The Produce Contamination Problem :Causes and Solutions ( Food Science and Technology )

Publication subTitle :Causes and Solutions

Publication series :Food Science and Technology

Author: Matthews   Karl R.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2009

E-ISBN: 9780080921112

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780123741868

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780123741868

Subject: S4 Plant Protection

Language: ENG

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Understanding the causes and contributing factors leading to outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with contamination of fresh produce continues to be a worldwide challenge for everyone from the growers of fresh-cut produce through the entire production and delivery process. Additionally researchers both at universities and in government agencies are facing an increased challenge to develop means of preventing these foodborne illness occurrences. The premise of this book is that when human pathogen contamination of fresh produce occurs, it is extremely difficult to reduce pathogen levels sufficiently to assure microbiological safety with the currently available technologies. A wiser strategy would be to avoid crop production conditions that result in microbial contamination to start.

These critical, problem-oriented chapters have been written by researchers active in the areas of food safety and microbial contamination during production, harvesting, packing and fresh-cut processing of horticultural crops, and were designed to provide methods of contamination avoidance. Coverage includes policy and practices in the US, Mexico and Central America, Europe, and Japan.

*Addresses food-borne contaminations from a prevention view, providing proactive solutions to the problems

*Covers core sources of contamination and methodologies for identifying those sources

*Includes best practice and regulatory information

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