Food safety : the science of keeping food safe
Record details
- ISBN: 9781444337228 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 144433722X (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xii, 428 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index.5 |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction -- Brief history of food safety -- Evolution of cellular protection mechanisms -- 2. Food risk -- Risk versus benefit -- Food risk assessment -- Relative risk and risk ranking -- Risk management -- Risk communication -- Quantitative risk assessment -- 3. Bacteria -- Discovery of bacteria -- Biology of bacteria -- The bacterial ecology of food -- Human bacterial pathogens on food -- Gastroenteritis -- Food-borne pathogenic bacteria -- 4. Viruses -- Discovery of viruses -- The biology of viruses -- Disease caused by viruses and mechanisms of viral transmission -- Other food-borne viruses -- 5. Parasites -- What are parasites? -- Flatworms : platyhelminthes -- Tapeworms : Cestodes -- Flukes : trematodes -- Nematodes -- Protozoa -- 6. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) -- The history of BSE -- Epidemiology of BSE in England -- Spongiform encephalopathies -- Prions -- The symptoms of BSE -- BSE cases in the UK -- BSE transmission and the origins of PrP -- The risk to human consumers of BSE beef : nvCJD -- The politics of BSE and implications for food safety worldwide -- BSE incidence around the world -- 7. Chemical contaminants -- Pesticides -- Insecticides -- Herbicides -- Fungicides -- Veterinary medicines -- Growth promoting chemicals -- Fertilizers -- Natural environmental chemicals -- Non-agricultural environmental pollutants -- Residues monitoring programs -- Dietary intake and risk to human consumers -- 8. Natural toxins -- Natural toxins in the human food chain -- Plant toxins -- Mycotoxins -- Phytohaemagglutinins in beans -- Bacterial toxins -- Phytoestrogens -- 9. Endocrine disrupting chemicals -- Estrogen receptors : ERs -- Molecular requirements for estrogenicity -- Estrogens are present in both males and females -- Xenoestrogens -- Population level effects of exposure to xenoestrogens -- Positive health effects of xenoestrogens -- 10. Genetically modified food -- Brief introduction to nucleic acids, genetics and molecular biology -- Nucleic acids -- Converting the genetic code into a protein -- History of GM crops -- Tools of the genetic engineer -- Glyphosate-resistant crops -- Insect-protected crops : BT toxin -- GM crops with enhanced flavor or nutritional properties -- What happens if humans eat GM crops or foods made from them? -- Changed biochemistry in GM crops -- What is the effect of eating DNA and RNA? -- GM animals -- 11. Colors, flavors and preservatives -- Food colors -- Flavors -- Preservatives -- 12. Food irradiation -- Different types of radioactivity -- How irradiation kills cells -- History of food irradiation -- Effect of radiation on microorganisms -- How is food irradiated? -- Effects of irradiation on food chemistry -- Effects of irradiation on vitamins -- Radiation dose -- Does irradiation make food radioactive? -- Health effects of food irradiation -- Use of food irradiation around the world -- 13. Food safety and the unborn child -- "You are what your mother ate" -- Growth and development of the embryo and fetus -- Effects of food chemical contaminants -- Effects of microbiological contaminants -- Effects on ova and sperm -- 14. Organic food -- What does "organic" mean? -- History and philosophy of organic farming -- Demand for organic food -- Organic farming methods -- Organic farming legislation -- Organic fertilizers -- Organic pest control -- Organic weed control -- Animal health remedies -- Food processing -- Is organic food better for you? -- Myths and facts about organic food -- 15. Food allergy -- What is an allergy? -- Basics of immunology -- Immunity and the immune response -- Sensitization -- Food allergies -- The genetics of allergy -- Food allergens -- Milk allergy -- Peanut allergy -- Soy allergy -- Nut allergies -- Seafood allergies -- Gluten allergy (celiac disease) -- Allergy to eggs -- Allergen cross-reactivity -- Banana/latex allergy -- Food additives allergy -- Why is the incidence of food allergies increasing? -- 16. Food legislation -- Legal processes : how laws are made -- Very brief history of food law -- Food legislation around the world -- Food legislation in the USA -- Food legislation in the UK -- Food legislation in New Zealand -- Policing food legislation -- Does food legislation reduce risks to consumers? -- Non-compliance follow-up -- Relevance of national food legislation in a global food market. |
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Subject: | Food Analysis Food contamination Food Safety measures |
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