Food safety : contaminants and toxins / edited by J.P.F. D'Mello.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

D'Mello, J. P. Felix.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Safety measures.

Food.

Food--Toxicology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, OX ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Food safety is a global issue. This book covers recent developments in the chemistry, biochemistry and physiological effects of toxicants that might have an impact on human health and welfare. It also disucsses risk management, legislation and regulatory issues.

Contents:

Plant toxins and human health / P.S. Spencer, F. Berman

Bacterial pathogens and toxins in foodborne disease / E.A. Johnson

Shellfish toxins / A. Gago Martinez and J.F. Lawrence

Mycotoxins in cereal grains, nuts, and other plant products / J.P.F. D'Mello

Pesticides: toxicology and residues in food and wine / P. Cabras

Polychlorinated biphenyls / D.L. Arnold and M. Feeley

Dioxins in milk, meat, eggs and fish / H. Fiedler

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in diverse foods / M.D. Guillen and P. Sopelana

Heavy metals / L. Jorhem

Dietary nitrates, nitrites and N-nitroso compounds and cancer risk with special emphasis on the epidemiological evidence / M. Eichholzer and F. Gutzwiller

Adverse reactions to food additives / R.A. Simon and H. Ishiwata

Migration of compounds from food contact materials and articles / J.H. Petersen

Veterinary products: residues and resistant pathogens / J.C. Paige and L. Tollefson

Prion diseases: meat safety and human health implications / N. Hunter

The safety evaluation of genetically modified foods / M.J Gasson

Genetically modified foods: potential human health effects / A. Pusztai, S. Bardocz and S.W.B. Ewen

Radionuclides in food: the post-Chernobyl evidence / J.T. Smith and N.A. Beresford

Radionuclides in foods: American perspectives / E.J. Baratta

Widespread and continuing concerns over food safety

J.P.F. D'Mello.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-83353-X

9786610833535

0-85199-751-1

OCLC:

271808525