Improving the Safety and Quality of Nuts

Key Features: reviews key aspects of nut safety and quality management and addresses the influences of production and processing practices on nut safety; analyses particular nut contaminants, safety management in nut processing and significant nut quality issues, such as oxidative rancidity; places focus on quality and safety in the production and processing of selected types of nuts.

Contents: Part 1 Production and processing practices and influence on nut contaminants: Agricultural practices to reduce microbial contamination of nuts; Impact of nut postharvest handling, de-shelling, drying and storage on quality; Non-thermal processing technologies to improve the safety of nuts; Pest control in postharvest nuts; Mycotoxin contamination of nuts; Integrating Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) for safer nut processing; Validation of processes for reducing the microbial load on nuts. Part 2 Improving nut quality and safety: Impact of roasting on nut quality; Oxidative rancidity in nuts; Advances in automated nut sorting; Improving the quality and safety of walnuts; Improving the quality and safety of macadamia nuts; Improving the safety and quality of pecans; Improving the quality and safety of peanuts; Improving the safety of almonds and pistachios; Appendix: Detecting tree nut and seed allergens in food.