Research on the Teaching Reform and Practice of the Food Analysis Course Under the New Situation

With the development of society,the overall development of various industries in our country is unprecedentedly prosperous.However,various damaging industries with the sole goal of profit have emerged,significantly reducing people’s experience in basic needs such as food,clothing,housing,and transportation.Food analysis course is an essential primary subject established by colleges and universities to cultivate food quality and safety talents.In order to further ensure the food safety of society,this article mainly analyzes the teaching reform path of food analysis courses under the new situation.We hope the views in this article can provide guidelines for relevant workers.

Application of NIR and FTIR in Food Analysis

In this paper, we will review the most common spectroscopy technologies for food analysis, their differences and purpose of these differences. Based on the advantages and disadvantages of each technology, we will consider the most appropriate one for every segment of food analysis.

The Benefit Risk Assessment of Consumption of Marine Species Based on Benefit-Risk Analysis for Foods(BRAFO)-tiered Approach

Objective To assess the net health effect caused by the consumption of specific marine species based on Benefit-Risk Analysis for Foods （BRAFO）-tiered approach. Methods Twenty species were collected from the Zhoushan Archipelago, China. Concentrations of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, methyl mercury （MeHg）, and dioxin-like compounds （DLCs） in the samples were analyzed for benefit risk assessment based on BRAFO-tiered approach. Results Based on the BRAFO-tiered approach, reference scenario （no intake） and alternative scenario （intake of specific species of 200 g/week） were determined. The exposure to MeHg/DLCs via alternative scenario of all studied species did not exceed provisional tolerable weekly/monthly intake. However, the adult population with high DLCs exposure in China would significantly exceed the upper limit of DLCs via an additional alternative scenario of some species such as Auxis thazard. The results of deterministic computation showed that alternative scenario of all studied species generated clear net beneficial effects on death prevention and child IQ gain. Conclusion The alternative scenario of all studied species could be recommended to population with average DLCs exposure, and the reference scenario of species with relatively high DLCs concentration could be recommended to population exposed to high DLCs.

Risk Analysis of Sulfites Used as Food Additives in China

This study was to analyze the risk of sulfites in food consumed by the Chinese people and assess the health protection capability of maximum-permitted level （MPL） of sulfites in GB 2760-2011. Sulfites as food additives are overused or abused in many food categories. When the MPL in GB 2760-2011 was used as sulfites content in food, the intake of sulfites in most surveyed populations was lower than the acceptable daily intake （ADI）. Excess intake of sulfites was found in all the surveyed groups when a high percentile of sulfites in food was intaken. Moreover, children aged 1-6 years are at a high risk to intake excess sulfites. The primary cause for the excess intake of sulfites in Chinese people is the overuse and abuse of sulfites by the food industry. The current MPL of sulfites in GB 2760-2011 protects the health of most populations.

Are Family Table Foods Appropriate for Infants? Comparing the Nutritional Quality of Homemade Meals Adapted from the Family’s Table Foods and Those Specially Prepared for Infants

The Brazilian Ministry of Health recommends that by 8 months of age, children should eat the same types of foods consumed by the other members of the family. Thus, this study sought to evaluate whether the nutritional composition of meals specially prepared (SM) for children aged 7 to 18 months in low-income families was superior to that of meals adapted (AM) from the family’s table foods. Protein, fat, carbohydrate, energy, dietary fiber, iron, sodium and sodium chloride values, were determined by chemical analyses and compared to dietetic guidelines. The infants’ hemoglobin levels were also investigated. In total, sixty samples of the infants’ lunch meal (51 AM and 9 SM) were taken for during a home visit. The values of protein, fat, carbohydrate, dietary fiber and energy of the AM were significantly lower, while the sodium and sodium chloride values were significantly higher, compared to those of the SM. The AM also contained significantly more water. No differences were seen with regard to iron values. Sodium chloride amounted for most of the sodium content. Neither the SM nor AM was adequate in terms of iron and sodium. All SM were adequate for protein and fat, whereas AM showed significantly more samples with inadequate energy levels. SM fell within the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range, while AM fell below the lower value for fat and slightly above the upper value for carbohydrate. The prevalence of anemia was 60% in the study population (36/60). In conclusion, meals adapted from the family’s table foods showed a lower nutrient density and a less balanced macronutrient range when compared to meals specially prepared for infants. The main nutritional shortcomings, for both AM and SM, were the extremely low content of iron and the high content of sodium.

Risk Analysis of Big Data Based on Cloud Computing for the Inspection and Testing of Toxic and Hazardous Substances in Meat Products

Large-scale data emerge in food safety inspection and testing industry with the development of Internet technology in China.This paper was aimed at designing toxic and hazardous substance big data risk analysis algorithm in food safety inspection and testing based on cloud computing^([1]).Cloud computing platform was set up to store the massive extensive data with geographical distribution,dynamic and high complexity from the Internet,and MapReduce^([2]) computational framework in cloud computing was applied to process and compute parallel data.The risk analysis results were obtained by analyzing 1000000 meat products testing data collected from the laboratory management information system based on web.The results show that food safety index IFS < 1,which proves that the food safety state is in good condition.

Evaluation of nutrient value of seabuckthorn in north China

Five minerals or dements, crude protein, lysine, methionine＋cystine, calcium and phosphorus, were selected for evaluation of the food value of seabuckthoru （Hippophae rhamnoides ssp. sinensis） using the method of ＂food analysis＂. The decision values （δi） of seabuckthoru seeds, leaves and fruit residues rank in the fifth, sixth and ninth position among the 16 types of fodder. Seeds, leaves and fruit residues of seabuckthoru are suitable for livestock and poultry fodder. The weights of livestock and poultry are considerably increased after feeding with seabuckthoru. The development of seabuckthoru should have great potentials as food, pre-food and food additives for livestock and poultry in north China, Processing facilities should pay more attention to seabuckthoru food development methods and strategies and the seabuckthorn fodder industry should be promoted.

Quality, fatty acid composition and oxidation stability of ten cold-pressed seed oils

Cold-pressed oils from six herb plant seeds and four woody plant seeds were analyzed and compared for their quality characteristics such as oil, crud protein, shell, and moisture content, fatty acid （FA） compositions and oxidation stability. Results showed that walnut kernel contained the greatest amount of seed oil and safflower seed contained the lowest. Safflower, pumpkin, hemp, camellia and peony seeds had high shell content, their kernel oil content significantly increased after shelling. These oils had significant differences （p〈0.01） in levels of fatty acids and the ratio of n-6：n-3 fatty acids. Camellia, safflower, and flax seed oil contained the highest oleic acid, linoleic acid, and a-linolenic acid respectively. Hemp seed oil was observed in a 3.53：1 ratio of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids. All these ten oils were obviously different in moisture and volatile content, acid value, peroxide value and induction period （IP） （p〈0.01）. IP of peony seed oil was lowest （0.94 h） and almond oil was the highest （14.10 h）. IP of oils negatively correlated with polyunsaturated fatty acids content ^=-0.664, p=0.036）. These studies of ten cold-pressed oils may provide better explanation for their potential health benefits and further developing their commercial value.

Quantitative Estimation of γ-Glutamylethylamide in Commercially Available Made Teas [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze, Theaceae] in Kenya

A study was carried out to quantitatively estimate the L-theanine content in 19 teas commercially available in the Kenyan market by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The test tea samples analyzed were green (n = 4), black (n = 8) and flavored (n = 7) teas from different origins viz., Kenya (n = 4), Uganda (n = 2), Tanzania (n = 5), Rwanda (n = 4), Cameroon (n = 1) and Sri-Lanka (n = 2) commercially available in the Kenyan market. The estimated Limit of Detection (LOD) of the current method was 0.01% L-theanine. The L-theanine content ranged from below the detection limit (<0.01% L-theanine) to 1.60% L-theanine on a dry weight (d.w) basis. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed in the L-theanine contents of black, green and flavoured teas. Rwandan green tea contained the highest L-theanine content with 1.60% d.w. whereas six of the seven flavoured teas had very low theanine levels (<0.01%) that could not be quantified by the current method.

SYBR~ Green qPCR Screening Methods for Detection of Anti-herbicide Genes in Genetically Modified Processed Products

The use of genetically modified organisms （GMOs） as food products becomes more and more widespread. The European Union has implemented a set of very strict procedures for the approval to grow, import and/or utilize GMOs as food or food ingredients. Thus, analytical methods for detection of GMOs are necessary in order to verify compliance with labelling requirements. There are few effective screening methods for processed GM （genetically modified） products. Three anti-herbicide genes （CP4- EPSPS, BAR and PAT） are common exogenous genes used in commercialized transgenic soybean, maize and rice, In the present study, a new SYBR Green qPCR screening method was developed to simultaneously detect the three exogenous anti-herbicide genes and one endogenous gene in a run. We tested seven samples of representative processed products （soya lecithin, soya protein powder, chocolate beverage, infant rice cereal, maize protein powder, maize starch, and maize jam） using the developed method, and amplicons of endogenous gene and transgenic fragments were obtained from all the processed products, and the sensitivity was 0.1%. These results indicated that SYBR Green qPCR screening method was appropriate for qualitative detection of transgenic soybean, maize and rice in processed products.

食品机械基础件安全卫生标准的要求和分析

介绍了不锈钢钢管、管件、阀门等食品机械基础件类产品的安全卫生标准，根据国际标准要求和国内外应用情况，分析说明有关影响因素。

Learning to assess visual aesthetics of food images

Distinguishing aesthetically pleasing food photos from others is an important visual analysis task for social media and ranking systems related to food.Nevertheless,aesthetic assessment of food images remains a challenging and relatively unexplored task,largely due to the lack of related food image datasets and practical knowledge.Thus,we present the Gourmet Photography Dataset(GPD),the first largescale dataset for aesthetic assessment of food photos.It contains 24,000 images with corresponding binary aesthetic labels,covering a large variety of foods and scenes.We also provide a non-stationary regularization method to combat over-fitting and enhance the ability of tuned models to generalize.Quantitative results from extensive experiments,including a generalization ability test,verify that neural networks trained on the GPD achieve comparable performance to human experts on the task of aesthetic assessment.We reveal several valuable findings to support further research and applications related to visual aesthetic analysis of food images.To encourage further research,we have made the GPD publicly available at https://github.com/Openning07/GPA.

Prediction of salmon (Salmo salar) quality during refrigeration storage based on dielectric properties

Dielectric properties are validated to be correlated with the changes of food quality during 4℃ storage,thus it could be used as predictive indicators for the quality parameters of salmon(Salmo salar)during cold storage.An open-ended coaxial detection method was used to determine the dielectric properties(dielectric constantε'and dielectric lossε")of salmon at the frequency range of 20-2500 MHz,and to explore the relationship between dielectric properties and volatile base nitrogen(TVB-N),thiobarbituric acid reactants(TBARS),total viable counts(TVC),pH and K-value in salmon fillets during storage for 7 d.Results showed that the TVB-N,TBARS,TVC and K-value of salmon increased linearly with the increase of storage time,and the pH decreased firstly and increased subsequently.Also,the dielectric properties(ε'andε")decreased with the increase of frequency,and increased with the increase of storage time.During 7 d storage,ε"increased the most at the frequency of 27.12 and 40.68 MHz,while at the frequency of 915 MHz and 2450 MHz,the increase ofε"was smaller.Results analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis showed that significant correlation(p<0.01)was found betweenε"and TVB-N and TBARS at the frequency of 27.12,40.68,100.00,300 and 915 MHz.The results of the partial least square(PLS)model showed that all the determination coefficients(R2pred)were over 0.900.Especially for TBARS,the R2pred of PLS-ε'and PLS-ε"were 0.913 and 0.920,respectively,and the root mean square error of prediction(RMSEP)were 0.041 and 0.039,respectively.However,the highest R2pred for PLS-ε'and PLS-ε"both occurred in TVB-N.Also,the predicted values against measured values of TVB-N,TBARS and TVC of salmon presented a good linear relationship.The linear coefficient R2 of TVB-N,TBARS and TVC for PLS-ε'were 0.937,0.910 and 0.917 respectively,and 0.942,0.917 and 0.933 respectively for PLS-ε".The results demonstrated the dielectric properties combined with PLS analysis can be used as a rapid and non-destructive method to predict quality parameters of salmon during 4℃ storage and could be further applied to other aquatic products.

Modification of screen-printed gold electrode with 1,4-dithiothreitol: application to sensitive voltammetric determination of Sudan Ⅱ

Objectives:The aim of this study is to investigate the electrochemical behavior of Sudan Ⅱ(Sull)using a screen-printed gold electrode(SPGE)modified with 1,4-dithiothreitol(DTT)and to determine the amount of Sudan II by voltammetry.Materials and Methods:A DTT-modified screen-printed gold electrode(DTT/SPGE)was fabricated and its application for differential pulse voltammetric(DPV)determination of Sull was reported.Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR),cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were used for the characterization of the modified electrode.The effects of instrumental and chemical parameters were optimized for the determination of Sull.The fabricated electrode was used for the analysis of Sull in fortified and real samples.High-performance liquid chromatography was preferred as a reference method for the evaluation of the obtained voltammetric results.Results:The electrochemical studies and FT-IR demonstrated that the SPGE was modified with DTT.The obtained peak current at DTT/SPGE was 6.67 times higher than that recorded with SPGE.At the optimized conditions of DPV in pH=2.5 of H2S04,the oxidation peak current of Sull was proportional to its concentration in:0.001-1.500 μmol L^(-1) with a detection limit of 0.0002 μmol L^(-1)(S/N=3).For the analysis of Sull,101.67%-104.33%of recovery percentage was obtained.Conclusions:A new electrode was successfully improved for the determination of Sull.This highly selective and sensitive electrode supplied the fast determination of Sull in ketchup,chili sauce and salsa dip sauce.In addition,voltammetric and chromatographic results are found to be consistent.