CHAPTER 1 FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY Achremowicz Bohdan, Wiśniewski Rafał, Kaszuba Joanna, Puchalski Czesław, Jaworska Grażyna Comparison study of chemical and mineral composition of cereal flakes Ivanišová Eva, Frančáková Helena, Kačániová Miroslava, Kántor Atilla, Mrva Pavol, Terentjeva Margarita, Tokár Marian, Mareček Jan Technological and biological properties of selected kinds of Slovakian wines Kačániová Miroslava, Terentjeva Margarita, Ivanišová Eva, Kántor Attila, Tokár Marián, Kluz Maciej, Puchalski Czeslaw, Haščík Peter Effect of vacuum packaging, EDTA and Abies alba essential oil treatment on mi-crobiological quality of fresh chicken meat Kluz Maciej, Kordiaka Rafał, Grabek-Lejko Dorota, Kata Iwona, Hanus Paweł, Puchalski Czesław Evaluation of health safety of sous vide – processed products for human Pasternakiewicz Anna, Bober Anna, Cyrek Ewa Assessment of quality of selected coconut oils Tokár Marián, Ivanišová Eva, Burešová Iva, Krajčovič Tomáš, Haris Ladislav, Dráb Štefan, Kačániová Miroslava Rheological properties of wheat dough with addition of lyophilized red potatoes Vicas Simona Ioana, Teusdea Alin, Popa Dorin, Bandici Gheorghe, Bandici Livia Obtaining high quality white and red wines by homogenization and treating grapes in pulsed electric field CHAPTER 2 ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS IN FOOD Korzenszky Péter, Kecskés-Nagy Eleonóra, Sembery Péter The optical sorter technology to reduce the content of DON-toxin in milling process Muchacka Renata, Sosnówka-Czajka Ewa, Skomorucha Iwona, Kapusta Edyta, Greń Agnieszka The contents of Cd and Zn in oviducts and eggs of laying hens kept in various rearing systems Tančinová Dana, Rybárik Ľubomír, Medo Juraj, Mašková Zuzana, Felšöciová Soňa Fungi isolated from surface sterilized wine grapes Slovak origin Wesołowska Monika, Miąsik Bartosz, Sowa Patrycja, Zaguła Grzegorz, Dżugan Małgorzata The possibility of secondary contamination of honey during storage in alumi-num cans CHAPTER 3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON LIVING ORGANISMS Droba Maria, Droba Bogusław, Sibirnaja Larisa The activity of chosen lysosomal enzymes from Arion lusitanicus exposed to tetramethylthiuram disulfide pesticide Dżugan Małgorzata, Hęclik Joanna, Lis Marcin Wojciech, Wesołowska Monika, Droba Maria, Niedziółka Jerzy Wojciech Cadmium induced changes in multiple forms of chosen acid glycosidases in tissues of developing chicken embryos Greń Agnieszka, Kapusta Edyta, Muchacka Renata, Goc Zofia Dose dependent hypoglycemic and antioxidant effect of aqueous extract of white mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaves on diabetes in mice Medvedova Marina, Halenar Marek, Michalcova Katarina, Marak Martin, V. Sirotkin Alexander, Pinton Philippe, Kolesarova Adriana Influence of mycotoxin zearalenone on secretory activity and apoptosis of porcine ovarian granulosa cells in vitro Salamon Ivan Chernobyl radioactivity area and radioactivity monitoring in selected herbs, plants and fruits in Slovakia Slanina Tomáš, Fuseková Marianna Impact of neomycin on the bovine spermatozoa motility and viability Tvrdá Eva, Kováčik Anton, Jambor Tomáš, Lukáč Norbert Ferrous ascorbate – a promising oxidative stress promoter in reproductive toxi-cology