Food chain integrity : a holistic approach to food traceability, safety, quality, and authenticity

Improving the integrity of the food chain, making certain that food is traceable, safe to eat, high quality and genuine requires new diagnostic tools, the implementation of novel information systems and input from all food chain participants. Food chain integrity reviews key research in this fast-mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author European Commission. Directorate General for Research. Directorate E.
Other Authors Hoorfar, J.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford ; Philadelphia : Woodhead Pub. Ltd., ©2011.
SeriesWoodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition ; no. 212.
Subjects
Food supply.
Food adulteration and inspection.
Food > Quality.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781613440308
1613440308
0857090682
9780857090683
9780857092519
0857092510
Physical Description1 online resource (xxviii, 348 pages) : illustrations, map

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Table of Contents:
  • The role of service orientation in future web-based food traceability systems
  • Biotracing : a new integrated concept in food safety
  • Using stochastic simulation to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of traceability systems : the case of quality control in fresh produce supply chain
  • Preventing and mitigating food bioterrorism
  • Understanding and monitoring pathogen behaviour in the food chain
  • Foodborne viruses : understanding the risks and developing rapid surveillance and control measures
  • Ranking hazards in the food chain
  • Continuous temperature monitoring along the chilled food supply chain
  • Emerging safety and quality issues in compound feeds with implications for human foods
  • Improving microbial safety in the beef production chain
  • Animal welfare : an essential component in food safety and quality
  • Detection and traceability of genetically modified organisms in food supply chains
  • The relevance of sampling for the control of genetically modified organisms in the agri-food chain
  • New approaches to determining the origin of food
  • Tracing fish and fish products from ocean to fork using advanced molecular technologies
  • Communicating food and food chain integrity to consumers : lessons from European research
  • The role of traceability in restoring consumer trust in food chains
  • Future trends in food chain integrity.

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