Interdisciplinary Food Safety Research answers the increasing calls to better understand and analyze the impact of food safety efforts. By collecting a wide range of multidisciplinary examples, the book identifies important areas of research while providing a resource for future group-building activities.
Interdisciplinary Food Safety Research delivers a strong collaboration of authors from several areas including animal science, veterinary science, food science, agricultural economics, and plant pathology, presenting a broad range of discussion for agricultural commodities and food products.
Features:
- Food research safety teams
- E. coli contamination in a beef slaughterhouse
- Costs of pathogen reduction strategies for Australian beef slaughter plants
- Food safety and quality assurance in the food chain
- Phytosanitary barriers to trade
- Food safety issues in developing nations
- Product liability and food safety
- Consumer acceptance of irradiated meats
- Food safety control for retail butchers
- Bases of food safety concerns
- Future needs
This book encourages comprehensive research by recognizing significant early efforts and considers a range of food safety problems, research techniques, and solutions.
Contents
- An Interdisciplinary Approach to Developing a Probabilistic Risk Analysis Model: Applications to a Beef Slaughterhouse
- Comparative Costs of Pathogen Reduction Strategies for Australian Beef Slaughter Plants
- Institutional Arrangements and Incentive Structures for Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Food Chain
- Quantifying Phytosanitary Barriers to Trade
- Food Safety Issues in Developing Nations: A Case Study of Brazil
- Product Liability and Food Safety: The Resolution of Food Poisoning Lawsuits
- Consumer Acceptance of Irradiated Meats
- Evaluating Impact of Food Safety Control on Retailer Butchers
- Assessing the Bases of Food Safety Concerns
- Lessons Learned, Current Trends, and Future Needs
Index
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