Abstract: The numerous health benefits provided by fish consumption may be compromised by the presence of toxic metals and metalloids such as lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury, which can have harmful effects on the human body if consumed in toxic quantities. The monitoring of metal concentrations in fish meat is therefore important to ensure compliance with food safety regulations and consequ…
Abstract BACKGROUND:Animal blood is a large-volume by-product of the meat industry. Besides blood meal fertiliser, blood is marketed for humanconsumption as a supplement.Minimal comparativework on slaughterhouse animal blood fractions has been carried out. In this study, slaughterhouse deer, sheep, pig and cattle blood parameters were compared. Some blood constituents were determined. Fraction…
BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study were to determine the invitro anti-inflammatory and invivo antihypertensive effectsof fermented pepino (Solanum muricatum) milk byLactobacillus brevis with the goal of developing functional healthy products. The inflammatory factors effermented pepino milk withL. brevis were assessed in RAW 264.7 macrophages, including nitric oxide (NO) production. Infl…
BACKGROUND: Over the past 10 years, food safety incidents have occurred frequently in China. Food safety issues in the dairy sector have increasingly gained the attention of the Chinese government and the public. The objective of this research is to explore consumption changes of dairy products of different income groups after these dairy safety incidents. RESULTS: The research indicates what …