Agroindustrial By-Products and Animal Products: A Great Alternative for Improving Food-Quality Characteristics and Preserving Human Health

Food demand is increasing every year and, usually animal-derived products are generated far from consumer-places. New technologies are being developed to preserve quality characteristics during processing and transportation. One of them is electrolyzed water (EW) that helps to avoid or decrease the development of foodborne pathogens, or losses by related bacteria. Initially, EW was used in ready-to-eat foods such as spinach, lettuce, strawberries, among others; however, its application in other products is under study. Every product has unique characteristics that require an optimized application of EW. Different sanitizers have been developed; unfortunately, they could have undesirable effects like deterioration of quality or alterations in sensory properties. Therefore, EW is gaining popularity in the food industry due to its characteristics: easy application and storage, no corrosion of work surfaces, absence of mucosal membrane irritation in workers handling food, and it is considered environmentally friendly. This review highlights the advantages of using EW in animal products like chicken, pork, beef, eggs and fish to preserve their safety and quality.

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Proteomics for Studying Foodborne Microorganisms and Their Impact on Food Quality and Human Health

10.3389/978-2-88963-076-9 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Human Health ◽

Food Quality

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Disinfection By-Products and Human Health. Edited by Steve E. Hrudey and Jeffrey W.A. Charrois, IWA Publishing, 2012; 304 pages. Price: US178.20/£ 99.00 ISBN 978–1–843–39519–5

Water ◽

10.3390/w4020494 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 494-495

Author(s):

Shu-Kun Lin

Keyword(s):

Human Health ◽

By Products

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Desirable characteristics of animal products from a human health perspective

Livestock Production Science ◽

10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.11.030 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 94 (1-2) ◽

pp. 95-103 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

John MacRae ◽

Leona O'Reilly ◽

Peter Morgan

Keyword(s):

Human Health ◽

Animal Products

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The Potential of Remedial Techniques for Hazard Reduction of Steel Process by Products: Impact on Steel Processing, Waste Management, the Environment and Risk to Human Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16122093 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (12) ◽

pp. 2093 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kiri Rodgers ◽

Iain McLellan ◽

Simon Cuthbert ◽

Victoria Masaguer Torres ◽

Andrew Hursthouse

Keyword(s):

Blast Furnace ◽

Waste Management ◽

Human Health ◽

Electrostatic Precipitator ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Health Impact ◽

Basic Oxygen Furnace ◽

Organic Additives ◽

Chemical Cleaning ◽

By Products

The negative impact from industrial pollution of the environment is still a global occurrence, and as a consequence legislation and subsequent regulation is becoming increasingly stringent in response, in particular, to minimising potential impact on human health. These changes have generated growing pressures for the steel industry to innovate to meet new regulations driving a change to the approach to waste management across the industrial landscape, with increasing focus on the principles of a circular economy. With a knowledge of the compositional profiles of process by-products, we have assessed chemical cleaning to improve environmental performance and minimise disruption to manufacturing processes, demonstrating re-use and recycling capacity. We show that with a knowledge of phase composition, we are able to apply stabilisation methods that can either utilise waste streams directly or allow manipulation, making them suitable for re-use and/or inert disposal. We studied blast furnace slags and Portland cement mixes (50%/50% and 30%/70%) with a variety of other plant wastes (electrostatic precipitator dusts (ESP), blast furnace (BF) sludge and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) sludge) which resulted in up to 90% immobilisation of hazardous constituents. The addition of organic additives i.e., citric acid can liberate or immobilise problematic constituents; in the case of K, both outcomes occurred depending on the waste type; ESP dust BF sludge and BOF fine sludge. Pb and Zn however were liberated with a 50–80% and 50–60% residue reduction respectively, which generates possibilities for alternative uses of materials to reduce environmental and human health impact.

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Impact of land use on shallow groundwater quality characteristics associated with human health risks in a typical agricultural area in Central China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-020-10492-x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 1712-1724

Author(s):

Xi Liu ◽

Xuelei Wang ◽

Lu Zhang ◽

Weiying Fan ◽

Chao Yang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Groundwater Quality ◽

Human Health ◽

Health Risks ◽

Shallow Groundwater ◽

Quality Characteristics ◽

Central China ◽

Agricultural Area ◽

Human Health Risks

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SELENIUM CONTENT OF SOME FEED INGREDIENTS AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Canadian Journal of Animal Science ◽

10.4141/cjas71-009 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 71-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

D. ARTHUR

Keyword(s):

Chemical Analyses ◽

Selenium Content ◽

Wheat Grain ◽

Animal Products ◽

Protein Supplements ◽

Mineral Supplements ◽

Poultry Products ◽

High Level ◽

By Products ◽

Prairie Province

The selenium content of Canadian grains, wheat by-products, plant and animal protein supplements and mineral supplements has been determined by chemical analyses. Grains of prairie province origin contained five to ten times as much Se as those of Ontario and Quebec. Corn, oat, barley and wheat grain from the latter central provinces had low and comparable levels of Se; western durum wheat had a high level. Plant products varied widely in their Se content, soybean meal being low (0.14 ppm), rapeseed and linseed meals high (ca. 1.00 ppm). Among animal products, milk by-products contained the least amounts (ca. 0.15 ppm) and fishery products the most (ca. 2.00 ppm). Meat and poultry products had intermediate amounts. Calcium phosphate (0.65 ppm) contained 15 times as much Se as calcium carbonate.

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Impacts of feeding less food-competing feedstuffs to livestock on global food system sustainability

Journal of The Royal Society Interface ◽

10.1098/rsif.2015.0891 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (113) ◽

pp. 20150891 ◽

Cited By ~ 93

Author(s):

Christian Schader ◽

Adrian Muller ◽

Nadia El-Hage Scialabba ◽

Judith Hecht ◽

Anne Isensee ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impacts ◽

Crop Production ◽

Food System ◽

Arable Land ◽

Livestock Production ◽

Human Consumption ◽

Reference Scenario ◽

Animal Products ◽

Human Food ◽

By Products

Increasing efficiency in livestock production and reducing the share of animal products in human consumption are two strategies to curb the adverse environmental impacts of the livestock sector. Here, we explore the room for sustainable livestock production by modelling the impacts and constraints of a third strategy in which livestock feed components that compete with direct human food crop production are reduced. Thus, in the outmost scenario, animals are fed only from grassland and by-products from food production. We show that this strategy could provide sufficient food (equal amounts of human-digestible energy and a similar protein/calorie ratio as in the reference scenario for 2050) and reduce environmental impacts compared with the reference scenario (in the most extreme case of zero human-edible concentrate feed: greenhouse gas emissions −18%; arable land occupation −26%, N-surplus −46%; P-surplus −40%; non-renewable energy use −36%, pesticide use intensity −22%, freshwater use −21%, soil erosion potential −12%). These results occur despite the fact that environmental efficiency of livestock production is reduced compared with the reference scenario, which is the consequence of the grassland-based feed for ruminants and the less optimal feeding rations based on by-products for non-ruminants. This apparent contradiction results from considerable reductions of animal products in human diets (protein intake per capita from livestock products reduced by 71%). We show that such a strategy focusing on feed components which do not compete with direct human food consumption offers a viable complement to strategies focusing on increased efficiency in production or reduced shares of animal products in consumption.

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