CURRENT ISSUES OF FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY: STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF DETERMINATION

Abstract

The prerequisite for the recovery of Ukraine's economy is the use of the existing sea potential and the capabilities of the domestic maritime industry along with the land one. The current state of determining the quality and safety of food products is characterized. Changes in the most heat-labile vitamin – ascorbic acid, as a criterion for assessing the preservation of the biological value of food products, were determined. Losses of the vitamin were established based on the results of measuring the effect of temperature on the concentration of ascorbic acid and showed the possibility of its destruction up to 66% in a food sample and up to 80% in its model solution during sea transportation along the route of the Bosphorus Express line in the absence of air conditioning. The results of own research on the integral determination of product safety by biotesting are presented. Modeling of the influence of negative factors on the degree of survival of selected test cultures was carried out on model mono- and polytoxicants and product samples for representatives of the main dominant groups of toxic compounds – pesticides of various chemical nature, mycotoxins, heavy metals. A comparative assessment of the monitoring of test cultures for biotesting on models and product samples showed an increased indication for Stylonichia mytilus compared to Daphnia magna Straus. This makes it possible to use Stylonichia mytilus for the accelerated indication of a wide list of known, emerging, and even unknown as dangerous toxic substances of different chemical nature. A method of biotesting to determine the safety of food products at various stages of its life cycle has been developed and implemented, which is one-stage, prioritized thanks to the developed automated system of express analysis of the safety of food products. The developed method is approved and approved for use in the food industry by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine as the Rules of Established Practice (RuEP).

Keywords

• food products
• safety
• quality
• biotesting
• stylonychia mytilus
• daphnia magna straus
• sea transportation
• biosafety