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Open dating of foods / Theodore P. Labuza and Lynn M. Szybist.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Labuza, Theodore Peter, 1940-
- Series:
- Publications in food science and nutrition.
- Publications in food science and nutrition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food--Shelf-life dating.
- Food.
- Food spoilage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Trumbull, CT : Food & Nutrition Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Open dating plays a vital role in the distribution of the food products from the farm or place of manufacturing to the consumer's home. One principle is that the shelf life is a function of the distribution conditions and can be looked at as the percentage of consumers a manufacturer is willing to displease. Thus, one purpose of an open date is to give consumers enough time to purchase a food product and store it at home for a reasonable period of time before the product reaches the end of shelf-life in terms of some degree of quality change that is still acceptable. If products are not
- Contents:
- OPEN DATING OF FOODS; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE; CHAPTER 3 TEMPERATURE ABUSE AND TIME-TEMPERATURE INTEGRATORS; CHAPTER 4 ESTABLISHING AN OPEN DATE; CHAPTER 5 CURRENT PRACTICES; CHAPTER 6 CURRENT REGULATIONS; CHAPTER 7 PROPOSED REGULATIONS; CHAPTER 8 JUDICIAL ACTION; CHAPTER 9 PERISHABLE REFRIGERATED PRODUCTS AND HOME PRACTICES SURVEY; CHAPTER 10 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A Proposed 1999 TTI Legislation in Italy; APPENDIX B CANADIAN OPEN-DATING LEGISLATION F&D
- APPENDIX C NIST Handbook 130 Uniform Open Dating Regulation as adopted by The National Conference on Weights and MeasuresAPPENDIX D Extended List of State Regulations on Open Dating; APPENDIX E European Union; APPENDIX F 1999 LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL; APPENDIX G Proposed Federal Open-Dating Regulation; APPENDIX H ALABAMA SAFE FOODS ACT OF 2000; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611450311
- 9781281450319
- 1281450316
- 9780470385104
- 0470385103
- 9780470384886
- 0470384883
- OCLC:
- 437219635
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