FoodChain-Lab is modular open-source software for trace-back and trace-forward analysis
in food-borne disease outbreak investigations. Development of FoodChain-Lab has been …

Transferring the knowledge of predictive microbiology into real world food manufacturing
applications is still a major challenge for the whole food safety modelling community. To …

Frozen berries contaminated with human norovirus (hNV) have been frequently identified as
cause of foodborne gastroenteritis. To prevent virus transmission, heating can be applied to …

Numerous studies examined the antimicrobial effects of spice and herb extracts, whereas
little is known about the effects of dry condiments on the survival of microorganisms. This …

In case of contamination in the food chain, fast action is required in order to reduce the
numbers of affected people. In such situations, being able to predict the fate of agents in …

Tenacity studies are of relevance for microbial food safety risk assessment. Investigations on
the survival of microorganisms in food matrices often require an artificial contamination step …

Transferring predictive microbial models from research into real world food manufacturing or
risk assessment applications is still a challenge for members of the food safety modelling …