Food and Environment Safety - Journal of Faculty of Food Engineering, Ştefan cel Mare University - Suceava 
Volume XVIII, Issue 2 – 2019 

 

 

 

 
 

  
CONTENTS: 
 

 

1.  The prebiotic potential of some carbohydrate substrates on the growth of Lac-
tobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus rhamnosus 
Liliana LUCA, Mircea OROIAN, Andrei LOBIUC 
 

67 - 74 

2.  Hand Hygiene Practices Among Street Food Vendors  
Alexander Fiifi GHARTEY, Barima Kwabena ANTWI 

75 - 81 

3.  Optimization of sequential ultrasound-assisted extraction – heating treatment 
to obtain pectin from Malus Domestica ‘Fălticeni’ pomace 
Florina DRANCA, Mircea OROIAN 
 

82 - 88 

4.  Photochemical and photocatalytic esterification of waste cooking oil   under 
visible light irradiation using mechanochemically synthesized ZnO/Silica 
Oriolowo OLORUNTOBA, Abdulhamid HAMZA  
 

89 - 96 

5.  Biochemical and pomological characteristics of fruit of some commercial medlar 
cultivars (Mespilus germanica L) grown in Bijelo Polje 
Gordana ŠEBEK, Valentina PAVLOVA, Tatjana POPOVIĆ 
 

97 - 104 

6.  The soils examination and recommendations for creating better conditions of 
raspberries planting  
Jovica MOMIRCESKI, Julijana TOMOVSKA, Dijana BLAZHEKOVIKJ-DIMOVSKA 
 

105 - 110 

7.  Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals in smoked beef:  effect of 
solvents and extraction methods 

Abel INOBEME, Alexander Ikechukwu AJAI, Abdullahi MANN,  Yahaya Ahmed IYAKA 
 

111 - 122 

8.  Human health risk assessment of heavy metal levels in Clarias gariepinus and 
Parachanna obscura from the Ikpoba River, Edo State, Nigeria 
Ijeoma OBOH, Benjamin OKPARA, Peace WILFRED - EKPRIKPO 
 

 123 - 129 

9.  Study of volovatic (Carduus Glaucinus) active principles for potential use as a 
medicinal plant 
Ofelia ARVINTE, Liliana NOROCEL, Sonia AMARIEI  
 

130 - 135 

10.  Author instructions 
 

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11.  Subscription information 
 

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Food and Environment Safety - Journal of Faculty of Food Engineering, Ştefan cel Mare University - Suceava 
Volume XVIII, Issue 2 – 2019