Health and the food-chain

Author(s)

• Thurnham, David I.
• Roberts, Terry A.

Bibliographic Information

Health and the food-chain

scientific editors, David I Thurnham, Terry A Roberts

（British medical bulletin, v. 56, no. 1）

Published for the British Council by the Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2000

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Written for health professionals, this volume provides information on food safety, food intolerance and consumer aspects of health and the food chain.

Table of Contents

• Food processing - a century of change
• nutritional requirements and optimization of intakes
• adverse reactions and intolerance to foods
• animal health and food safety
• genetically modified crops - methodology, benefits, regulation and public concerns
• microbiological safety of water
• preservation - past, present and future
• consumer perception and understanding of risk from food
• assessing the real risk
• risk communication - factors affecting the impact
• understanding lifestyle and food use - contributions from the social sciences
• economic aspects of foodborne outbreaks and their control
• control of vegetative micro-organisms in foods
• control of bacterial spores
• control of food-borne viruses
• toxigenic funghi and mycotoxins
• parasites
• foodborne protozoa
• marine toxins
• the future relationship between the media, the food industry and the consumer.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA46971103
• ISBN:
  • 1853154539
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 274 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA06806531