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Food safety : contaminants and toxins /

This textbook covers the recent developments in the chemistry, biochemistry and physiological effects of contaminants that might have an impact on human health and welfare. It also discusses risk management and regulatory issues. It contains 19 chapters that are divided into 4 sections. The first pa...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: D'Mello, J. P. Felix
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Plant toxins and human health / P.S. Spencer and F. Berman
  • Bacterial pathogens and toxins in foodborne disease / E.A. Johnson
  • Shellfish toxins / A. Gago Martinez and J.F. Lawrence
  • Mycotoxins in cereal grains, nuts and other plant products / J.P.F. D'Mello
  • Pesticides: toxicology and residues in food / P. Cabras
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls / D.L. Arnold and M. Feeley
  • Dioxins in milk, meat, eggs and fish / H. Fiedler
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons diverse foods / M.D. Guillén and P. Sopelana
  • Heavy metals / L. Jorhem
  • Dietary nitrates, nitrites and N-nitroso compounds and cancer risk with special emphasis on the epidemiological evidence / M. Eichholzer, F. Gutzwiller
  • Adverse reactions to food additives / R.A. Simon and H. Ishiwata
  • Migration of compounds from food contact materials and articles / J.H. Petersen
  • Veterinary products: residues and resistant pathogens / J.C. Paige and L. Tollefson
  • Prion diseases: meat safety and human health implications / N. Hunter
  • The safety evaluation of genetically modified foods / M.J Gasson
  • Genetically modified foods: potential human health effects / A. Pusztai, S. Bardocz, and S.W.B. Ewen
  • Radionuclides in foods: the post-Chernobyl evidence / J.T. Smith and N.A. Beresford
  • Radionuclides in foods: American perspectives / E.J. Baratta
  • Widespread and continuing concerns over food safety / J.P.F. D'Mello.