Food Chain Integrity examines the current research and diagnostic tools available, and how they can be applied to improving food traceability and food safety.

Features:

• examines developments in food traceability, such as food ‘biotracing’, and methods to prevent food bioterrorism
• focuses on developments in food safety and quality management featuring advances in understanding pathogen behaviour and control of foodborne viruses
• documents essential aspects of food authenticity, from the traceability of genetically modified organisms in supply chains to new methods to demonstrate food origin

Part 1 covers developments in food traceability, such as food ‘biotracing’, and methods to prevent food bioterrorism.

Part 2 focuses on developments in food safety and quality management. Topics covered include advances in understanding of pathogen behaviour, control of foodborne viruses, hazard ranking and the role of animal feed in food safety.

Part 3 explores essential aspects of food authenticity, from the traceability of genetically modified organisms in supply chains to new methods to demonstrate food origin.

Part 4 focuses on consumer views on food chain integrity and future trends.

CONTENTS

Part 1: Tracing and Tracking in the Food Chain

The role of service orientation in future web-based food traceability systems

• The need for a novel approach to food traceability
• Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) for traceability
• A service-oriented reference architecture for traceability
• The internet of ‘things’ for traceability
• Developing traceability systems and services

Biotracing: a new integrated concept in food safety

• Tools required for biotracing
• Novel aspects of biotracing
• Strategic impacts of biotracing
• Significance of biotracing for production chains
• Potential bioterror agents and accidental contaminants in the food and feed supply

Using stochastic simulation to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of traceability systems: the case of quality control in a fresh produce supply chain

• Review of cost-benefit analysis of food traceability
• Cost-benefit analysis of traceability solutions in a fresh produce distributor

Preventing and mitigating food bioterrorism

• Contamination of biological origin
• Detection methods for specific organisms
• Detection methods for classes of contaminants
• Detection of products of biological contamination

Part 2: Food Safety and Quality

Understanding and monitoring pathogen behaviour in the food chain

• Novel platforms to understand the presence and behaviour of pathogens in the food chain
• Importance of number and behaviour of pathogens for risk assessment
• Rapid detection methods
• Hygienic design factors affecting fouling and cleanability of food contact surfaces
• Effective food management systems for ensuring safe food

Foodborne viruses: understanding the risks and developing rapid surveillance and control measures

• Occurrence and epidemiology
• Clinical manifestations
• Risk assessment
• Fast and efficient source tracing
• Detection bottlenecks
• Zoonotic and emerging viruses via food-producing animals
• Modelling development and behaviour of viruses
• Production and processing control strategies
• Sampling

Ranking hazards in the food chain

• Hazard identification in the food / feed chain
• Risk ranking

Continuous temperature monitoring along the chilled food supply chain

• Needs of food supply chain stakeholders
• Smart labels as temperature monitoring systems
• Prediction of food quality and safety
• Information management to support inter-organizational cold chain management

Emerging safety and quality issues in compound feeds with implications for human foods

• Interaction between food and feed safety
• Risks associated with Salmonella
• Risks associated with mycotoxins
• Coccidiostat carry-over as an indicator of misuse of feed additives
• Tracing and tracking of contaminants in the feed chain
• New feed sources as source of emerging risks
• Organic feedstuffs
• Emerging production technologies

Improving microbial safety in the beef production chain

• Beef production
• Pathogens associated with beef
• Primary production
• Slaughter and processing
• Storage and distribution

Animal welfare: an essential component in food safety and quality

• Animal health, animal welfare and food safety
• Organic farming, animal welfare and food safety

Part 3: Authenticity and Origin of Food Products

Detection and traceability of genetically modified organisms in food supply chains

• History of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
• The European regulatory framework for GMOs
• Current challenges for traceability in supply chains containing and ‘free from’ GMOs

The relevance of sampling for the control of genetically modified organisms in the agri-food chain

• Overview of international norms and legislative provisions
• Strategies for cost-effective sampling in different scenarios of food and feed chain
• Sample preparation strategies
• Estimation of sampling uncertainty
• Statistical programs / software

New approaches to determining the origin of food

• Molecular biological methods
• Spectroscopic and fingerprinting techniques
• Bio-element and heavy element stable isotope ratio analysis
• Food isotope maps

Tracing fish and fish products from ocean to fork using advanced molecular technologies

• The traceability tool box: an overview of available molecular technologies for species identification and origin assessment of fish products
• Species identification and origin assessment of fish: key components of an efficient traceability framework
• Technology transfer: from the research laboratory to authorities, industry and policy makers

Part 4: Consumer Views and Future Trends

Communicating food and food chain integrity to consumers: lessons from European research

• Definition and perception of traditional foods
• Attitudes to beef safety and processing
• Interest in seafood traceability and labelling
• Emergence of ethical issues

The role of traceability in restoring consumer trust in food chains

• Initiatives to restore consumer confidence
• Translation of techniques into labels
• Communicating traceability information to consumers

Future trends in food chain integrity

• Globalization impacts on the food supply chain
• Broader understanding of food integrity
• Closing the EU gaps in traceability
• Future traceability solutions
• Future food safety solutions

Index

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