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Title: Handbook of Organic Food Safety and Quality
Description: Due to increasing
consumer demand for safe, high quality, ethical foods, the production
and consumption of organic food and produce has increased rapidly over
the past two decades. In recent years the safety and quality of organic
foods has been questioned. If consumer confidence and demand in the
industry is to remain high, the safety, quality and health benefits of
organic foods must be assured. With its distinguished editor and team
of top international contributors, Handbook of organic food safety and
quality provides a comprehensive review of the latest research in the
area.
The Handbook of organic food quality and safety will be a standard
reference for professionals and producers within the industry concerned
with improving and assuring the quality and safety of organic foods.
Publisher/Editor: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Year: July 2007
Pages: 544
Contents: Part 1 provides an introduction to basic quality and safety
with chapters on factors affecting the nutritional quality of foods,
quality assurance and consumer expectations. Part 2 discusses the
primary quality and safety issues related to the production of organic
livestock foods including the effects of feeding regimes and husbandry
on dairy products, poultry and pork. Further chapters discuss methods
to control and reduce infections and parasites in livestock. Part 3
covers the main quality and safety issues concerning the production of
organic crop foods, such as agronomic methods used in crop production
and their effects on nutritional and sensory quality, as well as their
potential health impacts. The final part of the book focuses on
assuring quality and safety throughout the food chain. Chapters focus
on post-harvest strategies to reduce contamination of food and produce,
and ethical issues such as fair trade products. The final chapters
conclude by reviewing quality assurance strategies relating to specific
organic food sectors.
Language: English
Format: Hard Copy
Order online at http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/c98ebe/handbook_of_organic_food_safety_and_quality
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