Food safety : the challenge ahead

This text provides reasoned synopses of topics such as methods of processing. It underlines requirements enforced for checking the safety of novel foods and processes, and also explains how dietary goals and guidelines may be followed to obtain the nutritional benefit of wholesome food.

The issue of food safety is now one of massive public interest, with both chemical and microbiological risks featuring high in media publicity. This book provides reasoned synopses of topics such as new methods of processing, e.g. ionizing radiation, as well as reconsideration of traditional practices. It underlines requirements enforced for checking the safety of novel foods and processes, and also explains how dietary goals and guidelines may be sensibly followed to obtain the nutritional benefit derived from a life-time consumption of wholesome food.