Food Safety and food security / / edited by John G. Voeller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453418703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-118-65182-0; 1-118-65181-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): VoellerJohn G
• Disciplina: 363.1926
• Soggetti: Food handling; Food - Safety measures; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Microbiological Detectors for Food Safety Applications; 1.1 Biosecurity and Food Safety Threats; 1.2 Detection; 1.3 Biosensors for Microbial Pathogen Detection; 1.3.1 Mechanical Biosensors; 1.3.2 Optical Biosensors; 1.3.3 Electrochemical Biosensors; 1.3.4 Magnetic Biosensors; 1.4 Integrated Extraction/Detection Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Biosensor System; 1.5 Concluding Comments; References; Chapter 2 Processing and Packaging that Protects the Food Supply Against Intentional Contamination; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Processing; 2.2.1 Counterfeit Products and Ingredients 2.3 Packaging; 2.3.1 Packaging and Safety Assurance; 2.3.2 Requirements for Tamper Evidence; 2.3.3 Tamper Indication Devices; 2.3.4 Add-On Indicators; 2.3.5 Proactive Devices; 2.3.6 Optical Systems; 2.3.7 Physical ``Token'' Systems and RFID; 2.3.8 Product Authentication; 2.3.9 Multipart Authentication; 2.3.10 Security and the Base Rate Fallacy; 2.4 System Flexibility and Response; 2.4.1 Cascading Failure in the Food Processing and Packaging System; 2.4.2 Safety System Failure Case Study: Peanut Corporation of America; 2.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Early Detection and Diagnosis of High-Consequence Plant ; Pests in the United States 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Detection: Monitoring and Surveillance; 3.2.1 Formal (Active) Human Surveillance; 3.2.2 Nonformal (Passive) Human Surveillance; 3.3 Estimating Risk to Orient Surveillance; 3.3.1 Threat analysis; 3.3.2 Pathway Analyses; 3.3.3 Models; 3.3.4 Remote or Automated Surveillance; 3.4 Diagnostics; 3.4.1 Laboratory Throughput; 3.4.2 US Laboratory Network System; 3.5 Conclusions; 3.5.1 Research; 3.5.2 Infrastructure; References; Chapter 4 The Role of Food Safety in Food Security; 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Food Safety Prevention, HACCP, and Food Security/Defense; 4.3 Carver + Shock and the Example of the Kansas Meat Industry; 4.3.1 Food Safety Research and Food Defense; 4.4 Food Safety Education in Food Security/Defense; References; Further Reading; Chapter 5 Decontamination and Disposal of Contaminated Foods; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Overview; 5.2.1 Agents; 5.2.2 Food; 5.2.3 Decontamination; 5.3 Fate of Contaminated Food During Disposal; 5.3.1 Food; 5.3.2 Biological Agents; 5.3.3 Chemical Agents; 5.3.4 Radiological Agents; 5.4 Critical Needs; 5.5 Research Directions; References Further Reading; Chapter 6 Pulsenet: A Program to Detect and Track Food Contamination Events; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Scientific Overview; 6.3 Pulsenet USA; 6.4 Pulsenet International; 6.4.1 Structure and Function; 6.4.2 Food Safety and Bioterrorism: Critical Need for PulseNet International; 6.5 Research Directions; References; Further Reading; Chapter 7 Insects as Vectors of Food borne Pathogens; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Muscoid Flies and Fruit Flies; 7.2.1 Nutrition and Development; 7.2.2 Dissemination of Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistant Strains; 7.2.3 Homeland Security Aspects; 7.3 Cockroaches
• Sommario/riassunto: Food Safety and Food Security features articles from the Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security covering topics related to processing and packaging methods to protect food supply against contamination and to mitigate the consequences of contaminated foods. It discusses related detection systems as well as decontamination and disposal of contaminated foods.