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Postharvest Quality Assurance of Fruits: Practical Approaches for Developing …
This book presents a comprehensive study of the handling of fresh fruits in the developing world from harvesting to the shelf. With annual losses ranging from 30-40% due to lack of knowledge on proper handling practices and value addition, this book's information on postharvest handling and quality testing is crucial for reducing these losses and improving the quality and safety of fresh fruits…
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- 978-3-319-21197-8
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- XX, 265
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- 634 AHM p
Trypanosoma cruzi as a Foodborne Pathogen
This Brief provides a comprehensive overview of Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that is traditionally considered as exclusively vectorborne, but can be foodborne, and may lead to outbreaks of Chagas disease in consumers. The characteristics of Trypanosoma cruzi and the clinical effects of the disease are covered, including documented outbreaks, regional patterns, and epidemiology. The various tra…
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- 978-3-319-23410-6
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Toxicological Risk Assessment for Beginners
This book serves as a comprehensive introductory guide to the practical aspects of risk assessment. Chapters include clearly defined objectives and summaries. The book includes: hazard identification, dose-response, exposure assessment, risk characterization, chemical mixtures, epidemiology, emerging issues and global perspectives with accessible language. The book concludes with a set of hypot…
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- 978-3-319-12751-4
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Carotenoids in Nature : Biosynthesis, Regulation and Function
This comprehensive, edited book explores carotenoids and their important functional roles in yeast, bacteria and plants and a profound exposition on the structures of carotenoid molecules, focusing in the first of three parts on the biosynthesis of carotenoids. The regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in photosynthesis as well as in plant, fruits, storage roots and algae is central to the seco…
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- 978-3-319-39126-7
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- 641.3
Therapeutic Potentials of Curcumin for Alzheimer Disease
This is the first book on the market that explores the importance of curcumin for the treatment of neurological disorders. It has been estimated that 35.6 million people globally had dementia in 2010 and the prevalence of dementia has been predicted to double every 20 years. Thus, 115.4 million people may be living with dementia in 2050. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dement…
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- 978-3-319-15889-1
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Food Security and Food Safety for the Twenty-First Century
This book is a collection of selected papers that were presented at the First International Conference of the Asia-Pacific Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics (APSAFE 2013), which was held at Chulalongkorn University from November 28 – 30, 2013. The papers are interdisciplinary, containing insights into food security and food ethics from a variety of perspectives, including, but not limi…
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- 978-981-287-417-7
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- XI, 333 hlm.
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Food Safety Risks From Wildlife: Challenges in Agriculture, Conservation, and…
Foodborne illnesses caused by zoonotic pathogens associated with wildlife hosts are an emerging microbial food safety concern. Transmission of foodborne pathogens can occur through ingestion, or improper handling, of contaminated game meat. Wild and feral animals have also been investigated as potential sources of Campylobacter, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other enteric pathogens following foo…
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- 978-3-319-24442-6
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- XII, 254 hlm.
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- Food Microbiology and Food Safety
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Food Safety = Behavior: 30 Proven Techniques to Enhance Employee Compliance
This book helps in Achieving food safety success which requires going beyond traditional training, testing, and inspectional approaches to managing risks. It requires a better understanding of the human dimensions of food safety. In the field of food safety today, much is documented about specific microbes, time/temperature processes, post-process contamination, and HACCP–things often called …
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- 978-1-4939-2489-9
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- XIII, 115 hlm.
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- Food Microbiology and Food Safety
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Food Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Nanoscience and nanotechnology have had a great impact on the food industry. They have increased the nutritional and functional properties of a number of food products and have aided in food preservation through the addition of antimicrobials or the reduction of water activity. These and many other applications have emerged in recent years to transform food science and technology. This book pro…
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- 978-3-319-13596-0
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- XVIII, 300 hlm.
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- Food Engineering Series
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The WTO and Food Security Implications for Developing Countries
This book examines the public stockholding policies of selected developing countries from the perspective of WTO rules and assesses whether the provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could hamper these countries’ efforts to address the challenges of food security. Further, it highlights the need to amend the provisions of the AoA to make WTO rules just and fair for the millions of p…
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- 978-981-10-2179-4
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