Food Safety in the 21st Century: Public Health Perspective - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128017732 ISBN 13: 9780128017739

Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

Food Safety in the 21st Century: Public Health Perspective is an important reference for anyone currently working in the food industry or those entering the industry. It provides realistic, practical, and very usable information about key aspects of food safety, while also systematically approaching the matter of foodborne illness by addressing the intricacies of both prevention and control. This book discusses ways to assess risk and to employ epidemiological methods to improve food safety. In addition, it also describes the regulatory context that shapes food safety activities at the local, national, and international levels and looks forward to the future of food safety.

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About the Authors

Dr Puja Dudeja is Assistant Professor in Armed Forces Medical college, Pune, India and holds Ph D in Community Nutrition. He is recipient of various research awards (6) and has authored books (02), chapters (84) and research articles (18).

Dr. Rajul Kumar Gupta is Director of the Armed Forces Medical Health Service Ministry of Defense in New Delhi, India and holds a PhD in Applied Nutrition. He is Expert Consultant to India for National Disaster Management, and special duty officer to the Prime Minister’s National Council on malnutrition. He has published more than 70 papers and chapters and has authored/edited six books, including for the WHO and Health Ministry. He is a standing member of UN's Standing Committee on Nutrition and UN’s expert groups on Nutrition & Non-Communicable Diseases and Nutrition & Global Climatic Change.

Dr. Amarjeet Singh Minhas has been a faculty in department of Community Medicine for more than 27 years at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh,India. As a professor in the department he has guided 5 PhD, 10 MD and 30 masters level dissertations.Five of these were related to Food Safety. He serves on the Food Safety Committee of the institute.He has been he Principal Investigator for more than 52 research projects. He has published more than 160 research articles and 50 book chapters.He hasalso edited 3 books and coauthored more than 15 booklets.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128017732
• ISBN 13: 9780128017739
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 626
• Editor: Gupta Rajul K.