Preharvest and Postharvest Food Safety : Contemporary Issues and Future Directions

by Editor: Ross C. Beier (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, ARS, USDA); Editor: Suresh D. Pillai (Texas A&; M University); Editor: Timothy D. Phillips (Institute of Food Science and Engineering, Texas A&; M University); Associate Edit

• ISBN13: 9780470792018
• ISBN10: 0470792019
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

While presenting the latest scientific research on the major pathogens associated with meat, poultry, produce, and other foods, Pre-Harvest and Post-Harvest Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions goes beyond other professional reference books by identifying the research needed to assure food safety in the future. The editors and authors not only review the current, cutting-edge literature in each of their areas, but provide insights and forward thinking into the development of new and innovative approaches and research strategies. Scientists and researchers from academia, government, and industry have collaborated to examine the high-priority food safety areas recognized by the federal government: pathogen/host interactions; ecology, distribution and spread of foodborne hazards; antibiotic resistance; verification tests; decontamination and prevention strategies; and risk analysis. A worthy new edition to the IFT Press series of food science and technology titles, Pre-Harvest and Post-Harvest Food Safety describes what we now know in food safety and provides a framework and focus for future research to improve diagnostic capabilities and intervention strategies for enteropathogens.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Foreword

The Honorable Elsa A. Murano

Preface

Pathogen/Host Interactions

Foodborne Salmonella Infections

Pathogenic Escherichia coli

Foodborne EHEC Infections

Bacterial Hazards in Fresh and Fresh-Cut Produce: Sources and Control

Campylobacter Species and Fresh Produce: Outbreaks, Incidence and Biology

Campylobacter and Campylobacteriosis: What We Wish We Knew

Global Analysis of the Mycobacterium avium subst. paratuberculosis Genome and Model Systems Exploring Host-Agent Interactions

Viruses in Food

Ecology, Distribution and Spread of Foodborne Hazards

Microbial Ecology: Poultry Foodborne Pathogen Distribution

Microbial Ecological Principles Underlying Pre-Harvest Intervention Strategies

Limiting Avian Gastrointestinal Tract Salmonella Colonization by Cecal Anaerobic Bacteria and a Potential Role for Methanogens

Distribution and Spread of Enteric Pathogens in Swine: Outlook for the Future

Environmental Reservoirs and Transmission of Foodborne Pathogens

Do Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Pose a Risk for Human Health?

Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

Antimicrobial Resistance in Food Animals

Antimicrobial Resistance and the Microflora of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Disinfectants (Biocides) Used in Animal Production: Antimicrobial Resistance Considerations

Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Retail Foods

Verification Tests

The HACCP System and Importance of Verification Procedures

Are They Vibrios? How Do You Know?

Molecular Methods for Microbial Detection

Methods for Differentiation among Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens

Decontamination and Prevention Strategies

Chemical Methods for Decontamination of Meat and Poultry

Decontamination Systems

Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-eat Foods

Bacteriophage: Potential Role in Food Safety

Food Irradiation

Clay-Based Interventions for the Control of Chemical and Microbial Hazards in Food and Water

Risk Analysis

Food Safety Risk Communication and Consumer Food-Handling Behavior

Addressing Microbial Food Safety Issues Quantitatively: A Risk Assessment Approach

How to Manage Risk ù the Way Forward

Afterword: Comments on Agricultural Biosecurity

Index

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