Case Studies in Food Safety and Environmental Health (eBook)

Peter Ho, Maria Margarida Cortez Vieira (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2007
XVI, 94 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-45679-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book presents food safety concepts and issues in a practical and applied framework for use in the classroom. It covers microbial food safety, chemical residues and contaminants, and risk assessment and food legislation. These sections can be used individually or together to discuss a range of issues. Each chapter has a summary of the issues discussed, objectives, and discussion questions focused on the major issues.

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Case Studies in Food Safety and Environmental Health, the sixth volume of the ISEKI-Food book series, presents food safety concepts and issues in a practical and applied framework for use in the classroom. The book is divided into three main sections: microbial food safetychemical residues and contaminantsrisk assessment and food legislationThese sections can be used individually or together as a series to discuss a range of food safety issues. Section One covers specific food safety issues such as acrylamide, nitrate contamination, residual pesticides, Clostridium botulinum, and botulism. Section Two discusses the historical perspective of food safety issues. Section Three looks at food safety from the standpoint of the researcher: examining food safety issues at hand while figuring out how to approach their investigation. Each chapter has a summary of the issues discussed, objectives, and discussion questions focused on the major issues and other relevant factors. The ISEKI-Food book series is a collection where various aspects of food safety and environmental issues are introduced and reviewed by scientists specializing in the field. In all of the books a special emphasis is placed on including case studies applicable to each specific topic. The books are intended for graduate students and senior level undergraduate students as well as professionals and researchers interested in food safety and environmental issues applicable to food safety. "e;ISEKI-Food"e; is an acronym for "e;Integrating Safety and Environmental Knowledge Into Food Studies"e;. Participants in the ISEKI-Food network, coordinated by Professor Cristina Silva at The Catholic University of Portugal, come from 29 countries in Europe and most of the institutes and universities involved with Food Science education at the university level in Europe are represented. Some international companies and non teaching institutions have also participated in the network. The main objectives of ISEKI-Food are to improve the harmonization of studies in food science and engineering in Europe and to develop and adapt food science curricula emphasizing the inclusion of safety and environmental topics.

Inhalt

Preface 2
Contents 4
Specific Issues 6
1 Acrylamide and Human Health 7
2 Nitrates in Food, Health and the Environment 14
3 Endocrine disrupting compounds in olive oil 23
4 Clostridium botulinum and Botulism 30
5 Listeria monocytogenes and Listeriosis 34
Historical perspectives 41
6 The Toxic Oil Syndrome in Spain 42
7 A ban on Paprika in Hungary 51
8 An Outbreak of Botulism in Italy 55
9 Listeriosis from butter in Finland 59
Research-based 64
10 Alternative solutions for the treatment of food produce 65
11 Heavy metals in Organic milk 71
12 Aflatoxins in farmed fish in Estonia 76
13 Mycotoxins in Cereal Products from Romania 80

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.12.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain
• Reihe/Serie: Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain
• Zusatzinfo: XVI, 94 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Aflatoxin • Assessment • Food Quality • Food Safety • food science • ISEKI • Tea • Toxin
• ISBN-10: 0-387-45679-1 / 0387456791
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-45679-9 / 9780387456799