Improving the integrity of the food chain, making certain that food is traceable, safe to eat, high quality and genuine requires new diagnostic tools, the implementation of novel information systems and input from all food chain participants. This book reviews key research in th…
Natural additives are increasingly favoured over synthetic ones as methods of ensuring food safety and long shelf-life. The antimicrobial properties of both plant-based antimicrobials such as essential oils and proteins such as bacteriocins are used in, for example, edible prese…
"POINTSDISCLAIMER; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; 3 - Cultivation of Essential Oils; INTRODUCTION; IMPORTANT SPECIES FOR ESSENTIAL OIL CULTIVATION; FACTORS INFLUENCING CULTIVATION OF ESSENTIAL OILS; Environmental Factors; Harvesting-Related Factors; Fertilizers; Cultivars; CULTIVAT…
""Food Hygiene and Toxicology in Ready-to-Eat Foods" is a solid reference for anyone in the food industry needing to understand the complex issues and mechanisms of biological control and chemical hazards to ensure food safety. infectious and non-infectious contaminants in raw, …
"Pyrrhic Progress analyses over half a century of antibiotic use, regulation, and resistance in US and British food production. Mass-introduced after 1945, antibiotics helped revolutionize post-war agriculture. Food producers used antibiotics to prevent and treat disease, protec…
