Résultats de la recherche - 76 results
Identification and characterization of inorganic food additives and pearlescent pigments in sprays for food decoration by STEM-EDX
the properties of the particles consumers are exposed to. Samples were prepared by spraying 5mL in a glass vial and coated on EM-grids using the grid-on-drop method. Scanning transmission electron ...
Development of novel analytical methods to trace small micro- and nanoplastics in food matrices
(NP s), mainly originating by physico-chemical transformation processes, such as aging, degradation and fragmentation. Because of the ease in their detection, several studies have been conducted on ...
BSFM 2023- L. monocytogenes in Plant-Based Foods: insights from of a recent foodborne outbreak linked to vegan alternative to cheese
Smartproteinproject (funded by the EU Horizon 2020) on European consumer attitudes towards plant-based foods has indicated an increasing consumption of plant-based food products in Europe over the years. In Belgium, ...
Strain-level characterization without culture enrichment? Easing and accelerating outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling
Staphylococcus aureus) compared to shotgun metagenomics without adaptive sampling on DNA of mashed potatoes spiked with DNA of S. aureus at a level of 0.5%. The strain was previously associated with a foodborne ...
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
genes, allowed to identify the spiked species and to make the link with AMR genes detected in the same sample when found on the same reads used for taxonomic identification, except for species present at ...
Detailed information on PFAS analysis in Belgian NRL
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Virginie Van Leeuw Source: EURL PFAS Training course, EURL PFAS Training course, videoconference (2021) Health Topics: Food consumption and food safety Consommation et sécurité alim ...
Update on the Risk assessment of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) in food
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Christiane Vleminckx Source: 14th Iternational Akademie Fresenius Conference “Conatminants and Residues in Food” (2021) Health Topics: Food consumption and food safety Consommation ...
Release of trace elements from enameled table- and cookware: comparison of test conditions
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Heidi Demaegdt; Karlien Cheyns Source: Ad hoc WG on enamelled food contact materials and articles, Issue Council of Europe ...
Open Lab Application for the Characterization of Nanomaterials by Transmission Electron Microscopy
of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the Scientific Committee on emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR). However, EM based methodologies are cost- and labor-intensive and such ...