison with both meat and meat-free commercial products. Ac...

Food-borne pathogens are of high concern for public health and food safety. Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning is one of the most ecoReyad R. Shawish Naser A. Al-Humam nomically devastating types of food poisoning globally. The purpose of this study was to detect staphylococcal classical enterotoxins (SEs) in processed beef from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Egypt. 1 Department of Food Hy...

The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and numbers of Enterobacteriaceae in a total of 80 samples including 20 samples each of frozen beef burgers, frozen sausages, beef burger sandwiches and sausage sandwiches. The samples were randomly collected from retail supermarkets and restaurant in Assiut, Egypt. In addition, 20 stool cultures collected from hospitalized children ...

ABSTRACT- Today, the authenticity of meat products with less costly and desirable species has increased. Therefore and considering religious, economicalor public health concerns, proper actions should be taken to prevent such frauds. In this study, real time PCR assay was applied for rapid, sensitive and specific identification and quantification of chicken tissue in meat products. Specific pri...

introduction: aflatoxin b1 (afb1) is one of the most well-known hepatocarcinogens in humans. contamination of raw materials, used in the production of sausages and burgers, with aflatoxin producing molds can lead to increased level of aflatoxin in the final products and can impose hazards to human health. unfortunately, aflatoxin is resistant to heating and freezing processes, etc. and can rema...

So-called sulfur-turf microbial mats, which are macroscopic white filaments or bundles consisting of large sausage-shaped bacteria and elemental sulfur particles, occur in sulfide-containing hot springs in Japan. However, no thermophiles from sulfur-turf mats have yet been isolated as cultivable strains. This study was undertaken to determine the phylogenetic positions of the sausage-shaped bac...

BACKGROUND A high salt (=NaCl) intake is associated with high blood pressure, and knowledge of salt content in food and meals is important, if the salt intake has to be decreased in the general population. OBJECTIVE To determine the salt content in worksite canteen meals and fast food. DESIGN For the first part of this study, 180 canteen meals were collected from a total of 15 worksites wit...