• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.322-326
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 어린이 기호식품 중 하나인 과자류(과자, 캔디류, 츄잉껌, 빙과류)에 대하여 1,005건(과자 250건, 캔디류 255건, 츄잉껌 250 건, 빙과류 250건)에 대해 위생 지표 미생물인 일반세균 수, 대장균군/대장균과 더불어 식중독 원인균인 바실러스 세레우스, 클로스트리디움 퍼프린젠스 및 황색포도상구균에 대한 미생물 검사를 실시하였다. 과자류에 대한 일반세균 수의 경우 전체 시료의 26.8%에서 검출되었고, 검출된 세균 수는 1.7 log CFU/g을 나타내었다. 유형별로 살펴보았을 때에는 과자 250건 중 45.2%의 시료에서 검출되었으며, 빙과류 28.8%, 캔디류 20.0% 및 츄잉껌 13.2% 순으로 검출되는 것으로 확인되었다. 다른 위생지표 세균인 대장균군/대장균의 경우는 모든 시료에서 검출되지 않았다. 식중독균을 분석한 결과에서는 캔디류를 제외한 나머지 유형에서 바실러스 세레우스만 검출이 되었고, 평균 검출량은 1.4~1.6 log CFU/g로 현행 식품공전상의 미생물규격인 3 log CFU/g 이하 수준으로 모두 적합한 제품이었다. 이는 식품공전 상에서 정하고 있는 미생물 규격에 비해서는 낮은 수치로 식품의 제조 유통에는 문제가 없는 것으로 보이지만, 식중독 민감도가 높은 어린이들에게 안전한 식품을 제공하기 위해 합리적이고 과학적인 미생물 기준규격을 고려해야 한다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.349-357
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• 2015

Objectives: The 2007 Korea National Survey for Environmental Pollutants in the Human Body found the highest blood mercury levels nationwide among residents in Seoksan-ri, Goro-myeon, Gunwi-gun, Gyeonsangbuk-do. With the aim to reduce the blood mercury levels of residents in this region, we conducted this study to identify the association between mercury exposure levels and shark meat consumption. Methods: This survey was conducted with 118 participants in Seoksan-ri before the Chuseok festival and 113 residents were added afterwards. Information on participants was collected via questionnaires. Total mercury concentrations in biological samples were measured using a mercury analyzer with the gold-amalgam collection method. Results: To identify this, we conducted mercury exposure level analysis before and after the Chuseok festival and found that blood and urinary mercury levels after Chuseok (GM of $6.9{\mu}g/L$ in blood and $1.68{\mu}g/g$_cr in urine) were higher than those before (GM of $5.29{\mu}g/L$ in blood and $1.44{\mu}g/g$_cr in urine). This area maintains a custom of using shark meat as one of the ancestral rite foods, and the performance of such rites and shark meat consumption have been identified as main sources of mercury exposure. Other than this, smoking, dental amalgam treatment and residential period in the area also contributed to an increase in mercury exposure levels. On the other hand, recent consumption of oriental medicine and vaccination did not have a significant influence on mercury levels. Conclusion: The results were attributed to the local custom of consuming shark meat with high mercury concentrations during rituals taking place during the festival and ancestral rites. Given that the blood mercury levels in 23.2% of the residents exceeded the HBM II values recommended by the German Commission on Human Biological Monitoring, it is suggested that further appropriate actions and follow-up measures be taken to reduce the mercury exposure levels of the residents that exceeded the reference values.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2006

수입식품의 위생상태를 정확하게 파악하여 시민들에게 구매에 대한 정보를 제공하고자 2005년 3월부터 10월까지 8개월간 광주지역을 대상으로 수입식품 398건에 대한 유해물질 모니터링을 실시하였다 유처리식품 130건을 수거 검사한 결과 산가의 기준치를 초과한 식품은 9건(6.9%), 과산화물가 기준치를 초과한 식품은 9건(4.6%), 산가 및 과산화 물가의 기준치를 초과하여 부적합으로 판정된 식품은 4건(3.1%)으로 나타났다 사탕류 139건을 대상으로 허용외 타르색소와 인공감미료를 검사한 결과 허용외 타르색소가 검출된 검체는 없었고, 허용외 인공감미료가 검출된 검체는 2건(1.4%)이었다. 129건의 건어포류 및 건과실류에 대해 이산화황 함유량을 측정한 결과, 4건(3.1%)이었다. 결과적으로, 본 실험에 사용된 수입식품 398건의 검체중 25건(6.3%)의 부적합을 나타냈다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.309-314
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• 2015

전국의 식품접객업소에서 사용되는 얼음 500 품목의 미생물학적 오염도 평가 (지표세균 및 식중독미생물)를 실시하였다. 지역별 수거한 얼음의 일반세균 평균값은 서울지역이 $2.31log_{10}CFU/g$으로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 전라도지역이 $1.83log_{10}CFU/g$으로 가장 낮게 검출되었다. 식중독 관련미생물(S. aureus, L. monocytogenes)은 검출되지 않았으며, 제빙기얼음과 포장판매얼음을 비교한 결과 포장판매얼음의 일반세균 평균값이 $0.45log_{10}CFU/g$ 더 낮게 검출되었다. 접객업소는 베이커리 매장, 디저트 매장, 음료 매장 세 가지로 분류하여 분석하였는데, 디저트를 판매하는 접객업소 얼음의 일반세균 평균값이 $2.37log_{10}CFU/g$로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 이는 접객업소에서 사용하는 얼음의 형태와 관련이 있는 것으로 사료된다. 따라서 본 연구의 결과를 기초로 제빙기 및 포장판매얼음의 안전한 위생관리를 위해서는 개인위생과 함께 주기적인 얼음제조 설비의 세척관리가 이루어져야 한다고 제시하였다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.234-242
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• 2020

본 연구는 최근 소비가 크게 증가하고 있는 가정간편식의 원료에 대한 모니터링을 수행하였다. 다양한 유형의 가정간편식 제품을 구입하여 112개 원료의 DNA 바코드를 분석하였다. 원재료의 종을 동정하기 위하여 DNA 바코드 증폭에 주로 이용되는 미토콘드리아의 16S ribosomal RNA 유전자 부위를 증폭하는 프라이머 세트를 이용하였다. PCR 산물은 정제하여 염기서열을 분석한 후, 이를 이용하여 미국국립보건원에서 제공하는 BLAST search를 수행하였다. GenBank에 등록되어 있는 종의 염기서열과 유사도(Identity)와 매치 점수(Match score)를 비교하여 원료의 종을 판별하였다. 112개의 원료에서 24개의 종(Species)과 3개의 속(Genus)를 동정하였다. 3개의 속은 Identity의 기준이 되는 98% 이내에 해당하는 종이 다수 존재하여 속 수준에서 판별하였다. 판별 결과를 「식품의 기준 및 규격(제2019-57호)」 중 '(별표 1) 사용할 수 있는 원료 목록'에서 제시하는 사용 가능한 원료와 비교하여 국명 및 섭취 가능 여부를 판단하였으며, 등재되어 있지 않은 6개 종은 국제적으로 공인된 기구에서 어획량에 대한 정보를 확인하고, 식용 근거, 학명·이명 등을 확인하여 식용 가능 여부를 판단하였다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제38권3호통권150호
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• pp.205-216
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• 2007

South Korea is the representative consumption country of herbal medicines and most of herbal medicines circulating in Korea have been importing from the developing countries of Southeast Asia such as China, Vietnam, Indonesia and so forth. Domestic hygiene and safety are continuously proposed because herbal medicines which are circulating have the possibility could remain contaminants or residues. Physicochemical contaminants such as heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, radionucleosides, microbial toxins, biological contaminants such as microorganisms and animals, agrochemical residues such as pesticides, substances used for fumigation, antiviral agents, and solvent residues are classified as major contaminants and residues in herbal medicines from 2005 September WHO.$^{1)}$ Currently our administration have established a permission standard and the inspection criteria against the heavy metal, the residual pesticides and a residual sulfur dioxide. Furthermore our administration is continuously monitoring and conducting researches for the policies and their scientific ground against herbal medicines. But the appearances or discoveries of the harmful new species due to environmental and industrial developments are becoming social problems. Therefore it may be necessary to continuously consider and investigate regarding hereupon. Recently, the contamination of the mycotoxins against foods such as cereals, nuts and the powdered red pepper have developed and started became problematic issue, and possibility of contamination against the herbal medicine is proposed. And since populations who are using the herbal medicines very limited to several nations, recognition and researches about contamination of mycotoxins in herbal medicines are very insufficient. Therefore it will be need to more focus on the international regulation of quality control and safety for herbal medicines. Now on, we are going to introduce the importance, occurrence, characteristic properties, World-wide research trends and detoxification of aflatoxins, which is known as the most potent mutagen, carcinogen and teratogen mycotoxins.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.255-264
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• 2015

Heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and acrylamide are unintended hazardous substances generated by heating or processing of foods and are known as carcinogenic and mutagenic agents by the animal experiments. A simple method was established for a rapid and accurate determination of 12 types of HCAs (IQ, MeIQ, Glu-P-1, Glu-P-2, MeIQx, Trp-P-1, Trp-P-2, PhIP, $A{\alpha}C$, $MeA{\alpha}C$, Harman and Norharman) and acrylamide in three food matrices (non-fat liquid, non-fat solid and fat solid) by isotope dilution liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). In every sample, a mixture of internal standards including $IQ-d_3$, $MeIQx-d_3$, $PhIP-d_3$, $Trp-P-2-^{13}C_2-^{15}N$ and $MeA{\alpha}C-d_3$ was spiked for quantification of HCAs and $^{13}C_3$-acrylamide was also spiked for the analysis of acrylamide. HCAs and acrylamide in sample were extracted with acetonitrile and water, respectively, and then two solid-phase extraction cartridges, ChemElut: HLB for HCAs and Accucat: HLB for acrylamide, were used for efficiently removing interferences such as pigment, lipid, polar, nonpolar and ionic compounds. Established method was validated in terms of recovery, accuracy, precision, limit of detection, limit of quantitation, and linearity. This method showed good precision (RSD < 20%), accuracy (71.8~119.1%) and recovery (66.0~118.9%). The detection limits were < 3.1 ng/g for all analytes. The correlation coefficients for all the HCAs and acrylamide were > 0.995, showing excellent linearity. These methods for the detection of HCAs and acrylamide by LC-MS/MS were applied to real samples and were successfully used for quantitative monitoring in the total diet study and this can be applied to risk assessment in various food matrices.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.420-425
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• 2016

본 연구는 칼슘과 철 그리고 철과 아연의 상호작용과 신뢰성있는 영양정보를 제공하기 위해 영양강조표시제품 중 칼슘, 철, 아연의 함량을 분석하고 표시량과 분석값을 비교하였다. 칼슘, 철, 아연을 강조표시한 제품(시리얼, 과자, 두유, 초콜릿가공품, 기타코코아가공품, 당류가공품, 과줆채음료, 고형차) 총 42건을 수거하였으며 칼슘, 철, 아연은 무기성분의 건식분해법으로 전 처리한 후 Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer (ICP)로 실험하였다. 칼슘이 강조표시된 제품 42건에 대한 표시량 비율은 87~176%이었으며, 철이 강조표시된 제품 13건에 대한 표시량 비율은 84~167%, 아연이 강조표시된 제품 6건에 대한 표시량 비율은 98~275%였다. 모든 분석값이 표시량 대비 80% 이상으로 식품 등의 표시기준을 충족하였다. 칼슘과 철의 상호작용은 한국인의 칼슘 섭취가 1일 권장량의 68.7% 수준으로 부족하므로 칼슘의 과다섭취로 인한 철의 흡수방해는 우려할 만한 상황은 아닌 것으로 보인다. 또한, 분석한 영양강조표시제품의 철과 아연의 함량 비율이 1.53:1이 최대였으므로 철의 과다섭취로 인한 아연의 흡수방해는 우려할 만한 상황은 아니었다. 그러나 업체에서는 칼슘, 철, 아연을 강조한제품을 생산할 시에 영양소의 상호작용을 고려하여 생산을 해야 할 것이고 소비자에게 정확한 영양정보를 제공하고 적정량의 영양섭취를 위해서는 지속적인 모니터링을 통해 식품표시에 대한 주기적인 관리가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.207-212
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• 2015

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The Recaller app was developed to help individuals record their food intakes. This pilot study evaluated the usability of this new food picture application (app), which operates on a smartphone with an embedded camera and Internet capability. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Adults aged 19 to 28 years (23 males and 22 females) were assigned to use the Recaller app on six designated, nonconsecutive days in order to capture an image of each meal and snack before and after eating. The images were automatically time-stamped and uploaded by the app to the Recaller website. A trained nutritionist administered a 24-hour dietary recall interview 1 day after food images were taken. Participants' opinions of the Recaller app and its usability were determined by a follow-up survey. As an evaluation indicator of usability, the number of images taken was analyzed and multivariate Poisson regression used to model the factors determining the number of images sent. RESULTS: A total of 3,315 food images were uploaded throughout the study period. The median number of images taken per day was nine for males and 13 for females. The survey showed that the Recaller app was easy to use, and 50% of the participants would consider using the app daily. Predictors of a higher number of images were as follows: greater interval (hours) between the first and last food images sent, weekend, and female. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this pilot study provide valuable information for understanding the usability of the Recaller smartphone food picture app as well as other similarly designed apps. This study provides a model for assisting nutrition educators in their collection of food intake information by using tools available on smartphones. This innovative approach has the potential to improve recall of foods eaten and monitoring of dietary intake in nutritional studies.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.291-299
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• 2012

Creatinine-adjustment is an important process in the urinary monitoring of the environmental exposure of children and adolescents. The purpose of this study was to investigate the concentrations of urinary creatinine and factors associated with them among Korean children and adolescents. We recruited 1,025 persons from 128 extracted schools. They were from three to 18 years old and supplied urine samples for measuring creatinine. The concentrations of urinary creatinine were 98.18 mg/dl (SD, 67.67) in arithmetic mean and 72.05 mg/dl (GSD 2.49) in geometric mean, were significantly higher among male children/adolescents than females in all age groups, and higher values appeared following increasing ages, heights and BMIs. The rates of the number who were below the lowest limit recommended by WHO (<30 mg/dl) were 25.57% among three to four year olds, 21.77% among five to six year olds, 20.0% among seven to eight year olds and 14.69% among nine to ten year olds, respectively. The rates of those above the highest limit (>300 mg/dl) were 0.0% among three to twelve year olds. The coefficient of determination R-square of the fitted regression model for urinary creatinine was 27.4% with general characteristic variables of sex, age, BMI and height. The significant variables among these were height (standardized beta = 0.372) and age (standardized beta = 0.129). Another coefficient of determination R-square was 15.3% with dietary habit variables of smoking, drinking, dining area, number of meals and snacks, and intake of milk food, cup-noodles, canned foods, popcorn, nachos, and hamburgers. In conclusion, the concentration of urinary creatinine was significantly lower in children than in adults, and was very significantly associated with the height of children. Therefore, children need the recommended concentrations for urinary creatinine, as distinguished from adults.