Perspectives on food-safety issues of animal-derived foods / edited by Steven C. Ricke and Frank T. Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ricke, Steven C., 1957-

Jones, Frank T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Microbiology.

Food.

Food of animal origin--United States--Safety measures.

Food of animal origin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As recent stories in the news have shown, maintaining the integrity of the food supply is of critical importance to the consumer.Thousands of Americans die each year from food-borne illnesses, and millions more get sick.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. A Brief History of the Food Safety Consortium

Preharvest Foodborne Pathogen Ecology and Intervention Strategies

2. Novel Strategies for the Preharvest Control of Campylobacter in Poultry

3. Colonization and Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Swine

4. Traversing the Swine Gastrointestinal Tract: Salmonella Survival and Pathogenesis

5. On-Farm Interventions to Reduce Epizootic Bacteria in Food-Producing Animals and the Environment

6. Colonization and Pathogenesis of Foodborne Salmonella in Egg-Laying Hens

Postharvest Foodborne Pathogen Ecology

7. Preharvest Food-Safety Issues That Carry Over into the Plant

8. Validating HACCP for Small Plants

9. Campylobacter jejuni in Biofilms: A Possible Mechanism of Survival Inside and Outside the Chicken Host

10. Beef-Safety Research Conducted by the Food Safety Consortium

11. Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in Raw and Ready-to-Eat Foods and Food-Processing Environments and Intervention Strategies for Control

Rapid Methods and Detection Strategies for Foodborne Pathogens

12. Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbial Food Safety

13. Genomic Approaches to Bacterial Pathogens Using Transposon Mutagenesis: Food-Safety Applications

14. Advances in Antibody-Based Technologies for Listeria monocytogenes

15. The Potential for Application of Foodborne Salmonella Gene Expression Profiling Assays in Postharvest Poultry Processing

Antibiotics and Antimicrobialsin Food Safety: Perspectives and Strategies

16. Quantitative Profiling of the Intestinal Microbiota of Drug-Free Broiler Chickens

17. Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Foodborne Pathogens in Conventional and Organic Livestock Operations

18. Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Campylobacter jejuni in Raw Poultry Products.

19. Plant Extracts, Natural Antimicrobials, and Irradiation to Improve Microbial Safety and Quality of Meat Products

Emerging Issues in Food Safety

20. Assessing Consumer Concerns and Perceptions of Food-Safety Risks and Practices: Methodologies and Outcomes

21. Food Safety of Natural and Organic Poultry

22. Alternative and Organic Beef Production: Food-Safety Issues

23. The Consumers' Perspective on the Safety of Organic Foods: An Opportunity for Future Research

24. Future Prospects for Advancing Food-Safety Research in Food Animals

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61075-305-4

OCLC:

769114781