Margaretha Haugen, Inger Therese L. Lillegaard, Tor A. Strand, Livar Frøyland, Kristin Holvik, Martinus Løvik, Grethe S. Tell & Per Ole Iversen·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), assessed the risk associated with magnesium in food supplements. VKM is requested to evaluate upper tolerab...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/44967
Aim: To collate and analyse label information on nutrients for meat products (used as sandwich fillings) in the Netherlands, using a standardised methodology established by the Global Food Monitoring Group. The objective was to compare levels of saturated fat (in g/100 grams) and...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/43306
Aims: This study examined the nutritional composition and consumer acceptability of complementary food produced using selected spices and soy-maize blends. Study Design: The produce formulated complementary food using different proportions of maize, soybeans, turmeric and ginger...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/44588
The microbial diversity and heavy metal concentrations of wood smoked fishes (Clarias gariepinus and Pseudotolithus elongatus) from Edonwhii fishing settlement in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria were investigated using standard microbiological protocols and analytical procedures, to asc...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/43454
Souheila Abbeddou, Sonja Y. Hess, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, Jérôme W. Somé, Rosemonde M. Guissou, Zinéwendé P. Ouédraogo, Stephen A. Vosti, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo & Kenneth H. Brown·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
Objectives: Adherence to supplementation provided during an intervention trial can affect study outcomes. We compared different approaches for estimating adherence to SQ-LNS and dispersible tablets in a randomized clinical trial in Burkina Faso to evaluate concordance among resul...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21209
Objectives: Low literate mothers were targeted for a nutrition education program regarding knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) regarding ID in an anaemia endemic population in Northern Ghana. The study demonstrates the application of adult learning principles in effective int...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21181
The preservative potentials of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) recovered from some Nigerian traditional fermented foods were assessed by inoculating 0.1 ml aliquots of suitable dilutions of the food samples on De Man Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) agar fortified with 50mg of nystatin. The isolat...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/44097
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of fermented cassava leaves used as diet on provitamin A carotenoid bioefficacy. Study Design: Carotenoid analysis of fermented (F) and non-fermented (NF) cassava leaves, feeding Mongolian gerbils with F and NF leaves and β-c...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/43881
Margaretha Haugen, Inger Therese L. Lillegaard, Livar Frøyland, Kristin Holvik, Martinus Løvik, Tor A. Strand, Grethe S. Tell & Per Ole Iversen·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), evaluated the intake of vitamin C and calcium in the Norwegian population. VKM has also conducted scenario...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/43855
Siamak Yazdankhah, Danica Grahek-Ogden, Brit Hjeltnes, Solveig Langsrud, Jørgen Lassen, Madelaine Norström, Marianne Sunde, Karl Eckner, Georg Kapperud, Judith Narvhus, Truls Nesbakken, Lucy Robertson, Jan Thomas Rosnes, Olaug Taran Skjerdal, Eystein Skjerve, Line Vold & Yngvild Wasteson·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) asked the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) for an assessment of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food chains in Norway, with focus on each of the following food chains: pigs an...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/43854