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 of "other substances" in food supplements and energy drinks sold in Norway. VKM has asses...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/42116
Richard Meadow, Nana Yaa Ohene Asare, Knut Tomas Dalen, Merethe Aasmo Finne, Olavi Junttila, Lawrence R. Kirkendall, Inger Elisabeth Måren, Siamak Pour Yazdankhah, Knut Helkås Dahl, Kaare Magnus Nielsen, Monica Sanden, Rose Vikse & Hilde-Gunn Opsahl Sorteberg·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) requested the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) for an opinion of potential risks to biodiversity and agriculture in Norway associated with...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/41553
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 of "other substances" in food supplements and energy drinks sold in Norway. VKM has asses...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/41556
Richard Meadow, Nana Yaa Ohene Asare, Knut Tomas Dalen, Merethe Aasmo Finne, Olavi Junttila, Lawrence R. Kirkendall, Inger Elisabeth Måren, Siamak Pour Yazdankhah, Knut Helkås Dahl, Kaare Magnus Nielsen, Monica Sanden, Rose Vikse & Hilde-Gunn Opsahl Sorteberg·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) requested the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) for an opinion of potential risks to biodiversity and agriculture in Norway associated with...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/41552
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 of "other substances" in food supplements and energy drinks sold in Norway. VKM has asses...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/41555
Milk and milk products are an important contribution to the human diet especially children. However, the presence of aflatoxins as AFM1 in milk and milk products are considered undesirables due to their health risks in consumer's body. For that reason, this study aimed to assess...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/39486
Aim: Women in the post-menopausal stage of life are susceptible to a number of chronic health conditions related to obesity and osteoporosis. The objective of this study was to assess the association between lipids and bone mineral density (BMD) in overweight/obese postmenopausal...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/40155
Food-borne illness is a public health problem causing morbidity and mortality in general population. Many people die of food poisoning annually in Nigeria from foodborne pathogens from contaminated food and water consumption in emergent nations. Hence this study assessed the know...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/39368
High doses of vitamin E close to the upper limit of toxicity (UL) but still recommended and considered as harmless and beneficial, can possibly cause a number of adverse effects. In a 14-day study, in which male mice were exposed to intra peritoneal doses of 100 and 200 mg vitami...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/39438
Objectives: This study aimed at assessing the effect of Gum Arabic as Prebiotics and lactobacillus casei shirota (LcS) as probiotic on oxidative stress and renal function in adenine–induced chronic renal failure in rats. Methodology: 70 male albino rats were divided into 7 groups...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2018/36022