en Food Safety and Hygiene Food Safety and Hygiene Review Review Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Background:</strong> Essential oils are volatile components which produced by different parts of the medicinal plants. These components have antibacterial potential and have been used throughout the world as a common, time-tested spice. The present study aimed to assess theantibacterial effects of cinnamon essential oil on several foodborne bacteria, including <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>, <em>Bacillus cereus</em>, <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em>, <em>Escherichia coli</em>, <em>Salmonella typhimurium</em>, and <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em>.<span dir="RTL"></span><br> <strong>Methods:</strong> Literature search was performed in databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, SID, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and Elsevier to find the relevant articles published during 1987-2018 using keywords such as medicinal plants, cinnamon essential oil, foodborne diseases, and foodborne pathogens.<span dir="RTL"></span><br> <strong>Results:</strong> Cinnamon essential oil has been reported to have several antibacterial components, which could inhibit the growth of some foodborne pathogens. Therefore, it could be used in foods, cosmetics, and hygienic industries alone or in combination with other antimicrobial agents to reduce the risk of contamination and increase the shelf life of foods. <span dir="RTL"></span><br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Proper doses of cinnamon essential oil can be applied as a food preservative in the food industry as long as the taste of the food is not affected.</span></span></div> Cinnamon, Essential oil, Antimicrobial effect, Foodborne diseases 101 105 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-78-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zohreh Nematollahi zohreh.nematollahi@yahoo.com 100319475328460010283 100319475328460010283 No Food, Drug and Natural Products Health Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Maryam Ebrahimi maryamebrahimi2003@yahoo.com 100319475328460010284 100319475328460010284 No Cereal Health Research, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Mojtaba Raeisi raeisi.mojtaba@yahoo.com 100319475328460010285 100319475328460010285 Yes Laboratory Sciences Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Yousef Dadban Shahamat ydadban@gmail.com 100319475328460010286 100319475328460010286 No Environmental Health Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Masood Ghodsi Moghadam m.raeisi2000@gmail.com 100319475328460010287 100319475328460010287 No Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Mohammad Hashemi mo_hashemi@hotmail.com 100319475328460010288 100319475328460010288 No Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Shiva Shabani shiva_shabani20@yahoo.com 100319475328460010289 100319475328460010289 No Food and Drug Deputy, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Hessam Shirzad shirzad_hessam@yahoo.com 100319475328460010290 100319475328460010290 No Infectious Disease Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.