Vol 4 , Issue 1 , January - March 2016 | Pages: 35-42 | Research Paper
Received: January 20, 2016 | Revised: February 10, 2016 | Accepted: February 28, 2016 | Published Online: March 15, 2016
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Food safety is a global health concern. Food is one of the major sources of microbial pathogens in the developing regions. Food borne diseases or infections have increased over a year and ultimately resulted into severe health problems. Different type of food borne infections is detected by different type of microbes or pathogens contaminating the food items. Therefore, it is required to detect the pathogens in foods and recognition of problems associated with health and safety. Hence, variety of techniques has already been developed to detect food borne pathogens or microbes as it is important in analysing the food samples. The detection of food borne pathogens by conventional methods is time consuming, tedious and laborious whereas rapid methods are time efficient, sensitive and much more specific. In general, these techniques play a vital role in preventing and treating the food borne diseases. The aim of this comprehensive literature is to give an overview in the field of food borne pathogen detection.
Keywords
Food Borne Pathogens; Food Borne Diseases; Detection; Techniques.