V. parahaemolyticus causes waterborne and foodborne disease such as acute diarrhea. In this study, V. parahaemolyticus isolates from seawater, fish tanks, and distributed fishery products in Jeju were investigated for potential toxin or species-specific genes (tdh, trh, tlh, and toxR) using RT-PCR and their genetic characteristics were analyzed using Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Overall, V. parahaemolyticus of 90 strains (36.7%), including 33 strains from seawater, 8 strains from fish tanks, and 50 strains from fishery products, were isolated from 245 samples. All V. parahaemolyticus strains did not detect the tdh gene, whereas all strains detected tlh or toxR genes. In addition, trh genes were detected in 3 strains from seawater and 1 strain from fishery products. Monthly quantitative testing of seawater revealed that V. parahaemolyticus was positively correlated with water temperature. The 90 strains of V. parahemolyticus obtained in this study showed by gene homology between types, ranging from 64.0–97.3%. Among these, thirteen types showed 100% homology between genes. These results indicate that continuous monitoring is needed to facilitate food poisoning epidemiological investigations because some isolated V. parahaemolyticus strains harbored toxin genes and V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from seawater, fish tanks, and distributed fishery products showed genetic similarity.

The risk of various hazardous substances in aquatic environment comprises not only the concentration of substances in the environmental medium but also their accumulation in fish through complex food web and the health risks to humans through the fish. In Korea, the monitoring of residual toxicant in aquatic ecosystems began in 2016 following the enforcement of the Acts on registration and evaluation for the management of chemicals used in daily life (consumer chemical products), and attention has been paid to potentially hazardous substances attributed to them. Recently, studies have been carried out to investigate the distribution of these hazardous substances in the ecosystem and calculate their emission factors. These include the accumulation and transport of substances, such as detergents, dyes, fragrances, cosmetics, and disinfectants, within trophic levels. This study summarizes the results of recently published research on the inflow and distribution of hazardous substances from consumer chemical products to the aquatic environment and presents the scientific implication. Based on studies on aquatic environment monitoring techniques, this study suggests research directions for monitoring the residual concentration and distribution of harmful chemical substances in aquatic ecosystems. In particular, this study introduces the directions for research on trophic position analysis using compound specific isotope analysis and trophic magnification factors, which are needed to fulfill the contemporary requirements of selecting target fish based on the survey of major fish that inhabit domestic waters and assessment of associated health risk. In addition, this study provides suggestions for future biota monitoring and chemical research in Korea.

본 연구는 김치에 사용되는 젓갈을 대체할 수 있을 것으로 예상되는 천연 소재들(고기추출물, 해산물추출물, 채소추출물)이 김치의 휘발성 향기 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 모든 실험군에서 김치가 발효·숙성되면서 원재료에서 유래되는 황화합물이나 aldehyde류는 감소하고, alcohol류와 acid류 등과 같은 발효산물이 증가하여 김치의 휘발성 향미를 이루었다. 발효·숙성 28일째에 젓갈을 첨가한 김치에서 휘발성 물질 중 acetic acid가 가장 낮은 비율(4.90%)로 검출되었으며 채소추출물(5.39%), 대조구 (6.28%), 해산물추출물(6.47%), 고기추출물(8.08%)을 첨가한 김치 순서로 acetic acid가 높은 비율을 나타내었다. Acetic acid 비율이 증가함에 따라 산도가 증가하고 pH는 감소하였는데, 젓갈을 첨가한 김치는 숙성 28일에 가장 낮은 산도와 가장 높은 pH(산도 0.80, pH 4.37)를 나타내었으며, 그 다음으로는 채소추출물을 첨가한 김치(산도 0.84, pH 4.32), 고기추출물을 첨가한 김치(산도 0.89, pH 4.31), 대조구(산도 0.93, pH 4.27), 해산물 추출물을 첨가한 김치(산도 0.97, pH 4.23) 순서였다. 산도와 pH의 변화 그리고 발효산물인 acetic acid나 alcohol의 함량 비율로 볼 때, 김치에 첨가되는 젓갈 및 젓갈을 대체한 부재료는 발효·숙성에 시간적인 차이를 제공하는 것으로 생각된다. 담금 직후 (발효·숙성 전)에는 각각의 다양한 부재료로부터 유래되는 향미물질이 관능적 특성에 영향을 줄 수도 있으나, 김치의 휘발성 성분의 구성은 숙성이 진행됨에 따라 유사한 패턴으로 변화하는 양상을 나타내며 부재료에 대한 관능적 영향이 줄어들었다. 본 연구결과에 따르면, 젓갈과 젓갈을 대체하기 위한 천연 소재들은 초기 김치 담금시에 관능적 특 성에 영향을 주고 발효·숙성이 진행되는 속도에 영향을 줄 뿐, 최종 김치의 기호도에 영향을 주는 향기 특성과 관능적 특성에는 큰 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 판단된다.

The aim of this study was to determine total mercury and methyl mercury level in fishes (Deepsea Fish, Tuna, Billfish) and fishery products. A total of 101 fishes and 44 fishery products samples collected from commercial market in Gyeonggi-do. Total mercury were analysed by mercury analyzer and methyl mercury were analyzed by gas chromatography with electron capture detector. In the fishes, total mercury was detected in all samples and methylmercury was detected in 92 samples of them. The detection rate of methylmercury was 91.1% in fishes. The mean concentration (mg/kg) of total mercury and methylmercury were 1.968 ± 0.505/0.496 ± 0.057 for Billfish, 0.665 ± 0.091/0.252 ± 0.033 for Deep-sea Fish and 0.577 ± 0.085/0.218 ± 0.025 for Tuna, respectively. The Swordfish contains the highest level of total mercury (1.968 mg/kg) and methylmercury (0.496 mg/kg). In Mabled rockfish, the ratio of methylmercury’s contents about total mercury’s contents was the highest as 66.5%. In case of fishery products, frozens made of 100% of raw material contained the highest level of total mercury and methyl mercury. The weekly intake of total mercury and methylmercury was calculated in 4.72% and 5.24% of Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) respectively. This study showed that the weekly intake of methylmercury from Deep-sea Fish, Tuna and Billfish was less than the PTWI recommended by the Joint FAO/WHO expert committee on food additives.

본 연구에서는 포장방법 (진공, 일반)과 저장온도(4℃, -20℃)를 달리한 육류 (소고기, 닭고기) 및 생선에 대해 저선량 감마선 반복조사를 적용하였을 때 나타나는 병원성미생물 E. coli O157:H7 및 S. Typhimurium의 사멸효과를 확인하였다. 소고기와 닭고기의 경우 E. coli O157: H7은 최소 2 kGy 이상의 단일조사와 0.5 kGy 이상으로 반복조사 시 생육이 확인되지 않았고, S. Typhimurium은 최소 2kGy 이상의 단일조사와 1 kGy 이상으로 반복조사 시 생육이 확인되지 않았다. 생선의 경우 최소 0.5 kGy 이상의 단일 및 반복조사 시 E. coli O157:H7 와 S. Typhimurium 의 생육이 확인되지 않았다. 육류보다 생선이 낮은 선량으로 미생물을 사멸시킬 수 있었으며, 전반적으로 포장 방법에 따른 조사선량의 차이는 없었으나 저장온도의 경우 냉장보다 냉동의 경우가 좀 더 높은 조사선량을 요구하는 것으로 확인되었다.

This study was concentrated that the contents of heavy metals were estimated from 782 samples of sold fisheries in Seoul(33 species in fishes, 15 in bivalves, 12 in crustaceans and 10 in others) by Atomic Absorption Spectrometer. The contents of As, Cd and Pb [minimum-maximum (mean)] were N.D.-0.162 mg/kg(0.021), 0.001-0.120 mg/kg(0.014) and 0.015-0.499 mg/kg(0.111) in fishes, 0.003-0.311 mg/kg(0.052), N.D.-1.905 mg/kg(0.182) and 0.013-0.462 mg/kg(0.138) in bivalves, N.D.-0.328 mg/kg(0.042), 0.002-1.113 mg/kg(0.079) and 0.006-0.510 mg/kg(0.109) in crustaceans, N.D.-0.181 mg/kg(0.024), 0.001-0.214 mg/kg(0.033) and 0.010-V0.877 mg/kg(0.118) in others respectively, bivalves were the highest than others. The average weekly intakes of three metals from sold fisheries took about 1.4-26.4% of PTWI (provisional tolerable weekly intakes) that FAO/WHO Joint Food Additive and Contaminants Committee had set to evaluate their safety.