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Food and Chemical Toxicology

Consumer habits and practices for cosmetics and personal care products in Singapore: An online survey

In this publication, we demonstrate the feasibility of employing a rapid and cost-effective online survey approach to gather habits and practices for Southeast Asia, specifically Singapore. We describe the methodology and display the type of habits and practices data that can be gathered through this approach. Although certain limitations…
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Authors: Siti Amelia Juraimi, John O’Brien, John Hirsh, Adam Tan, Joshua Teo, Alain Khaiat, Kim Long Yeo, Benjamin P.C. Smith
Publication date: 20230401

Microbial Risk Ranking as “a web-based decision support system” tool [Conference Paper]

WHO estimates that more than 23 million people fall ill from eating contaminated food with bacteria, viruses, and parasitic protozoa in the European region every year, resulting in 4,654 deaths and more than 400,000 DALYs. Reducing these numbers has proven challenging because of the complex European food supply chain…
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Authors: Gopaiah Talari, Cronan McNamara, Enda Cummins, Rajat Nag, Kostas Koutsoumanis, John O’Brien
Publication date: 20221107
publication-Present Knowledge in Food Safety A Risk-Based Approach Through the Food Chain

Exposure assessment: real-world examples of exposure models in action from simple deterministic to probabilistic aggregate and cumulative models

This chapter outlines probabilistic methods for assessing population dietary exposure. It discusses and makes recommendations on how to move from deterministic screening-type calculations to higher-tier, more refined calculations using probabilistic methods. The question of how to deal with variability and uncertainty in the exposure scenario input variables is covered….
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Authors: Cronan McNamara, Sandrine Pigat
Publication date: 20221013

Analysis of usage patterns and probabilistic risk assessment of personal care products in Korea

In daily life, many people use large amounts of personal care products (PCPs) on a regular basis. For determining the risk to consumers, product usage amount, frequency of use, and co-use patterns are essential information. In this study, the PCP usage patterns of Korean consumers were analyzed, and the…
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Authors: KeunOh Choi,Namkyu Lee, Yoonhee Uhm, Joo Won Kim, Eunkyung Lim, YoungJoo Lee
Publication date: 20221004

The power, potential, benefits, and challenges of implementing high-throughput sequencing in foodsafety systems

The development and application of modern sequencing technologies have led to many new improvements in food safety and public health. With unprecedented resolution and big data, high-throughput sequencing (HTS) has enabled food safety specialists to sequence marker genes, whole genomes, and transcriptomes of microorganisms almost in real-time. These data…
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Authors: Behzad Imanian, John Donaghy, Tim Jackson, Sanjay Gummalla, Balasubramanian Ganesan, Robert C. Baker, Matthew Henderson, Emily K. Butler, Yingying Hong, Brendan Ring, Clare Thorp, Ramin Khaksar, Mansour Samadpour, Kahlil A. Lawless, Iain MacLaren-Lee, Heather A. Carleton, Renmao Tian, Wei Zhang & Jason Wan
Publication date: 20220816

16S rRNA Based Profiling of Bacterial Communities Colonizing Bakery-Production Environments

Conventional culture-based techniques are largely inadequate in elucidating the microbiota contained in an environment, due to low recovery within a complex bacterial community. This limitation has been mitigated by the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based approaches thereby facilitating the identification and classification of both culturable and uncultivable microorganisms. Amplicon…
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Authors: Dechamma Mundanda Muthappa, Sakshi Lamba, Sathesh K. Sivasankaran, Ankita Naithani, Noel Rogers, Shabarinath Srikumar, Guerrino Macori, Amalia G.M. Scannell, and Séamus Fanning
Publication date: 20220711
jns-journal-of-nutritional-science-Diet & Nutrition Survey of Infants and Young Children

Contribution of base diet,voluntary fortified foods and supplements to micronutrient intakes in the UK

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the contribution of voluntary fortified foods and supplements to reducing micronutrient shortfalls in the UK population. A secondary analysis of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey was conducted (2012/13–2013/14, N 2546, 1·5–95 years). Micronutrient intakes were derived from food…
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Authors: Julia K. Bird, Rebecca Barron, Sandrine Pigat and Maaike J. Bruins
Publication date: 20220623
Global Pediatrics journal The development of a decision support system for the infant food chain

The development of a decision support system for the infant food chain

In a time where the awareness of food safety and quality increases among the general population, it is vital that consumers are enabled to make informed decisions on risks involving the safety of their food. The SAFFI (Safe Food for Infants in EU and China) project aims to build…
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Authors: Brian Flynn, Rallou Thomopoulos
Publication date: 20220512
Tiered refinement of consumer exposure to cosmetic ingredients

Read-across and new approach methodologies applied in a 10-step framework for cosmetics safety assessment – A case study with parabens

The goal of this case study is to illustrate how a practical framework for RAX can be used to fill a hypothetical data gap for reproductive toxicity of the target chemical PP. Parabens are esters of para-hydroxybenzoic acid that have been used as preservatives in many types of products…
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Authors: Gladys Ouedraogo a, Camilla Alexander-White b, Dagmar Bury c, Harvey J. Clewell III d, Mark Cronin e, Tom Cull f, Matthew Dent f, Bertrand Desprez g, Ann Detroyer a, Corie Ellison h, Stefania Giammanco i, Eric Hack j, Nicola J. Hewitt k, Gerry Kenna l, Martina Klaric g, Reinhard Kreiling m, Cathy Lester n, Catherine Mahony n, Enrico Mombelli o, Jorge Naciff h, John O’Brien i, Andreas Schepky p, Sarah Tozer n, Bart van der Burg q, Barbara van Vugt-Lussenburg q, Sharon Stuard h, Cosmetics Europe
Publication date: 20220501