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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, OX ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.9/54
• Soggetto topico: Food - Safety measures; Food - Toxicology
• Altri autori: D'MelloJ. P. Felix
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Food safety
• ISBN: 1-280-83353-X; 9786610833535; 0-85199-751-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819076803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II