Food Safety 1993

ISBN-13: 9780824791568 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 672 str.

Food Research Institute;Institute; Resrch Inst Food

Opis

Covers developments in food safety and foodborne illness, organizing information to provide easy access to many topics, both general and specific. Comprehensive summaries of important advances in food science, compiled from over 550 sources worldwide, are presented.

O autorze

The Food Research Institute, Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology, College of Agriculture and the Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin- Madison is both a research facility and an academic department. It investigates the cause and control of foodborne disease and trains scientists and technical specialists in advanced and basic food safety technology and management. Over one hundred scientists and supporting staff in nine research sections headed by faculty members emphasize microbiology, toxicology and biochemistry. The microbiological sections conduct basic and applied research in food-associated illnesses caused by bacteria, molds and viruses, while other sections deal with diet and behavior, food allergy, and diet and cancer. They offer expert technical advice to the public, industry, government and various supporting agencies and publish all significant findings in major refereed journals amounting to some 60 to 70 papers each year.