Category Food safety

Protease inhibitors

1.1         Occurrence Protease inhibitors are present in a variety of living species, including plants, animals as well as microorganisms. However, they are in abundance in plant. They are widely distributed among different botanical families in the plant kingdom. Inhibitors of digestive enzymes…

Acrylamide, a potential carcinogen

1.1         Occurrence Normally, acrylamide is not present in raw food products; however, during thermal processing, it is produced and found in high amounts in carbohydrate-rich plant foods (potato chips, bakery items, coffee, roasted almonds, cereal products) than the protein-rich animal foods.…

Listeria species

1.1      Occurrence Members of the genus Listeria are ubiquitous [44]. They can be found on decaying vegetation and in soils, animal feces, sewage, silage, raw milk, soft cheeses, fresh and frozen meat, vegetables, poultry, seafood, as well as from environmental samples taken…