| Physical description |
1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Series |
AEMB, 0065-2598 ; v. 459 |
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Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; 459.
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| Notes |
"Proceedings of the American Chemical Society Symposium on Impact of Processing on Food Safety, held April 14-18, 1997, in San Francisco, California"--Title page verso |
| Contents |
1. Consumer Perceptions and Concerns about Food Contaminants -- 2. Microorganisms and Microbial Toxins -- 3. Food Processing and Lipid Oxidation -- 4. Impact of Processing on Formation of Trans Fatty Acids -- 5. Impact of High-Temperature Food Processing on Fats and Oils -- 6. Cholesterol Oxidation Products: Their Occurrence and Detection in Our Foodstuffs -- 7. The Impact of Food Processing on the Nutritional Quality of Vitamins and Minerals -- 8. Impact of Processing on Food Allergens -- 9. Postharvest Changes in Glycoalkaloid Content of Potatoes -- 10. Lysinoalanine in Food and in Antimicrobial Proteins -- 11. Influence of Feeding Alkaline/Heat Processed Proteins on Growth and Protein and Mineral Status of Rats -- 12. Food Heating and the Formation of Heterocyclic Aromatic Amine and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mutagens/Carcinogens -- 13. Effects of Processing on Heavy Metal Content of Foods -- 14. Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Polybrominated Biphenyls, and Dioxin Reduction during Processing/Cooking Food -- 15. The Effect of Processing on Veterinary Residues in Foods -- 16. Effect of Processing on Fusarium Mycotoxins. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Summary |
This book represents a comprehensive overview of safety issues relating to food processing. There is a discussion of food processing and its effects on nutrtional quality, the formation of toxic compounds, and the destruction of detrimental contaminants. Topics also include the effects of processing on microbial safety and chemical safety of food. |
| Language notes |
English. |
| Other author |
Knize, Mark G.
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Morgan, Jeffrey N.
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| Subject |
Food industry and trade -- Congresses.
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Food contamination -- Congresses.
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Food -- Effect of heat on -- Congresses.
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Conference papers and proceedings. |
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Electronic books. |
| Variant Title |
Proceedings of an American Chemical Society symposium held in San Francisco, California, April 14 - 18, 1997 |
| ISBN |
9781461548539 (electronic bk.) |
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1461548535 (electronic bk.) |
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9781461372011 (print) |
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1461372011 (print) |
| Standard Number |
10.1007/978-1-4615-4853-9 |
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