When five per cent of milk fails to meet standards, you have a problem with milk. When 50 per cent does not meet standards, you have a problem with standards. In developing countries, perishable food is mostly sold in informal markets and often does not meet national food safety standards. Govern...
Blackmore, E.
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Alonso, Silvia
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Grace, Delia
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[Legitimising informal markets: A case study of the dairy sector in Kenya]
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Legitimising informal markets: A case study of the dairy sector in Kenya
Stevens, K.
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Glanville, William A. de
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Costard, S.
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Métras, R.
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Theuri, W.
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Kruska, R.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Grace, Delia
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Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.
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Pfeiffer, Dirk U.
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[Mapping the likelihood of introduction and spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus H5N1 in Africa and Indonesia using multicriteria decision modelling]
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Mapping the likelihood of introduction and spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus H5N1 in Africa and Indonesia using multicriteria decision modelling
BACKGROUND: Thermophilic Campylobacter is one of the most important pathogen causing food borne illness in the world. In Tanzania, the risks of campylobacteriosis had not been studied yet and the risks especially from informally marketed foods are in a great need for assessment. A study on risk a...
Mahundi, E.
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Kurwijila, Lusato R.
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Karimuribo, E.D.
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Makita, K.
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Ngowi, H.E.
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Grace, Delia
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[Food safety risk assessment in beef in Arusha municipality, Tanzania]
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Food safety risk assessment in beef in Arusha municipality, Tanzania
While in high-income countries, the majority of people die from non-communicable, chronic conditions, nearly 40% of deaths in developing countries are among children under 15 years. Diarrhoea is among the top 10 leading causes of death and many cases are caused by pathogens transmitted in food an...
Kouame-Sina, S.M.
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Dadie, A.
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Makita, K.
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Grace, Delia
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Dje, M.
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Taminiau, B.
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Daube, G.
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Bonfoh, Bassirou
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[Biodiversity, phylogenetic relationship and antibacterial potential of Bifidobacterium species isolated from raw milk production chain in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire]
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Biodiversity, phylogenetic relationship and antibacterial potential of Bifidobacterium species isolated from raw milk production chain in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Oguttu, J.W.
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McCrindle, C.M.E.
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Makita, K.
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Grace, Delia
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[Risk assessment for staphylococcal food poisoning due to consumption of street vended chicken]
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Risk assessment for staphylococcal food poisoning due to consumption of street vended chicken
Contaminated milk is responsible for up to 90% of all dairy-related diseases of humans. A cross sectional study was
carried out in Lushoto and Handeni districts of Tanga region to determine handling practices, bacterial contaminations
and selected milk-borne zoonotic pathogens along the dairy val...
Shija, F.
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Nonga, H.
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Kurwijila, Lusato R.
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Roesel, Kristina
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Grace, Delia
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Misinzo, G.
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[Determination of risk factors contributing to microbial contamination in milk and identification of presence of selected pathogenic bacteria along dairy value chain in Tanga]
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Determination of risk factors contributing to microbial contamination in milk and identification of presence of selected pathogenic bacteria along dairy value chain in Tanga
Introduction
Millions of smallholder farmers, many of them women, supply the rapidly growing markets for livestock and fish products in Africa and Asia. In sub Saharan Africa, more than 80% of animal products are sold through informal markets, which lack structured sanitary inspection and are of...
Food-borne diseases such as salmonellosis are a major cause of human gastroenteritis worldwide, especially in the developing world due to poor sanitary conditions. Flies feed on food and breed in feces and other organic material. As such they are known vectors of Salmonella spp. Given that pork c...
Heilmann, Martin
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Ndoboli, D.
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Roesel, Kristina
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Grace, Delia
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Huehn, S.
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Bauer, B.
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Clausen, P.H.
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[Occurrence of Salmonella spp. in flies and foodstuff from pork butcheries in Kampala, Uganda]
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Occurrence of Salmonella spp. in flies and foodstuff from pork butcheries in Kampala, Uganda