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The Tricks Learnt by Human Enteric Pathogens From Phytopathogens to Persist within the Plant Environment
Current Opinions in Biotechnology, 2010
Threshold Dose for Peanut: Risk Characterization Based Upon Diagnostic Oral Challenge of a Series of 286 Peanut-Allergic Individuals
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2010
Clinical records of 286 consecutive patients reacting positively with objective symptoms to double-blind, placebo-controlled oral peanut challenges at University Hospital, Nancy, France were examined for individual no observed adverse effect levels (NOAELs) and lowest observed adverse effect levels (LOAELs). This study was published in Food and Chemical Toxicology (2010;48:814-819).
Funding Food Science and Nutrition Research: Financial Conflicts and Scientific Integrity
Nutrition Reviews, 2009
This paper, published in Nutrition Reviews (2009;67:264–272), discusses conflict-of-interest guidelines regarding industry funding to protect the integrity and credibility of the scientific record, particularly with respect to health, nutrition, and food safety science.
Persistence of Human Noroviruses on Food Preparation Surfaces and Human Hands
Food Environmental Virology, 2009
This study, published in Food and Environmental Virology (2009;1:141–147), examines the persistence of representative human noroviruses on the fingertips of volunteers and on commonly used food preparation surfaces.
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Critical Research Needs in Food Safety Microbiology
Food Protection Trends, 2009
As discussed in this review published in the December issue of Food Protection Trends, control, detection, and mitigation were identified as three critically important research areas by the IAFNS Committee on Food Microbiology for looking at spore-forming bacterial pathogens, spoilage organisms, and Salmonella.
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