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Imported Foods: Microbial Issues and Challenges
Author(s): Michael P Doyle (Author), Marilyn C Erickson (Author)
- Publisher: ASM Press
- Publication Date: 25 Jun. 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781555814137
- ISBN-13: 9781555814137
Book Description
Presents the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and in-depth information on microbiological food safety.
- Describes the problems with imported foods and suggests specific programs and steps to improve the monitoring and safety of imported foods.
- Provides a thorough explanation of the challenges and solutions to this emerging crisis.
- Explains the systematic risks inherent in food production in developing countries, the current US food safety system, newly acquired foodborne pathogens, and recommendations for systematic changes to the monitoring of imported food.
- Presents proven concepts of microbial risk analysis and practical methods to address this growing public health concern.
This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
If the U.S. food safety system is allowed to continue unchanged, there are likely to be major increases in the occurrence and size of foodborne outbreaks as U.S. food imports increase from countries in which risky food production, harvesting and processing practices exist. This issue is among the most serious of food safety concerns confronting Americans for the foreseeable future. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive treatment of the microbiological food safety issues facing the United States from imported foods, and provides the justification for changes in the U.S. food safety net
