Foodborne Infections and Intoxications Third Edition

(Food Science and Technology International) (Hardcover)

Book Description
The accelerated globalization of the food supply, coupled with
toughening government standards, is putting global food production,
distribution, and retail industries under a high-intensity spotlight.
High publicity cases about foodborne illnesses over recent years have
heightened public awareness of food safety issues, and momentum has
been building to find new ways to detect and identify foodborne
pathogens and eliminate food-related infections and intoxications.
This extensively revised Third Edition covers how the incidence and
impact of foodborne diseases is determined, foodborne intoxications
with an introduction that notes common features among these diseases
and control measures that are applicable before and after the basic
foodstuff is harvested.

* A summary of the foods most association with human infections
* A discussion of the principles of laboratory detection of the agent
considering the advantages and disadvantages of various procedure
* A 'historical to present-day' section
* A description of the infection in humans and animals, including
reservoirs and the mode of transmission