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an ever larger scale and many are stored for significant periods after harvest and may be transported from one part of the world ...

5.5.1 Cereals The cereals, which all belong to the Gramineae or the grass family, are one of the most important sources of carbo ...

ThusF. culmorumandF. graminearumcan cause both stem rot and head blight of wheat and barley in the field and these field infecti ...

restrictusmay grow very slowly at the lower limit of their water activity range (0.71 corresponding to about 14% water content i ...

oilpalm and olives to mention just a few. Edible nuts may also come from a botanically wide range of tree species and many of th ...

acids (FFA) in groundnuts stored for 4 months. It can be seen that in whole nuts there is a steady increase in FFA formation wit ...

Other common diseases of apples and pears include the black spot or scab, caused by the ascomyceteVenturia inaequalis(anamorphSp ...

and enhanced CO 2 levels and appropriate conditions need to be esta- blished for each commodity. Canned fruits are normally give ...

under some circumstances, and the non-sporing Gram-positive organism Corynebacterium sepedonicumcauses a ring rot of potatoes. T ...

surfaces may release nutrients for microbial growth. This stress may also allow growth of the otherwise quiescent endophytic flo ...

control may be just as important to prevent condensation. The presence of a film of water on the surface will allow access of mo ...

wide range of other environmental sources. Raw celery, tomatoes and lettuce were implicated on epidemiological grounds as a poss ...

CHAPTER 6 Food Microbiology and Public Health 6.1 FOOD HAZARDS Although food is indispensible to the maintenance of life, it can ...

are destroyed or removed by normal preparation procedures such as soaking and cooking. Even so, red kidney beans are still respo ...

an exogenous harmful agent may be ingested. This may be a pesticide, some other chemical contaminant added by design or accident ...

Table 6.2 Some microbiological agents of foodborne illness Agents Important reservoir/carrier Transmission a Multiplicationin fo ...

Table 6.2 (continued ) Agents Important reservoir/carrier Transmission a Multiplicationin food Examples of some incriminatedfood ...

Foodborne diseases range from relatively mild, self-limiting gastroin- testinal upsets through to life-threatening conditions su ...

average cost of a case of IID, whatever its cause, to bed79 at 1993-1995 prices. For the food industry, the costs can be huge an ...

weaning foods and the use of contaminated water are often implicated in weaning diarrhoea and it has been estimated that 15 – 70 ...