Foodborne infections and intoxications:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier/Academic 2013
Edition:4th ed
Series:Food science and technology
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The accelerated globalization of the food supply, coupled with toughening government standards, is putting global food production, distribution, and retail industries under a high-intensity spotlight. High publicity cases about foodborne illnesses over recent years have heightened public awareness of food safety issues, and momentum has been building to find new ways to detect and identify foodborne pathogens and eliminate food-related infections and intoxications. This extensively revised fourth edition covers how the incidence and impact of foodborne diseases is determined, foodborne intoxications with an introduction that notes common features among these diseases and control measures that are applicable before and after the basic foodstuff is harvested. Provides a summary of the foods most association with human infections. Offers a discussion of the principles of laboratory detection of the agent considering the advantages and disadvantages of various procedure. Presents the epidemiology of foodborne disease as well as infection categorized by type, and summarizes policy and prevention
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 541 pages)
ISBN:9780124160415
0124160417

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