Modern food microbiology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jay, James M. (James Monroe), 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Chapman & Hall, [1996]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Series:Food science texts series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Historical background
  • History of microorganisms in food
  • Historical developments
  • Pt. 2. Habitats, taxonomy, and growth parameters
  • Taxonomy, role, and significance of microorganisms in foods
  • Bacterial taxonomy
  • Intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of foods that affect microbial growth
  • Intrinsic parameters
  • pH
  • Pt. 3. Microorganisms in foods
  • Fresh meats and poultry
  • Biochemical events that lead to rigor mortis
  • The biota of meats and poultry
  • Processed meats and poultry
  • Modified-atmosphere-packaged and vacuum-packaged meats.
  • Seafoods
  • Microbiological quality of various fresh and frozen products
  • Fermented fish products
  • Fermentation and fermented dairy products
  • Fermentation
  • Fresh and fermented fruit and vegetable products
  • Fresh and frozen vegetables
  • Spoilage
  • Miscellaneous food products
  • Delicatessen and related foods
  • Eggs
  • Mayonnaise and salad dressings
  • Pt. 4. Determining microorganisms and/or their products in foods
  • Culture, microscopic, and sampling methods
  • Physical, chemical, molecular, and immunologic methods.
  • Physical methods
  • Impedance and related
  • Bioassay and related methods
  • Whole-animal assays
  • Mouse lethality
  • Animal models requiring surgical procedures
  • Pt. 5. Food preservation and some properties of psychrotrophs, thermophiles, and radiation-resistant bacteria
  • Food preservation with chemicals
  • Benzoic acid and the parabens
  • Radiation preservation of foods and nature of microbial radiation resistance
  • Characteristics of radiations of interest in food preservation.
  • Low-temperature food preservation and characteristics of psychrotrophic microorganisms
  • Definitions
  • High-temperature food preservation and characteristics of thermophilic microorganisms
  • Factors affecting heat resistance in microorganisms
  • Preservation of foods by drying
  • Pt. 6. Microbial indicators of food safety and quality, principles of quality control, and microbiological criteria
  • Indicators of food microbial quality and safety
  • The HACCP system and food safety
  • Pt. 7. Foodborne diseases
  • Staphylococcal gastroenteritis.
  • Food poisoning caused by gram-positive sporeforming bacteria
  • Clostridium perfringens food poisoning
  • The enterotoxin
  • Botulism
  • Foodborne listeriosis
  • Taxonomy of listeria
  • Serotypes
  • Foodborne gastroenteritis caused by salmonella and shigella
  • Salmonellosis
  • Foodborne gastroenteritis caused by escherichia coli
  • Serologic classification
  • Foodborne gastroenteritis caused by vibrio, yersinia, and campylobacter species
  • Vibriosis (Vibrio parahaemolyticus)
  • Foodborne animal parasites.
  • Protozoa
  • Giardiasis
  • Amebiasis
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Flatworms
  • Fascioliasis
  • Mycotoxins
  • Aflatoxins
  • Requirements for growth and toxin production
  • Production and occurrence in foods
  • Viruses and other foodborne biohazards
  • Viruses
  • Incidence in foods and the environment
  • Destruction in foods
  • Hepatitis A virus
  • Norwalk and related viruses
  • Histamine-associated (Scombroid) poisoning
  • Paralytic shellfish poisoning
  • Bacteroides fragilis.