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Advances in ensuring the microbiological safety of fresh produce

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This collection reviews the wide range of research on preventing microbial contamination of fresh fruit and vegetables, from understanding key pathogens to ways of detecting and preventing contamin...
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  • 15 August 2023
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  • Provides an overview of advances in understanding the contamination of fresh produce by four key pathogens: Salmonella, Listeria, pathogenic Escherichia coli and Clostridium
  • Reviews recent advances in the surveillance of foodborne diseases and developments in rapid detection techniques for identifying pathogens in food
  • Addresses the importance of good agricultural practices (GAP) and good manufacturing practices (GMP) in maintaining the safety of fresh/minimally-processed produce
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Price: £145.00
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date: 15 August 2023
ISBN: 9781801462693
Format: eBook
BISACs:

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture, Commercial horticulture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / Food Safety & Security, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Agricultural science, Agronomy and crop production

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Part 1 Pathogenic risks

  • 1.Advances in understanding contamination of fresh produce by Salmonella: Shirley A. Micallef, University of Maryland, USA;
  • 2.Advances in understanding and presenting contamination of fresh produce by Listeria monocytogenes: Xinyi Zhou and Wei Zhang, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA;
  • 3.Advances in understanding contamination of fresh produce by pathogenic Escherichia coli: Karl R. Matthews, Rutgers University, USA;

Part 2 Detection and risk assessment

  • 4.Developments in rapid detection/high throughput screening techniques for identifying pathogens in food: Kannappan Arunachalam and Chunlei Shi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China;
  • 5.Advances in modelling pathogen behaviour in fresh produce: Panagiotis N. Skandamis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;
  • 6.Advances in quantitative microbiological risk assessment for pathogens in fresh produce: Donald W. Schaffner, Rutgers University, USA; Marina Girbal, University of Barcelona, Spain; Matt Igo, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, USA; and Kaitlyn Casulli, University of Georgia, USA;

Part 3 Improving safety along the value chain

  • 7.Advances in understanding sources of pathogenic contamination of fresh produce: soil and soil amendments: Alexis Omar, University of Delaware, USA; Manan Sharma, USDA-ARS, USA; and Kalmia E. Kniel, University of Delaware, USA;
  • 8.The role of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) in preventing pathogenic microbial contamination of fresh produce: Thomas P. Saunders and Elizabeth A. Bihn, Produce Safety Alliance – Cornell University, USA;
  • 9.Advances in sanitising techniques and their assessment for assuring the safety of fresh produce: Silvia Vanessa Camacho Martinez, Mahdiyeh Hasani, Lara Jane Warriner and Keith Warriner, University of Guelph, Canada;
  • 10.Developments in packaging techniques and their assessment for assuring the safety of fresh produce: Jinhe Bai, Gabriela Maria Olmedo and Xiuxiu Sun, USDA-ARS, USA;
  • 11.The role of good manufacturing practice and hazard analysis and critical control point systems in maintaining the safety of minimally processed fresh produce: Carol A. Wallace, Jan M. Soon and Shingai P. Nyarugwe, University of Central Lancashire, UK;
  • 12.Improving safe consumer handling of fresh produce: Jennifer Quinlan and Melissa Kavanaugh, Drexel University, USA;