[HTML][HTML] Understanding the role of awareness and trust in consumer purchase decisions for healthy food and products

A Firoozzare, F Boccia, N Yousefian… - Food Quality and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The production of healthy food is determined by consumer demand, so it's important to
understand the patterns of consumer behavior when purchasing these items. This study …

Status and Perspective on Green Pesticide Utilizations and Food Security

R Song, Y Zhang, P Lu, J Wu, QX Li… - Annual Review of Food …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Pesticides protect crops against pests, and green pesticides are referred to as effective, safe,
and eco-friendly pesticides that are sustainably synthesized and manufactured (ie, green …

Impact of Fruit Consumption on Gut Microbiota: Benefits, Contaminants, and Implications for Human Health

DF Pinheiro, GM Maciel, NP Lima, NF Lima… - Trends in Food Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Fruits are essential for human nutrition, offering vital vitamins, minerals, fibers,
and bioactive compounds. Low fruit intake increases systemic inflammation due to reduced …

Pesticides and transformation products footprint in Greek market basket vegetables: Comprehensive screening by HRMS and health risk assessment

D Gkountouras, V Boti, T Albanis - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Healthy dietary habits encourage vegetable consumption. Although pesticide use in crops
may negatively affect human health through food intake, it can also contaminate aquatic and …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol for pesticide residue monitoring and risk assessment on water, sediment, and fish: A case study of two selected reservoirs in Ghana

A Orou-Seko, D Chirawurah, JP Gnimatin, EOR Pèlèbè… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background Africa is experiencing a significant surge in the use of pesticides on farms.
Though the use of pesticide products on farms is increasing rapidly, the ability to monitor …

Pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables: Analysis and risk assessment of EU RASFF notifications between 1999 and 2022

F Eissa, NEH Zidan, AS Sebaei… - Journal of Food …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pesticides are commonly used to increase agricultural productivity by decreasing pest
damage to crops. However, their residues may have detrimental consequences on human …

Monitoring 432 potential pesticides in tomatoes produced and commercialized in Souss Massa region-Morocco, using LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS

A Ouakhssase, EA Addi - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we monitored 432 pesticide residues in 39 tomato samples (cherry tomato)
obtained from local markets in Souss Massa region-Morocco. We used a QuEChERS …

Consumer Knowledge about Dietary Relevance of Fruits and Vegetables: A Study Involving Participants from Portugal and France

N Le Turc, AJ Silva, SG Florença, A Raposo… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Fruits and vegetables are recommended as low-calorie foods that contribute to the proper
intake of necessary micronutrients, macronutrients, and bioactive compounds with health …

Development of a method using QuEChERS and LC–MS/MS for analysis of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in rice matrix

SH Hwang, SY Ryu, D Seo, SY Kim, JH Lee, YS Cho - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Detection of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food is crucial for ensuring food
safety. Therefore, we combined a quick, easy, cheap, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) …

Plant growth regulator residues in fruits and vegetables marketed in Yinchuan and exposure risk assessment

X Wang, Y Ma, L Jia, X Luo, H Wang, H Yang… - Journal of Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Data on plant growth regulators (PGRs) in common fruits and vegetables remain deficient.
Supermarkets and farmers' markets in three districts, two counties, and one city in Yinchuan …