Predictive Microbiology – Theory & Application: Theory and Application: No. 5 (Innovation in Microbiology S.) - Hardcover

Mcmeekin, T.a.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863801323 ISBN 13: 9780863801327

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1993

Synopsis

Four authors with backgrounds in food microbiology, food chemistry, mathematics, and statistics, explain how techniques of predictive microbiology can allow an objective evaluation of the effects of processing, distribution, and storage on the microbiological safety and quality of foods. The trick is to understand the microbial ecology of a process or of a food at a particular point in the chain, then use mathematical relationships between microbial growth and the expected environmental conditions, to predict the growth or survival of selected organisms. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Synopsis

Predictive microbiology uses a detailed knowledge of the growth responses of microorganisms to environmental conditions to evaluate objectively the effect of processing, distribution and storage operations on the microbiological safety and quality of foods. This book presents an in-depth analysis of the theory and practical application of predictive microbiology, provides up-to-date critical reviews of work in the field carried out worldwide, and makes suggestions for future developments. For all those involved in any aspect of microbiological food safety and quality of foods, and for other biologists concerned with temperature effects on growth and development e.g. microbial physiologists, medical scientists, and workers in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863801323
• ISBN 13: 9780863801327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360