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Urine concentrations of Arsenic and its species in adolescents from Wallonia (Belgium).

determinants such as gender and determined exposure reference values. We analysed urine concentrations of total arsenic (AsT), arsenobetaine (AB) and toxic relevant arsenic (TRA, the sum of DMA, MMA and ...

Strain-level characterization without culture enrichment? Easing and accelerating outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling

analysing the DNA of the sample, it can identify the presence of various pathogens to the strain level. Moreover, adaptive sampling is a new tool proposed during nanopore sequencing to target certain DNA ...

Titanium analyses in food before and after ban of the food additive E171

Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Régis Nkenda; Sophie Van Den Neucker; Heidi Demaegdt; Jan Mast; Karlien Cheyns Source: p.16 (2023) Health Topics:  Food consumption and food safety Consommation et s ...

Pesticides, trace elements and pharmaceuticals in tea samples available in Belgian retail shops and the risk associated upon acute and chronic exposure

but the potential presence of chemical contaminants (e.g. pesticides, trace elements, synthetic drugs) may raise health concerns. This study analysed selected teas available in Belgian retail stores and ...

ESCAIDE 2022 Oral presentation: International outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to a chocolate factory in 2022: Belgian findings

were analysed for Salmonella spp. using real-time PCR. Whole genome sequence (WGS) analysis of isolates of probable cases and positive food samples is still ongoing. Results We identified 62 probable ...

Estimating national and subnational nutrient intake distributions of global diets

distributions freely available for users to apply in their own analyses. RESULTS: Usual intake distributions were rarely symmetric and differed widely in variability and skewness across nutrients and countries. ...

Benchmarking the nutrition-related commitments and practices of major Belgian food companies.

NOVA-classification) and the proportion of products displaying Nutri-Score on the front-of-pack. Promotions in supermarket flyers were analysed over a one-year period and quick-service restaurant density around schools ...

Development, validation and application of multi-class methods for the analysis of food additives by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry

extracted with sufficient recoveries. Consequently, an alternative basic methanol sample-preparation methodology was developed. After sample preparation, the obtained extracts were analysed using ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in spices and dried herbs and associated risk for the Belgian population

Volume 15, Issue 4 (2022) Keywords: Belgium; GC-MS/MS; PAH; dried herbs; monitoring; risk assessment; spices Abstract: A total of 120 spices and herbs bought on the Belgian market have been analysed for ...

Guidance in selecting analytical techniques for identification and quantification of non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in food contact materials (FCMS)

guidelines that need to be taken into consideration when assessing NIAS. Different approaches to analysing NIAS in FCM s are reviewed and compared. The approaches for preparing the sample for analysis, ...

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