This book presents the fundamental principles of food plant sanitation and their applications in the food industry. It provides professionals with basics, hands-on information for the day-today operations in a food processing plant.

Basic sanitation practices and the latest information on the HACCP are presented in this book, as well as a review on some of the industry's most recent developments. Food Plant Sanitation provides examples of the enforcements activities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in relation to food plant sanitation.

Features:

• Covers major areas of federal and state regulations and guidelines.
• Major biological and nonbiological contaminants
• Cleaning a food plant
• Sanitation and worker safety
• Housekeeping
• Commodity processing
• Retail food sanitation
• Product quality
• Enforcement

Contents:

1. Principles Of Food Plant Sanitation
   1. An Overview of FDA's Food Regulatory Responsibilities
   2. Foodborne Diseases in the United States
   3. The FDA's GMPs, HACCP, and the Food Code
   4. Food Plant Inspections

2. Food Contaminants
   5. Hard or Sharp Foreign Objects in Food
   6. Filth and Extraneous Material in Food
   7. Food Defect Action Levels
   8. Analysis of Drug Residues in Food

3. Cleaning A Food Plant
   9. Cleaning and Sanitizing a Food Plant
   10. Water in Food Processing
   11. Water and HACCP Programs
   12. Water Use in the Beverage Industry
   13. Sanitation of Food Processing Equipment

4. Workers In A Food Processing Plant
   14. Workers Personal Hygiene
   15. Worker Safety and Regulatory Requirements
   16. Worker Training in Sanitation and Personal Safety
   17. Worker Safety and Types of Food Establishments

5. Housekeeping In A Food Processing Plant
   18. Rodent Pest Management
   19. Insects and Mites
   20. Pest Birds: Biology and Management at Food Processing Facilities
   21. Stored-Product Insect Pest Management and Control

6. Quality Assurance Programs
   22. An Informal Look at Food Plant Sanitation Programs
   23. Sanitation and Warehousing
   24. Metal Detection
   25. Packaging

7. HACCP And Product Processing
   26. Beverage Plant Sanitation and HACCP
   27. Cereal Food Plant Sanitation
   28. Plant Sanitation and HACCP for Fruit Processing
   29. Sanitation in Grain storage and Handling
   30. Sanitation and Safety for a Fats and Oils Processing Plant
   31. Poultry Processing, Product Sanitation, and HACCP
   32. Seafood Processing: Basic Sanitation Practices

8. Retail Food Sanitation
   33. Retail Foods Sanitation: Prerequistions to HACCP
   34. Retail Food Processing: Reduced Oxygen Packaging, Smoking, and Curing

9. Federak Enforcement and Food Safety Programs
   35. FDA Enforcement and Food Plant Sanitation
   36. A Review of U.S. Food Safety Policies and Programs

   Glossary
   Index

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