Foodborne Pathogens: Hazards, Risk Analysis and Control 2nd Revised edition

Key Features: strengthens the highly successful first edition of Foodborne pathogens with extensively revised and expanded coverage; discusses risk assessment and management in the food chain. New chapters address pathogen control, hygiene design and HACCP.

Contents: Part 1 Risk assessment and management in the food chain: Introduction; Detecting pathogens in food; Modeling the growth, survival and death of microbial pathogens in foods; Risk assessment and pathogen management; Emerging foodborne pathogens and the food industry; Pathogen control in primary production: meat, dairy and eggs; Pathogen control in primary production: crop foods; Pathogen control in primary production: fisheries and aquaculture; Pathogen control in primary production: bivalve shellfish; Hygienic plant design; Hygienic equipment design; Sanitation; Safe process design and operation; The effective implementation of HACCP systems in food processing; Good practice for food handlers and consumers. Part 2 Bacterial hazards: Preservation principles and technologies: Pathogenic Escherichia coli; Salmonella; Listeria monocytogenes; Campylobacter and Arcobacter; Other Gram-negative bacterial pathogens; Staphylococcus aureus and other pathogenic Gram positive cocci; Pathogenic Clostridium species; Pathogenic Bacillus species. Part 3 Other agents of foodborne disease: Hepatitis viruses and emerging viruses; Parasites: Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Cyclospora, Entamoeba histolytica, Toxoplasma gondii and pathogenic free-living amoebae (Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri) as foodborne pathogens; Foodborne helminth infections; Toxigenic fungi; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis; Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (Prion Disease); Histamine fish poisoning: new information to control a common seafood safety issue; Gastroenteritis viruses.