• Application of Modified Atmosphere Packaging and Active/Smart Technologies to Red Meat and Poultry: A Review 

      Arvanitoyannis, I. S.; Stratakos, A. C. (2012)
      This paper reviews the current advances in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) of red meat and poultry products. This type of packaging results in shelf-life prolongation by inhibiting microbial growth and promoting oxidative ...
    • Clostridium perfringens foodborne outbreak during an athletic event in northern Greece, June 2019 

      Mellou K., Kyritsi M., Chrysostomou A., Sideroglou T., Georgakopoulou T., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2019)
      Background: Food safety is a major public health consideration during athletic events. On 27 June 2019, the Hellenic National Public Health Organization was notified of a cluster of gastroenteritis cases among athletes of ...
    • Corn silage supplemented with pomegranate (Punica granatum) and avocado (persea americana) pulp and seed wastes for improvement of meat characteristics in poultry production 

      Leontopoulos S., Skenderidis P., Petrotos K., Giavasis I. (2021)
      In the present study, pomegranate peels, avocado peels, and seed vacuum microwave extraction solid by-products were supplemented in corn silage in order to investigate the effects on meat quality and growth rate in broiler ...
    • Effects of dietary grape pomace supplementation on performance, carcass traits and meat quality of lambs 

      Kafantaris I., Kotsampasi B., Christodoulou V., Makri S., Stagos D., Gerasopoulos K., Petrotos K., Goulas P., Kouretas D. (2018)
      Background/Aim: A previous study revealed that the inclusion of grape pomace (GP) in the diet for growing lambs had beneficial effects on the redox status and fecal microbiota. Herein, we investigated the effect of GP ...
    • Global, regional, and national consumption of animal-source foods between 1990 and 2018: findings from the Global Dietary Database 

      Miller V., Reedy J., Cudhea F., Zhang J., Shi P., Erndt-Marino J., Coates J., Micha R., Webb P., Mozaffarian D., Abbott P., Abdollahi M., Abedi P., Abumweis S., Adair L., Al Nsour M., Al-Daghri N., Al-Hamad N., Al-Hooti S., Al-Zenki S., Alam I., Ali J.H., Alissa E., Anderson S., Anzid K., Arambepola C., Arici M., Arsenault J., Asciak R., Barbieri H.E., Barengo N., Barquera S., Bas M., Becker W., Beer-Borst S., Bergman P., Biró L., Boindala S., Bovet P., Bradshaw D., Bukhary N.B., Bundhamcharoen K., Caballero M., Calleja N., Cao X., Capanzana M., Carmikle J., Castetbon K., Castro M., Cerdena C., Chang H.-Y., Charlton K., Chen Y., Chen M.F., Chiplonkar S., Cho Y., Chuah K.-A., Costanzo S., Cowan M., Damasceno A., Dastgiri S., De Henauw S., DeRidder K., Ding E., Dommarco R., Don R., Duante C., Duleva V., Duran Aguero S., Ekbote V., El Ati J., El Hamdouchi A., El-kour T., Eldridge A., Elmadfa I., Esteghamati A., Etemad Z., Fadzil F., Farzadfar F., Fernandez A., Fernando D., Fisberg R., Forsyth S., Gamboa-Delgado E., Garriguet D., Gaspoz J.-M., Gauci D., Geleijnse M., Ginnela B., Grosso G., Guessous I., Gulliford M., Gunnarsdottir I., Hadden W., Hadziomeragic A., Haerpfer C., Hakeem R., Haque A., Hashemian M., Hemalatha R., Henjum S., Hinkov H., Hjdaud Z., Hoffman D., Hopping B., Houshiar-rad A., Hsieh Y.-T., Hung S.-Y., Huybrechts I., Hwalla N.C., Ibrahim H.M., Ikeda N., Illescas-Zarate D., Inoue M., Janakiram C., Jayawardena R., Jeewon R., Jitnarin N., Johansson L., Jonsdottir O., Jundishapur A., Kally O., Kandiah M., Karupaiah T., Keinan-Boker L., Kelishadi R., Khadilkar A., Kim C.-I., Koksal E., Konig J., Korkalo L., Koster J., Kovalskys I., Krishnan A., Kruger H., Kuriyan-Raj R., Kweon S., Lachat C., Lai Y., Lanerolle P., Laxmaiah A., Leclercq C., Lee M.-S., Lee H.-J., Lemming E.W., Li Y., Lindström J., Ling A., Liputo N.I., Lopez-Jaramillo P., Luke A., Lukito W., Lupotto E., Ma Y., Mahdy Z.A., Malekzadeh R., Manan W., Marchioni D., Marques L.L., Marques-Vidal P., Martin-Prevel Y., Mathee A., Matsumura Y., Mazumdar P., Memon A., Mensink G., Meyer A., Mirmiran P., Mirzaei M., Misra P., Misra A., Mitchell C., Mohamed H.J., Mohammadi-Nasrabadi F., Mohammadifard N., Moy F.M., Musaiger A., Mwaniki E., Myhre J., Nagalla B., Naska A., Ng S.A., Ng S.W., Ngoan L.T., Noshad S., Ochoa A., Ocke M., Odenkirk J., Oh K., Oleas M., Olivares S., Orfanos P., Ortiz-Ulloa J., Otero J., Ovaskainen M.-L., Pakseresht M., Palacios C., Palmer P., Pan W.-H., Panagiotakos D., Parajuli R., Park M., Pekcan G., Petrova S., Piaseu N., Pitsavos C., Polasa K., Posada L., Pourfarzi F., Preston A.M., Rached I., Rahbar A.R., Rehm C., Richter A., Riley L., Salanave B., Sánchez-Romero L.M., Sarrafzadegan N., Sawada N., Sekiyama M., Selamat R., Shamsuddin K., Shariff Z.M., Sharma S., Sibai A.M., Sinkko H., Sioen I., Sisa I., Skeaff S., Steingrimsdottir L., Strand T., Suarez-Ortegon M.F., Swaminathan S., Swan G., Sygnowska E., Szabo M., Szponar L., Tan-Khouw I., Tapanainen H., Tayyem R., Tedla B., Tedstone A., Templeton R., Termote C., Thanopoulou A., Thorgeirsdottir H., Thorsdottir I., Trichopoulos D., Trichopoulou A., Tsugane S., Turrini A., van Oosterhout C., Vartiainen E., Veerman J.L., Virtanen S., Vollenweider P., Vossenaar M., Waidyatilaka I., Waskiewicz A., Waterham E., Wieler L., Wondwossen T., Wu S., Yaakub R., Yap M., Yusof S., Zaghloul S., Zajkás G., Zapata M., Zarina K., Zohoori F.V., Global Dietary Database (2022)
      Background: Diet is a major modifiable risk factor for human health and overall consumption patterns affect planetary health. We aimed to quantify global, regional, and national consumption levels of animal-source foods ...
    • Prevalence and characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes in meat, meat products, food handlers and the environment of the meat processing and the retail facilities of a company in Northern Greece 

      Papatzimos G., Kotzamanidis C., Kyritsi M., Malissiova E., Economou V., Giantzi V., Zdragas A., Hadjichristodoulou C., Sergelidis D. (2022)
      In this study, we investigated the incidence of Listeria monocytogenes in the receiving meat, the meat products, the personnel and the environment of a vertically integrated company in Northern Greece owing a processing ...
    • Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Campylobacter spp. Colonization of Broiler Chicken Flocks in Greece 

      Natsos G., Mouttotou N.K., Magiorkinis E., Ioannidis A., Rodi-Burriel A., Chatzipanagiotou S., Koutoulis K.C. (2020)
      The prevalence and risk factors for Campylobacter spp. colonization of broiler flocks and broiler carcass contamination in Greek slaughterhouses were investigated. Over a 14-month period, a pool of 10 ceca and 5 neck skin ...
    • An Updated Review of Meat Authenticity Methods and Applications 

      Vlachos A., Arvanitoyannis I.S., Tserkezou P. (2016)
      Adulteration of foods is a serious economic problem concerning most foodstuffs, and in particular meat products. Since high-priced meat demand premium prices, producers of meat-based products might be tempted to blend these ...
    • White Meat Consumption and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Review of Recent Prospective Cohort Studies 

      Damigou E., Kosti R.I., Panagiotakos D.B. (2022)
      Although the association between meat consumption and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) has been extensively investigated, studies focusing specifically on the relationship between white meat consumption and CVD risk factors ...