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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814871303321

Titolo

Food safety management : a practical guide for the food industry / / edited by Yasmine Motarjemi, Nyon, Switzerland, Huub Lelieveld, Global Harmonization Initiative, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Academic Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-12-381505-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 1166 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

363.192068

Soggetti

Food industry and trade - Safety measures

Food - Safety measures

Food contamination - Prevention

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

History and overview of food safety -- Foodborne infectious and microbial agents -- Foodborne toxic agents -- Food safety: principles of prevention -- Food safety: engineering controls and technology -- Risk assessment and hazard analysis of foods -- Laboratory methods for food safety -- Safety management of the food supply.

Sommario/riassunto

Food Safety Management: A Practical Guide for the Food Industry is the first book to present an integrated, practical approach to the management of food safety throughout the production chain. While many books address specific aspects of food safety, no other book guides you through the various risks associated with each sector of the production process or alerts you to the measures needed to mitigate those risks.   Using practical examples of incidents and their root causes, this book highlights pitfalls in food safety management and provides key insight into the means of avoid