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Table 2 Food safety–related public health risks in the food market by country name (countries are categorized into developed and developing based on the United Nations (UN) 2019 list)

From: Public health risks related to food safety issues in the food market: a systematic literature review

Food safety issues

Countries where the included full-text articles are conducted

Developed

Developing

Microbial contamination (21)

Italy

Philippines

USA

Nigeria (2)

Greece (2)

Mexico (2)

Spain (2)

Sudan

UK (2)

India (2)

South Africa

Iran

Thailand

Tanzania

Bangladesh

Chemical contamination (15)

Saudi Arabia (2)

China (2)

USA

Tunisia

Belgium (2)

Nigeria (2)

Canada

Egypt

Italy

Bangladesh (2)

Food adulteration (9)

Taiwan

Bangladesh (3)

India (2)

Pakistan

Ethiopia (2)

Misuse of additives (11)

USA (2)

India (4)

Taiwan

Pakistan(2)

 

Iran

Indonesia

Mislabeling (17)a

Ireland

China

USA (3)

Malaysia

Italy (3)

India

Spain (4)

Egypt (2)

Greek

South Africa

Canada

Brazil (2)

Belgium

 

Genetically modified foods (4)b

USA

Eastern Caribbean

Canada

 

Food past use-by dates (6)

Canada

Nigeria

USA

Indonesia

Bangladesh

Kenya

  1. Numbers in the bracket show the number of full-text articles included
  2. aThere are studies conducted in two and/or three different countries. In this case, we may count one study twice and /or three times.
  3. bOne study was conducted in a general context. So, we did not include it when we categorize studies in regions