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Identification and characterization of inorganic food additives and pearlescent pigments in sprays for food decoration by STEM-EDX
commercially available food-decoration sprays of different colours, containing mixtures of food additives and pearlescent pigments. No dispersion protocols or purifications steps were applied to optimally assess ...
BSFM 2023- L. monocytogenes in Plant-Based Foods: insights from of a recent foodborne outbreak linked to vegan alternative to cheese
Materials and Methods Food samples were collected by the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) and analysed at the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for Foodborne outbreaks ...
Strain-level characterization without culture enrichment? Easing and accelerating outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling
outbreak. Additionally, the living S. aureus strain was spiked into mashed potatoes at a level of 10 5 CFU per 25 grams and three DNA extraction kits were tested, in combination with two databases for ...
ESCAIDE 2022 Oral presentation: International outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to a chocolate factory in 2022: Belgian findings
confirmed cases were identified using ECDC case definitions. Case-interviews focused on exposure to chocolate products of the concerned brand. Raw materials and finished food products collected at the factory ...
Shotgun metagenomics as a ONE Health tool for better protecting human health
identify all biological material in a sample without a priori knowing what to look for, could transform the way specific key public health questions can be addressed, in a ONE Health context. Metagenomics is ...
Biological activity conferred by endocrine disrupting chemicals in hospital effluent and river water from the Brussels Region, Belgium
exhibit endocrine disrupting potential (octyl-, nonylphenol, DEHP, …). Additionally, 15 compounds were also placed onto a watch list containing estrogen compounds (estradiol, ethinylestradiol). Rather ...
Proteomic detection as an alternative for the quantification of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins
conclusions were that the extraction efficiency was dependent (eg milk vs meat) on the food matrix and the selection of the proteotypicpeptides Health Topics: Food consumption and food safety Consommation et ...
Staphylococcal EnteroToxin DeTECTion by SETTECT
the method developed by her lab for SEA and SEB, and the progress made. See her slides. Perspectives to use this method were promising. Recovery and extraction still needed to be improved. Health ...
In vitro model to study the endocrine disrupting activity of migration products from plastic food contact materials
about BPA because several studies have shown endocrine disruptor potency of BPA causing possible adverse health effects. In January 2011, the European Commission decided to ban the use of polycarbonate to ...
An innovative integrated approach based on DNA walking to identify unauthorized GMOs
Indeed, in 2012, several genetic modified rices were detected in products imported from Asia, mainly from China. Therefore, we have developed a strategy to identify unauthorized GMO s containing a pCAMBIA ...