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Are Avocados Toast? A Framework To Analyze Decision-Making For Emerging Epidemics, Applied To Laurel Wilt, Berea A. Etherton, Robin A. Choudhury, R. I. Alcalá-Briseño, Y. Xing, A. I. Plex Sulá, D. Carrillo, J. Wasielewski, L. L. Stelinski, K. A. Grogan, F. Ballen

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

CONTEXT

When emerging pathogens threaten global food security, collective actionfor disease management is key for protecting food systems. We evaluate how the informal exchange of information about epidemic and economic outcomes can influence the management decisions of individuals and the resulting epidemics, in the context of the avocado laurel wilt epidemic in south Florida.

OBJECTIVES

In scenario analyses, we addressed how socioeconomic networks, laurel wilt epidemic networks, policy incentive structures, and social behaviors combine to influence (a) information exchange across this region, (b) growers' decisions about disease management, and (c) epidemic spread and yield loss. We identified the scenarios …

Impacts Of Utensil Conditions On Consumer Perception And Acceptance Of Food Samples Evaluated Under In-Home Testing During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Asmita Singh, Han-Seok Seo

Food Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Sensory professionals are looking for alternative ways to conduct laboratory sensory testing, especially central location testing (CLT), during the COVID-19 pandemic. One way could be conducting CLTs at home (i.e., in-home testing). It is questionable whether food samples under in-home testing should be presented in uniform utensils, as it does so under laboratory sensory testing. This study aimed to determine whether utensil conditions could affect consumer perception and acceptance of food samples evaluated under in-home testing. Sixty-eight participants (40 females and 28 males) prepared chicken-flavored ramen noodle samples and evaluated them for attribute perception and acceptance, under two utensil conditions, …

Postharvest Biology And Technology Of Loquat (Eriobotrya Japonica Lindl.), Hafiz Muhammad Shoaib Shah, Ahmad Sattar Khan, Zora Singh, Saqib Ayyub

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) fruit is a rich source of carotenoids, flavonoids, phenolics, sugars, and organic acids. Although it is classified as a non-climacteric fruit, susceptibility to mechanical and physical bruising causes its rapid deterioration by moisture loss and postharvest decay caused by pathogens. Anthracnose, canker, and purple spot are the most prevalent postharvest diseases of loquat fruit. Cold storage has been used for quality management of loquat fruit, but the susceptibility of some cultivars to chilling injury (CI) consequently leads to browning and other disorders. Various techniques, including cold storage, controlled atmosphere storage, hypobaric storage, modified atmosphere packaging, low-temperature …

Unpacking The Proteome And Metaproteome Of The Black Soldier Fly Larvae: Efficacy And Complementarity Of Multiple Protein Extraction Protocols, Utpal Bose, Angela Juhasz, Sally Stockwell, Sophia Escobar-Correas, Anna Marcora, Cate Paull, James A. Broadbent, Gene Wijffels

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The larvae of the black soldier fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), have demonstrated the ability to efficiently bioconvert organic waste into a sustainable source of food and feed, but fundamental biology remains to be discovered to exploit their full biodegradative potential. Herein, LC-MS/MS was used to assess the efficiency of eight differing extraction protocols to build foundational knowledge regarding the proteome landscape of both the BSF larvae body and gut. Each protocol yielded complementary information to improve BSF proteome coverage. Protocol 8 (liquid nitrogen, defatting, and urea/thiourea/chaps) was better than all other protocols for the protein extraction from larvae …

Use Of Organic Acid Mixtures Containing 2-Hydroxy-4-(Methylthio) Butanoic Acid (Hmtba) To Mitigate Salmonella Enterica, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli (Stec) And Aspergillus Flavus In Pet Food Kibbles, Aiswariya Deliephan, Janak Dhakal, Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Charles G. Aldrich

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Post-processing operations of extruded pet food kibbles involve coating the product with fats and flavorings. These processes increase the risk for cross-contamination with food-borne pathogens such as Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), and mycotoxin-producing molds such as Aspergillus spp. after the thermal kill step. In this study, the antimicrobial effects of two types of organic acid mixtures containing 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butanoic acid (HMTBa), Activate DA™ and Activate US WD-MAX™, against Salmonella enterica, STEC and Aspergillus flavus when used as a coating on pet food kibbles were evaluated. Using canola oil and dry dog digest as fat and flavor …

Dose And Route Of Administration Determine The Efficacy Of Prophylactic Immunotherapy For Peanut Allergy In A Brown Norway Rat Model, Tiffany Kirkaldy Spaanager Sztuk, Neil Marcus Rigby, Lasse Nørskov-Nielsen, Stef J. Koppelman, Ana Isabel Sancho, Niels-Peter Hell Knudsen, Justin Marsh, Philip Johnson, Shashank Gupta, Alan Robert Mackie, Jeppe Madura Larsen, Katrine Lindholm Bøgh

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Introduction: Allergen-specific immunotherapy (IT) is emerging as a viable option for treatment of peanut allergy. Yet, prophylactic IT remains unexplored despite early introduction of peanut in infancy was shown to prevent allergy. There is a need to understand how allergens interact with the immune system depending on the route of administration, and how different dosages of allergen may protect from sensitisation and a clinical active allergy. Here we compared peanut allergen delivery via the oral, sublingual (SL), intragastric (IG) and subcutaneous (SC) routes for the prevention of peanut allergy in Brown Norway (BN) rats.

Methods: BN rats were …

Research Progress Of Change Rules In Freezing Denaturation Of Surimi Protein And Its Regulatory Methods, Yu Lu-Han, Chen Xu, Cai Xi-Xi, Du Ming, Wu Jin-Hong, Huang Jian-Lian, Wang Shao-Yun

Food and Machinery

The change rule of main indexes of frozen surimi was introduced, and the influencing factors of surimi protein denaturation were briefly analyzed and discussed. Moreover, the regulation methods of surimi protein in antifreeze were reviewed.

Effect Of High Intensity Ultrasound On Structural And Functional Properties Of Chickpea Protein Isolate, Wang Yun-Tao, Wang Ying-Juan, Wang Jin-Feng, Bai Yan-Hong, Zhao Dian-Bo

Food and Machinery

In order to improve the functional properties of chickpea protein isolate (CPI), CPI was treated with high intensity ultrasound (HIU) under 450 W for different time(5, 10, 20 min). The emulsifying property of protein was improved obviously by ultrasonic treatment, the solubility of CPI was significantly increased from 7.5 mg/mL to 9.2 mg/mL, and the foaming capacity of CPI was increased to a maximum value of 163.33%. Moreover, the water holding capacity and breaking force of the heat induced CPI gel significantly increased from 58.40% to 75.75%, and 75.7 g to 254.3 g. HIU increased the α-helix content and decreased …

Effect Of Ultrasonic Pretreatment On Water Migration Of Apricot Slices During Microwave Freeze-Drying, Jin Li-Wei, Ren Guang-Yue, Duan Xu, Zhang Ying-Min, Qu Zhan-Ping, Li Xin-Lin

Food and Machinery

To explore the drying characteristics and moisture migration and diffusion characteristics of apricot slices in the microwave freeze-drying process of ultrasonic pretreatment, microwave vacuum-freeze drying technology was selected, and the transverse relaxation time T2 inversion spectra of apricot slices during MFD drying under different ultrasonic pretreatment conditions were measured by low field nuclear magnetic resonance. The results showed that ultrasonic pretreatment had a great influence on the drying rate of apricot slices in the early stage of MFD. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the best ultrasonic treatment condition for internal structure was 350 W, 35 ℃, 15 min, and it …

Study On Hot-Air Drying Characteristics And Kinetics Model Of Astragalus Slice, Zhang Ji, Peng Gui-Lan, Zhang Xue-Feng, Zhang Hong-Tu, Zhang Xin, Yang Ling

Food and Machinery

This study aims to investigate the hot air drying characteristics of Astragalus slices, and the kinetics of the drying process. The hot air drying experiment was conducted with hot air temperature, air velocity and slice thickness as experimental factors. The hot air temperatures are 40, 50 and 60 ℃ with the air velocities of 0.4, 0.8 and 1.2 m/s, and slice thicknesses are 3, 6 and 9 mm, respectively. The effects of them on the hot air drying curves, effective moisture diffusivity coefficient, rehydration performance and color difference of Astragalus slices were investigated respectively. The Weibull distribution was used to …

Comparative Analysis Of Nutrient Quality And Polyphenol Composition And Antioxidant Activity Of Different Colored Quinoa, Zhao Meng-Meng, Yang Xi-Juan, Dang Bin, Zhang Jie, Zhang Wen-Gang

Food and Machinery

Differences of nutrient content, polyphenol profile and antioxidant activity of quinoa were explored from different grains quinoa of Qingbaili 1 (white grain), Gongza 4 (red grain) and Qingli 2 (black grain). Results showed that there were significant differences in nutritional quality among the three kinds of quinoa (P＜0.05), among them, crude protein content of white quinoa, fat and starch content of red quinoa, and crude fiber, ash and total amino acid content of black quinoa was the highest, respectively. Main type of quinoa pholyphenols was free form and their contents were significantly different (P＜0.05), with the contents of free phenol …

Analysis Of Nutrients And Bioactive Compounds In Fruits Of Psidium Guajava L. Cv. Pearl, Peng Yan, Zhang Min, Cui Xiao-Li, Zhang Shi-Feng, Tang Ting

Food and Machinery

The nutrients and bioactive compounds in fruits of Psidium guajava L. cv. Pearl, collected from Hechun town in Zhanjiang, were measured and determined in order to lay the foundation for the further development and utilization of this species. Results showed that the contents of moisture, crude fats, crude fiber, total carbohydrates, fructose, glucose, sucrose and citric acid in fresh fruits of P. guajava L. cv. Pearl were (88.98±0.04) g/100 g, (0.11±0.01) g/100 g, (2.27±0.01) g/100 g, (5.78±0.02) g/100 g, (22.00±0.20) mg/g, (22.05±0.25) mg/g, (12.45±0.15) mg/g, and (1.68±0.02), respectively. The content of crude protein was (0.78±0.01) g/100 g, and 16 kinds …

Effect Of Short-Term Intake Of High Edible Oil On Viscera Coefficient And Gastrointestinal Motility In Mice, Zheng Tao, He Yun-Shan

Food and Machinery

To study the effect of short-term intake of high edible oil on the viscera coefficient and gastrointestinal motility in mice and providing the basis for rational dietary oil, 10 SPF KM mice were randomly divided into the control group and the edible oil group. The mice in the edible oil group were given edible oil twice a day, 0.3 mL each time, according to 20 mL/(kg·d) and mace in the control group were given equal amounts of distilled water for 13 days. The viscera coefficient and gastrointestinal motility of mice were compared. It was found that the dietary amount of …

A Fast Detection Pu-Erh Tea Storage Based On The Voltammetric Electronic Tongue And One-Dimension Cnn-Elm, Yang Zheng-Wei, Zhang Xin, Li Qing-Sheng, Miao Nan, Wang Zhi-Qiang, Li Cai-Hong, Yuan Wen-Hao, Ma Yun-Xia, Zhou Zhi

Food and Machinery

Pu-erh tea storage year detection has the problems of cumbersome operation and complicated evaluation process. On this basis, a voltammetric electronic tongue (VE-Tongue) came out for fast detection of different storage years of Pu-erh tea. Conventional pattern recognition method of VE-Tongue was mainly based on manual feature design combined with shallow machine learning algorithms. In this study, a deep learning algorithm was introduced into pattern recognition method of VE-Tongue. A hybrid pattern recognition method based on combination of one-dimension convolutional neural network (1-D CNN) and extreme machine learning (ELM) was proposed. The 1-D CNN-ELM model combined with VE-Tongue was utilized …

Application Of Electronic Tongue Technology For Fuzzy Sensory Evaluation Of Edible Salts, Su Zhi-Min, Huang Xiao-Ping, Liu Fei, Wu Zhen

Food and Machinery

In order to establish a method for evaluating the taste quality of edible salts, by taking 5 different raw materials edible salts as research object, a combination of electronic tongue technique with fuzzy sensory evaluation, and the method of principle component analysis (PCA) were deeply analyzed. The results showed: by analyzing the testing results of electronic tongue of edible salts, using PCA, the weight factor of fresh, saline, astringency, bitterness, and richness of the edible salt's sensory index were 0.32, 0.23,0.22, 0.18, 0.05, and, respectively. Based on the sensory evaluation data of sensory evaluator and corresponding fuzzy matrices were analyzed …

Study Of Tetracycline Detection In Milk By Pre-Incubation Mediated Signal Enhanced Colloidal Gold Method, Chen Ju-Yi, Wu Yu-Han, Yao Li, Xu Zhou, Wu Qian, Chen Wei

Food and Machinery

Based on the traditional colloidal strip, the pre-incubation reaction model was adopted, which was performed in the homogeneous aqueous solution between the colloid gold labeled antibody and analyte. This pre-incubation reaction was used to improve the efficiency of the immunoreaction. The pre-incubation solution was added to the colloidal gold strip for detection. Taking advantage of the pre-incubation model, the pre-incubated products were added to the colloidal gold strip for detection and the sensitivity for tetracycline was improved by 5 folds, as low as 1 μg/L. Changing the reaction model of the traditional colloidal gold strip from the direction adding sample …

The Simultaneous Determination Of Red 2g, Methyl Yellow And Diethyl Yellow In Food, Liang Feng, Xu Wen-Yang, Zhao Hong-Qing, Wang Kai, Liu Yamg-Lun

Food and Machinery

A method for the simultaneous determination of red 2G, dimethyl yellow and diethyl yellow in meat products, soybean products and flavoring was established by HPLC and LC-MS. The samples were extracted by acetonitrile aqueous solution, with solid phase column, and determined by HPLC with diode array detector or UV detector, and then quantified by external standard method. The detection limit of red 2G was 0.5 mg/kg, and those of dimethyl yellow and diethyl yellow were 0.1 mg/kg, with the recovery rate ranging from 80.7% to 91.8% and the relative standard deviation of 3.8%~7.8%.

Uncertainty Evaluation For Determination Of Plumbum In Scallion By Top-Down Control Chart Method, Yan Shun-Hua, Cheng Xi, Yan Hao, Xia Yi-La, Ai- Ni, Li Hai-Fang

Food and Machinery

According to GB 5009.12—2017, the content of Plumbum was determined under intermediate precision condition of measurement,and the accumulated data was statistically analyzed based on the top-down control chart method. The superposition chart of the value x and EWMA and the chart MR showed that the results conformed to the assumption of normality and independence. The uncertainty of Plumbum in scallion was 0.20 mg/kg.

A Review On The Connotation And Realization Of Modernization Of Food Safetycontrol Ability From The Perspective Of Social Co-Governance, Qin Li, Song Meng-Zhe

Food and Machinery

Social co-governance is an important prerequisite for the modernization of food safety governance capabilities. On the basis of sorting out the relevant literature at home and abroad, a review is made on the connotation and role of modernization of food safety governance capabilities and social co-governance. The analysis shows that the realization of the modernization of food safety governance capabilities depends on the cooperation of governments, enterprises and society to form a pattern of social co-governance. Although most domestic literatures have focused on food safety governance and social co-governance of food safety, the research on the analysis of modernization of …

The Regulation System Of Food Safety In Britain After“Mad Cow Disease” And Its Inspiration——On The International Competitiveness Of British Food, Qin Bao-Qun

Food and Machinery

In practice, the British food processing industry was hit hard after the “Mad Cow Disease” incident, and the British government finally took active measures to promote the transformation of food safety and security system to consumer life and health, and established a strict food safety legal system, established strict food safety legislation and all-round food safety education system. Therefore, observing the food safety supervision system in China by the British food safety supervision system, we can find that there are still problems such as the interference of “localism”, the malady of long management, the proof rule of “who claims who …