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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38484844/isolation-of-shiga-toxin-producing-escherichia-coli-from-the-surfaces-of-beef-carcasses-in-slaughterhouses-in-japan
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shunsuke Ikeuchi, Shouhei Hirose, Kohei Shimada, Ayako Koyama, Shoji Ishida, Naoto Katayama, Takehiko Suzuki, Akiko Tokairin, Mayumi Tsukamoto, Yuki Tsue, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Hideo Osako, Sachiko Hiwatashi, Yumi Chiba, Hiroshi Akiyama, Hideki Hayashidani, Yukiko Hara-Kudo
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) is an important foodborne pathogen worldwide. It is necessary to control and prevent STEC contamination on beef carcasses in slaughterhouses because STEC infection is associated with beef consumption. However, the frequencies of STEC contamination of beef carcasses in various slaughterhouses in Japan are not well known. Herein, we investigated the contamination of beef carcasses with STEC in slaughterhouses to assess the potential risks of STEC. In total, 524 gauze samples were collected from the surfaces of beef carcasses at 12 domestic slaughterhouses from November 2020 to February 2023...
March 12, 2024: Journal of Food Protection
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38479885/streamlining-considerations-for-safety-measures-a-predictive-model-for-addition-of-clinically-significant-adverse-reactions-to-japanese-drug-package-inserts
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Takashi Watanabe, Kaori Ambe, Masahiro Tohkin
The addition of clinically significant adverse reactions (CSARs) to Japanese package inserts (PIs) is an important safety measure that can be used to inform medical personnel of potential health risks; however, determining the necessity of their addition can be lengthy and complex. Therefore, we aimed to construct a machine learning-based model that can predict the addition of CSARs at an early stage due to the accumulation of both Japanese and overseas adverse drug reaction (ADR) cases. The target comprised CSARs added to PIs from August 2011 to March 2022...
2024: Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38479102/does-the-neighborhood-built-and-social-environment-reduce-long-term-care-costs-for-japanese-older-people-the-jages2010-2019-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yu-Ru Chen, Masamichi Hanazato, Masashige Saito, Chie Koga, Yoko Matsuoka, Hiroaki Yoshida, Katsunori Kondo
Japan's population has been aging steadily, evidenced by it spending JPY 11 trillion (USD 110 billion) on annual long-term care (LTC) costs in 2021. In this context, understanding the factors influencing LTC costs has become increasingly vital. Although studies have reported positive relationships between neighborhood environment and health outcomes, the connection between LTC costs and neighborhood environment remains unclear. To address this gap in the literature, this cohort study, conducted from 2010 to 2019 across seven Japanese municipalities and involving 34,982 older people, examined the relationship between eight neighborhood environment elements and the mean monthly cumulate costs (MMCC) of LTC...
March 12, 2024: Health & Place
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38477215/allergic-to-bureaucracy-regulatory-allergenicity-assessments-of-novel-food-motivations-challenges-compromises-and-possibilities
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Odeya Kedar, Alexander Golberg, Uri Obolski, Ronit Confino-Cohen
New sources of proteins are essential to meet the demands of the growing world population and evolving food trends. Assessing the allergenicity of proteins in novel food (NF) poses a significant food safety regulatory challenge. The Codex Alimentarius Commission presented an allergenicity assessment protocol for genetically modified (GM) foods, which can also be adapted for NF. Since no single laboratory test can adequately predict the allergenic potential of NF, the protocol follows a weight-of-evidence approach, evaluated by experts, as part of a risk management process...
March 2024: Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38475519/eco-geographical-and-botanical-patterns-of-resistance-to-lepidoptera-insects-in-brassica-rapa-l
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anna M Artemyeva, Anastasia B Kurina
In the context of the widespread expansion of damage by herbivorous pests of Brassica crops, taking into account the requirements for minimizing pesticide pollution of the environment, it is important to have fundamental knowledge of the geographical features of the distribution of pests and about the botanical confinement of plant resistance in order to develop a strategy for creating new Brassica cultivars with complex resistance to insects. The relevance of our work is related to the study of the variability in the degree of resistance of the extensive genetic diversity of Brassica rapa accessions to the main herbivorous pests of Brassica crops in contrasting ecological and geographical zones of the Russian Federation (Arctic, northwestern, and southern zones)...
February 28, 2024: Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38474857/a-narrative-review-exploring-the-similarities-between-cilento-and-the-already-defined-blue-zones-in-terms-of-environment-nutrition-and-lifestyle-can-cilento-be-considered-an-undefined-blue-zone
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REVIEW
Silvana Mirella Aliberti, Antonio Donato, Richard H W Funk, Mario Capunzo
Longevity is rightly considered one of the greatest achievements of modern society, not only as a function of lifespan, but, more importantly, as a function of healthspan. There are Longevity Blue Zones (LBZs), regions around the world, such as in Okinawa, Japan; the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, California; Icaria, Greece; and Ogliastra, Sardinia, that are characterized by a significant percentage of residents who live exceptionally long lives, often avoiding age-related disability to a significantly higher degree than in the Western way of life...
March 2, 2024: Nutrients
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38474840/association-between-preconception-dietary-fiber-intake-and-preterm-birth-the-japan-environment-and-children-s-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Takahiro Omoto, Hyo Kyozuka, Tsuyoshi Murata, Toma Fukuda, Hirotaka Isogami, Chihiro Okoshi, Shun Yasuda, Akiko Yamaguchi, Akiko Sato, Yuka Ogata, Yuichi Nagasaka, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Seiji Yasumura, Koichi Hashimoto, Hidekazu Nishigori, Keiya Fujimori, The Japan Environment And Children's Study Group
Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether preconception dietary fiber intake is associated with PTB. This was a prospective cohort Japan Environmental and Children's Study (JECS). The study population comprised 85,116 singleton live-birth pregnancies from the JECS database delivered between 2011 and 2014. The participants were categorized into five groups based on their preconception dietary fiber intake quintiles (Q1 and Q5 were the lowest and highest groups, respectively)...
February 29, 2024: Nutrients
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38467892/impact-of-dietary-habits-on-renal-function-in-saku-a-rural-japanese-town-a-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Keika Adachi, Marie Yasuda, Makiko Ida, Takeshi Kanda, Akemi Morita, Shu Wakino, Shaw Watanabe, Hiroshi Itoh
BACKGROUND: High protein intake leads to a decline in renal function in the advanced stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). An effective diet for maintaining renal function in healthy individuals or patients in the early stages of CKD has not been established. This cohort study was conducted in Saku, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, to investigate the impact of dietary habits on renal function. METHODS: In this cross-sectional cohort study, we used the Saku Control Obesity Program (UMIN000016892), including 4,446 participants who submitted a brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire and underwent routine physical examination...
March 12, 2024: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38456094/dietary-and-other-lifestyle-factors-and-their-influence-on-non-communicable-diseases-in-the-western-pacific-region
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REVIEW
Xiaomin Sun, Dong Keon Yon, Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Kumpei Tanisawa, Kumhee Son, Ling Zhang, Jing Shu, Wen Peng, Yuexin Yang, Francesco Branca, Mark L Wahlqvist, Hyunjung Lim, Youfa Wang
The Western Pacific region is a diverse region experiencing fast economic growth and nutrition transition. We systematically examined 94 cohort studies on the associations of dietary and other lifestyle factors on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the region. These studies were mainly from China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore. Patterns and changes in lifestyle risk factors for NCDs based on national surveys were examined. They showed some dietary intake improvements over the past three decades, featured as increased consumption of unsaturated oils, fruits, and vegetables, and decreased consumption of sodium and unhealthy fat...
February 2024: The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38455393/over-investigation-and-overtreatment-in-pediatrics-a-survey-from-the-european-academy-of-paediatrics-and-japan-pediatric-society
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lina Jankauskaite, Corinne Wyder, Stefano Del Torso, Marina Mamenko, Sandra Trapani, Zachi Grossman, Adamos Hadjipanayis, Karin Geitmann, Hikoro Matsui, Akihiko Saitoh, Tetsuya Isayama, Nora Karara, Alessandra Montemaggi, Farhan Saleem Ud Din, Ketil Størdal
INTRODUCTION: Avoiding over-investigation and overtreatment in health care is a challenge for clinicians across the world, prompting the international Choosing Wisely campaign. Lists of recommendations regarding medical overactivity are helpful tools to guide clinicians and quality improvement initiatives. We aimed to identify the most frequent and important clinical challenges related to pediatric medical overactivity in Europe and Japan. Based on the results, we aim to establish a (European) list of Choosing Wisely recommendations...
2024: Frontiers in Pediatrics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38449648/identification-of-yam-mosaic-virus-as-the-main-cause-of-yam-mosaic-diseases-in-ethiopia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ashebir Gogile, Misrak Kebede, Dawit Kidanemariam, Adane Abraham
Yam ( Dioscorea spp.) is a staple food crop with cultural, nutritional and economic significance for millions of small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. While various virus-like symptoms such as mosaic and chlorosis are frequently observed in yam fields in Ethiopia, little information is available on the prevalence, distribution, and molecular characteristics of viruses causing these symptoms. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and distribution of yam viruses and determine the primary cause of yam mosaic diseases (YMD) in Ethiopia...
March 15, 2024: Heliyon
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38444511/effect-of-hita-tenryo-water%C3%A2-a-natural-mineral-water-on-allergic-symptoms-induced-by-cedar-in-mice
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Takeki Hamasaki, Kiichro Teruya, Yoshinori Katakura
The number of patients with allergies to pollen and food is increasing worldwide. In Japan, the prevalence of cedar pollinosis, a type I allergy, is nearly 30% and accounts of hay fever are rising. A potential natural remedy for these allergic diseases may be Hita Tenryo Water™ (referred to simply as Hita Tenryo water), water that is pumped from deep underground in the Hita region of Oita, Japan, which has been the subject of various research reports. Here, we investigated the potential of using Hita Tenryo water to suppress the onset of cedar pollinosis in a mouse model and explored the immunological mechanism of the suppression...
March 15, 2024: Heliyon
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38441752/dietary-habits-and-plasma-lipid-concentrations-in-a-general-japanese-population
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mitsuharu Sato, Eiji Hishinuma, Naomi Matsukawa, Yoshiko Shima, Daisuke Saigusa, Ikuko N Motoike, Mana Kogure, Naoki Nakaya, Atsushi Hozawa, Shinichi Kuriyama, Masayuki Yamamoto, Seizo Koshiba, Kengo Kinoshita
INTRODUCTION: Accumulating data on the associations between food consumption and lipid composition in the body is essential for understanding the effects of dietary habits on health. OBJECTIVES: As part of omics research in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study, this study sought to reveal the dietary impact on plasma lipid concentration in a Japanese population. METHODS: We conducted a correlation analysis of food consumption and plasma lipid concentrations measured using mass spectrometry, for 4032 participants in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan...
March 5, 2024: Metabolomics: Official Journal of the Metabolomic Society
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38434111/variety-dependent-accumulation-of-glucomannan-in-the-starchy-endosperm-and-aleurone-cell-walls-of-rice-grains-and-its-possible-genetic-basis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ryszard Zamorski, Kei'ichi Baba, Takahiro Noda, Rimpei Sawada, Kana Miyata, Takao Itoh, Hanae Kaku, Naoto Shibuya
Plant cell wall plays important roles in the regulation of plant growth/development and affects the quality of plant-derived food and industrial materials. On the other hand, genetic variability of cell wall structure within a plant species has not been well understood. Here we show that the endosperm cell walls, including both starchy endosperm and aleurone layer, of rice grains with various genetic backgrounds are clearly classified into two groups depending on the presence/absence of β-1,4-linked glucomannan...
December 25, 2023: Plant Biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38432899/-establishment-of-rapid-simultaneous-analysis-method-for-plant-toxins-by-lc-tof-ms
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hideki Sato, Yoshinori Kawano, Shiho Tanaka, Junko Tsunematsu, Miki Matsunaga, Yoshihiro Miyao, Keiko Nakamuta
Assuming food poisoning caused by toxic plants, an LC-TOF-MS-based method for the rapid and simultaneous analysis of 16 plant toxins was established. After adding water-methanol (1 : 9) and n-hexane, the samples were homogenized and extracted, and then subjected to centrifugal separation. Without any purification procedures, LC-TOF-MS measurements were performed, and qualitative and quantitative analyses using monoisotopic ion [M+H]+ (m/z) were conducted. The addition-recovery test using curry showed that qualitative analysis was possible under a setting with a retention time of ±0...
2024: Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38432898/-implementation-and-evaluation-of-risk-communication-regarding-residual-pesticides
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nobuyuki Wakui, Koichi Inoue, Mari Nunome, Yoshinari Suzuki, Aya Takagi, Rie Ito, Yusuke Iwasaki, Junkichi Sugiura, Hiroshi Akiyama
In this study, a public seminar on risk communication methods was conducted to raise awareness and disseminate accurate knowledge about residual pesticides to consumers. Additionally, surveys on consumer awareness were conducted on the attendees before and after the seminar to evaluate its effectiveness. Responses were obtained from 84 participants. The paired t-test was used to analyze the changes in awareness before and after the seminar. The results showed significant improvements in "trust in the government" and "understanding of residual pesticides...
2024: Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38432897/-analytical-method-for-melengestrol-acetate-in-livestock-products-using-lc-ms-ms
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Takatoshi Sakai, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Satoru Nemoto, Hiroshi Akiyama, Takaaki Taguchi, Tomoaki Tsutsumi
The present study verified that it is possible to analyze melengesterol acetate using the existing multi-residue method. Melengestrol acetate was extracted from livestock products using acidic acetonitrile acidified with acetic acid in the presence of n-hexane and anhydrous sodium sulfate. The crude extracts were cleaned up using an octadecylsilanized silica gel cartridge column. Separation by HPLC was performed using an octadecylsilanized silica gel column with linear gradient elution of 0.1 vol% formic acid and acetonitrile containing 0...
2024: Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38432896/-improved-indophenol-titration-method-for-ascorbic-acid-using-a-dropper-and-electronic-balance-enhanced-convenience-and-efficiency
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Keizo Umegaki, Mika Ito, Kaori Yokotani, Shizuo Yamada
The analysis of ascorbic acid using the 2,6-dichloroindophenol (DCIP) titration method is a well-established technique, but requires the skilled handling of a burette for accurate measurements. In the present study, we propose a modified DCIP titrimetric method that replaces the burette with a dropper and employs an electronic balance to measure the titrated amount by weight. The dropper used can be flexibly selected, allowing for a wide range of drop sizes, from large to very small. This modification offers several advantages, including lower skill requirements, a 43% reduction in the analysis time, a 50% decrease in sample/reagent consumption, and the ability to prepare DCIP standard solutions tailored to the concentration of ascorbic acid in the sample being analyzed...
2024: Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38428357/report-for-the-eighth-asian-national-control-laboratory-network-meeting-in-2023-self-sufficiency-strategy-of-plasma-derived-medicinal-products-and-regulatory-harmonisation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chan Woong Choi, Youngju Choi, Yuyun Siti Maryuningsih, Bayu Wibisono, Jong Won Kim, Dio Ramondrana, Takuo Mizukami, Masaki Ochiai, Azraini Abdul Samat, Caren Mangorangca, Dung Luu Thi, Hung Pham Van, Sun Bo Shim, Su Kyoung Seong, In Soo Shin
The Eighth Asian National Control Laboratory (NCL) Network meeting, entitled "Biological Products Quality Control and Self-Sufficiency Strategy focusing on plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMPs)" was held in Seoul on 31 August 2023. The participants were NCL experts from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and the Republic of Korea. Special lectures included the PDMPs self-sufficiency strategies of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Indonesian Food and Drug Authority, and a case study on Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT) assessment for vaccines by the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety...
February 29, 2024: Biologicals: Journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38424443/the-global-atlas-of-edible-insects-analysis-of-diversity-and-commonality-contributing-to-food-systems-and-sustainability
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Evanson R Omuse, Henri E Z Tonnang, Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf, Honest Machekano, James Peter Egonyu, Emily Kimathi, Samira Faris Mohamed, Menale Kassie, Sevgan Subramanian, Juliet Onditi, Serah Mwangi, Sunday Ekesi, Saliou Niassy
The future of the food system on the planet is increasingly facing uncertainties that are attributable to population growth and a surge in demand for nutritious food. Traditional agricultural practices are poised to place strain on production, as well as natural resources and ecosystem services provided, particularly under a changing climate. Given their remarkable attributes, including a low environmental footprint, high food conversion ratio, rapid growth and nutritional values, edible insects can play a vital role in the global food system...
February 29, 2024: Scientific Reports
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