Impact of Cadmium Pollution on Food Safety and Human Health

Contamination of crops with phytopathogenic genera such as Fusarium, Aspergillus, Alternaria, and Penicillium usually results in mycotoxins in the stored crops or the final products (bread, beer, etc.). To reduce the damage and suppress the fungal growth, it is common to add antifungal substances during growth in the field or storage. Many of these antifungal substances are also harmful to human health and the reduction of their concentration would be of immense importance to food safety. Many eminent researchers are seeking a way to reduce the use of synthetic antifungal compounds and to implement more eco-friendly and healthier bioweapons against fungal proliferation and mycotoxin synthesis. This paper aims to address the recent advances in the effectiveness of biological antifungal compounds application against the aforementioned fungal genera and their species to enhance the protection of ecological and environmental systems involved in crop growing (water, soil, air) and to reduce fungicide contamination of food derived from these commodities.

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Diversity and Drug Resistance of Filamentous Fungi Isolated from the Fresh Raspberries

Indian Journal of Microbiology ◽

10.1007/s12088-021-00966-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ewelina Farian ◽

Angelina Wójcik-Fatla

Keyword(s):

Drug Resistance ◽

Food Safety ◽

Human Health ◽

Amphotericin B ◽

Filamentous Fungi ◽

Rubus Idaeus ◽

Disc Diffusion ◽

Potential Threat ◽

Fungal Strains ◽

Strip Method

AbstractFungi are one of the most widely distributed microorganisms in the environment, including food such as fruits, vegetables and other crops, posing a potential threat to food safety and human health. The aim of this study was to determine the diversity, intensity and drug resistance of potentially pathogenic filamentous fungi isolated from the fresh raspberries (Rubus idaeus L.). A total of 50 strains belonging to genera Fusarium, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Penicillium, Mucor, Rhizopus, Aspergillus and Acremonium were tested for drug resistance against 11 antifungals by disc diffusion and gradient strips methods. The average mycological contamination in the examined samples of raspberries amounted to 4.34 log CFU/g. The Cladosporium was isolated from all tested samples, followed by Alternaria and Fusarium with a frequency of 61% and 34%, respectively. The highest level of drug resistance was observed for Acremonium genera and Fusarium strains recorded a wide variation in drug resistance as revealed by susceptibility with amphotericin B and voriconzole with MICs ranged from 0.5–4 µg/ml and posaconazole with MICs ranging from 3–8 µg/ml. All fungal strains showed 100% resistance to caspofungin, fluconazole and flucytosine with both the methods, and 100% resistance to micafungin and anidulafungin in the gradient strip method.

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Study on Food Safety and Green Food Packaging

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.550-553.1915 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 550-553 ◽

pp. 1915-1918

Author(s):

Lin Lin Shang ◽

Wei Feng

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Human Health ◽

Food Packaging ◽

Packaging Materials ◽

Safety Hazards ◽

Safety Problem ◽

Green Food ◽

Potential Safety ◽

Safe Food

Safe food packaging is of great significance in solving food safety problem, which can ensure the quality of the food. At the same time protecting the environment should be taken into consideration, and therefore sound food packaging is not only safe to human health but also green to the environment. In this paper potential safety hazards in food packaging materials and how to develop green food packaging are discussed at length.

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Assessment of the Risk of Probiotics in Terms of the Food Safety and Human Health

Health and Safety Aspects of Food Processing Technologies ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-24903-8_14 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 419-443

Author(s):

Selin Kalkan ◽

Zerrin Erginkaya ◽

Emel Ünal Turhan ◽

Gözde Konuray

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Human Health

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Screening of variety collections of sunflower and winter wheat for Cadmium low accumulation

Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. The series: Agronomy and Biology ◽

10.32845/agrobio.2019.3.7 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 42-46

Author(s):

Yuanzhi Fu ◽

Liuliu Wu ◽

V.I. Trotsenko ◽

H.O. Zhatova

Keyword(s):

Winter Wheat ◽

Human Health ◽

Human Body ◽

Cadmium Accumulation ◽

Urgent Problem ◽

Cadmium Pollution ◽

New Varieties

Cadmium pollution in soil is a long-term and urgent problem, which directly affects the edible value of sunflower and winter wheat and may cause harm to human health. Breeding new varieties with low cadmium accumulation can effectively reduce the content of this element in seeds and fundamentally solve the risk of cadmium entering the human body through seeds and oil. In this paper, the method and significance of breeding sunflower and winter wheat with low cadmium accumulation were discussed.

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Why the European Food Safety Authority was right to reject health claims for probiotics

Beneficial Microbes ◽

10.3920/bm2012.0008 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 85-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

M.B. Katan

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Human Health ◽

Well Being ◽

Convincing Evidence ◽

European Food Safety Authority ◽

Health Claims ◽

Medical Claims ◽

Eu Regulation ◽

Legal Fiction ◽

Health And Well Being

Probiotics are microbes that are claimed to promote health and well-being when added to foods. However, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has so far advised negatively about health claims for probiotics. Companies and scientists have protested against these rejections, sometimes in vigorous language. I argue that EFSA could not have acted differently, given EU regulations and the lack of convincing evidence for some of the claimed effects of probiotics on human health and well-being. One EU regulation that makes it hard to demonstrate the benefits of probiotics is the prohibition of medical claims, i.e. claims that a food prevents or cures a disease. If this prohibition did not exist, manufacturers of nutritional treatments might circumvent the costly procedures required for drugs, and market their products to ill people without thorough proof that they are effective and safe. However, the prohibition is also a legal fiction, because promotion of health and prevention of disease is largely the same thing. EFSA has recently indicated that it will allow health claims based on the ability of probiotics to reduce infections. To a certain extent, this abolishes the distinction between health claims and medical claims. It remains to be seen if probiotics producers can convince EFSA that their products prevent or cure infections and other diseases in humans.

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Preharvest Food Safety, Zoonotic Diseases, and the Human Health Interface

Diseases of Swine ◽

10.1002/9781119350927.ch12 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 197-210

Author(s):

Julie Funk ◽

Elizabeth Wagstrom

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Human Health ◽

Zoonotic Diseases

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Food-Safety Hazards in the Pork Chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for Human Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph110100403 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 403-417 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Anna Fahrion ◽

Lanu Jamir ◽

Kenivole Richa ◽

Sonuwara Begum ◽

Vilatuo Rutsa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Human Health ◽

Safety Hazards ◽

North East India ◽

North East

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Is Acrylamide really a food safety issue?

Nutrition & Food Science ◽

10.1108/nfs-09-2020-0341 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Daniela Dal Castel Krein ◽

Rafaela Julyana Barboza Devos ◽

Luciane Maria Colla ◽

Christian Oliveira Reinehr

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Human Health ◽

Human Exposure ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Safety Issue ◽

Food Products ◽

Healthy Food ◽

Content Type ◽

Safety Problem

Purpose Acrylamide is a compound found in several food products. Due to the toxicity of this compound, research also seeks strategies to modify industrial and homemade processes, impacting on the reduction of the compound. This paper aims to discuss the aspects surrounding the presence of acrylamide in foods. Design/methodology/approach Published literature on the presence of acrylamide in foods and on its effects has been reviewed. This paper explores the importance of this compound, summarizes the knowledge of its formation and gathers data on its incidence in food and the possibilities of mitigation. Special attention is given to an evaluation of the toxicological tests applied, to analyze whether acrylamide can be considered as a food safety problem. Findings Human exposure to food with high levels of acrylamide varies in their levels regarding the consumption of food in the diet and not only by the level of the compound present in them. Although the compound is well defined as toxic to humans, the association between its intake and most common cancers may not be directly related. Originality/value Depending on the approach of the researchers, contradictory results are obtained, showing the importance of this topic to the development of healthy food products. Further research is still needed to validate the potential effects of acrylamide on human health.

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