Abstract Background The smoked fishery sector of Ghana plays an important role in terms of food security, employment creation, income generation and foreign exchange earnings aiding sustainable development of the Ghanaian economy. Fish smoking is the leading technique o...

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the physical and antimicrobial properties of fabricated nanofibre for active packaging systems. Active microcapsules and nanofibres derived from precipitating β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) with cinnamon (CIN) and oregano (OREG) ...

AbstractAn understanding of the aerodynamic and biophysical properties of barley malt is necessary for the appropriate design of equipment for the handling, shipping, dehydration, grading, sorting and warehousing of this strategic crop. Malting is a complex biotechnolog...

Introduction Fish fraud detection is mainly carried out using a genomic profiling approach requiring long and complex sample preparations and assay running times. Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (REIMS) can circumvent these issues without sacrificing a lo...

Abstract The impact of iodized table salt on the sensory quality of wheat bread, bologna sausage and pickled cucumber was studied. Table salt (NaCl) content of the products was 1.7, 1.2 and 1.7 g/100 g, respectively. Iodine, added as potassium iodide (KI), was incorpora...

Abstract Broccoli is often over wrapped in polymeric films (with low water vapour transmission rates) or packaged in macro-perforated films, which results in a water vapour saturated headspace (with ≈100%) or sub-optimal relative humidity. This study investigated the ef...

The occurrence of cylindrospermopsin (CYN) in toxic blooms of cyanobacteria is increasing in both frequency and distribution over the world. CYN persistence in water potentiates its accumulation in a wide range of aquatic animals destined to human consumption representi...

The alkaloid cylindrospermopsin has been recognized of increased concern due to the global expansion of its main producer, Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii. Previous studies have shown that bivalves can accumulate high levels of cylindrospermopsin. Based on the potential ...

Okadaic acid (OA) and their derivatives are marine toxins responsible for the human diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). To date the amount of toxins ingested in food has been considered equal to the amount of toxins available for uptake by the human body. In this stud...

Abstract Background Fish and other seafoods are highly perishable food products due basically to microbiological growth and lipid oxidation, which are known to be the principal causes of quality deterioration of such products. Therefore, offering safe and high quality s...