Food safety is a significant barrier to social and economic development throughout the
world, particularly in developing countries. Here, we reviewed the prevalence of major …

This book focuses on state of the art technologies to produce microbiologically safe foods for
our global dinner table. Each chapter summarizes the most recent scientific advances …

Raw milk samples (203) were obtained from locations throughout Virginia for the purpose of
evaluating the presently available techniques, used as is or modified, for enumeration of …

Diseases caused by food-borne pathogens constitute a major burden to consumers, food
business operators, and national governments. Bacterial and viral pathogens are the major …

A polymerase chain reaction–based system for detection of Staphylococcus aureus was
developed. The system consisted of the following components:(i) selective enrichment,(ii) …

While human illness from milkborne pathogens may be linked to contamination of the
product after pasteurization or improper pasteurization, such diseases are usually …

Rapid and molecular technologies such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA),
PCR, and lateral flow immunoprecipitation can reduce the time and labor involved in …

PCR primers specific for the detection of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei
group, Lactobacillus delbrueckii, and Bifidobacterium longum were designed based on the …

Microbial diversity of 3 raw milk samples after 72 h of storage at 4° C in a bulk tank was
analyzed by culture-dependent and-independent methods. The culture-dependent …

This study firstly developed a multiplex real-time PCR (RT-PCR) technique combined with a
pre-enrichment step to simultaneously detect Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Listeria …