Microbial Food Safety: A Food Systems Approach [Paperback]

This interdisciplinary textbook provides the reader with vital information and comprehensive coverage of foodborne microbial pathogens of potential risk to human consumers. It includes human pathogens and toxins originating from plants, fungi and animal products and considers their origin, risk, prevention and control. From the perspectives of microorganisms and humans, the authors incorporate concepts from the social and economic sciences as well as microbiology, providing synergies to learn about complex food systems as a whole, and each stage that can present an opportunity to reduce risk of microbial contamination.

Microbial Food Safety: A Food Systems Approachexplains concepts through a food supply network model to show the interactions between how humans move food through the global food system and the impacts on microorganisms and risk levels of microbial food safety. Presented in full color throughout, this book:
* Is clearly organized into easy digestible and accessible contents
* Includes key questions, summaries, further reading and a glossary to aid and focus reading
* Contains information boxes and numerous examples to help you review and apply the concepts covered

Written by authors renowned in the field and with extensive teaching experience, this book is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of food microbiology, food safety and food science, in addition to professionals working in these areas.Section 1: Food Matrix Basics: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors that Affect Microorganisms in Food
1: Food
2: Ecological Concepts of Foods and Definition of Pre- and Post-Harvest
3: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors and Potentially Hazardous Foods
4: Humans and Microbes  Risk Analysis

Section 2: Foodborne Pathogens
5: Foodborne Infections, Intoxications and Etiology