2016 Specialist in Food Microbiology, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
2006 Ph.D. University of Belgrade, Serbia, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Doctoral dissertation “Analysis of presence of residues and thermophile campylobacters in meat after treatment of chickens with fluoroquinolones
2003 Veterinary Science Division, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Training in veterinary drug residues (two months) - screening methods
2001 M.Sc. University of Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Master studies in food hygieneMaster of Science thesis “Comparative analysis of antibiotic and sulphonamide residues in milk by enzyme, receptor- enzyme and inhibitive procedure
1997 DVM. University of Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Course for food hygiene and technology
Professional Experience: from 1997 until today Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad
Research title: Principal Research Fellow,
Specialization: Food safety, sub specialization in food microbiology
Jelena Petrović is the expert in food safety area. She deals with control of the safety and quality of the food of from production to the trade (national and international). Development of sustainability studies and trend analysis of laboratory test results:
• Member of the Committee for Standards and Related Documents KS E034-06, Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and their products. Institute for Standardization of Serbia Decision number: 419/1-06-01/2013.
• Member of the Special Working Group for the preparation of the Draft Rulebook on the quality of beef, sheep, goat, equine, rabbit and game meat. Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Veterinary Administration, Decision No. 119-01-69/2017-05
• Member of the Working Group for the preparation of proposals for the Program and Plan for the monitoring of food of animal origin in circulation in the Republic of Serbia. Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Veterinary Administration, Decision No. 119-01-70/2017-05
• Member of the Working Group for Sensory Testing of the Accreditation Body of Serbia within the Technical Committee for Laboratories
• Member of the Special Working Group to resolve the status of coccidiostats. Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Veterinary Administration, Decision No. 119-01-264/2013-05
Research interest: Food safety.
Basic research interests focused on influence of primary production on food safety. Last years were focused on game meat safety: fodborne parasites and bacteriological pathogens (Trichinella, Salmonella, Alaria) and surveillance of residues and contaminants in food (antimicrobial drug residues, histamine, PAHs, pesticides).
Research experience:
• examination of food borne pathogens isolated from all stages of food production chain: wild animals, farm, food processing plants and retail (Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., Listeria spp., etc )
• microbiological examination of pharmaceuticals and medical devices
• examination of microbiological parameters which define hygienic acceptability of processes
• foodborne parasites diagnostics, epidemiology, surveilance: Trichinella, Alaria Alata, fish parasites Anisakis, Eustrongylides
• examination of the influence of veterinary drugs, residues and contaminants on food safety
• training of veterinarians and farmers in food safety area.
Publications: latest – the most important
• Jelena Petrović, Brankica Kartalović, Jovan Mirčeta, Jasna Prodanov-Radulović, Radomir Ratajac, Krešimir Mastanijević. Organochlorine pesticides and NDL-PCBs in wild boars from flatland region with intensive agricultural activities. Food additives & contaminants: part B 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/19393210.2021.1976287
• Jelena Petrović, Jovan Mirčeta, Jelena Babić, Miloš Malešević, Bojan Blagojević, Jasna Prodanov Radulović, Dragan Antić: Salmonella in wild boars (Sus scrofa): Characterization and epidemiology. Acta Veterinaria Beograd 2022, 72(2), 184-194
• Jelena Petrović, Živoslav Grgić, Jasna Prodanov Radulović, Radomir Ratajac, Miroslav Urošević, Tatjana Pustahija, Snežana Medić : Epidemiology of human trichinellosis in Vojvodina Province, Serbia, from 2015 to 2016. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica volume (2019) 67(1):40–50 DOI: 10.1556/004.2019.005 (IF za 2018 =1.059) oblast Veterinary Sciences
• Jelena Petrović, Brankica Kartalović, Radomir Ratajac, Danka Spirić, Biljana Djurdjević, Vlada Polaček & Mira Pucarević (2019): PAHs in different honeys from Serbia, Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B
https://doi.org/10.1080/19393210.2019.1569727 (IF za 2017 =2.407)
