�As the proportion of imported foods in the food provide continues to increase, Americans are putt themselves at a potentially greater danger for foodborne disease as some countries may not have the same healthful standards as the U.S. Imported Foods: Microbiological Issues and Challenges, the latest book in the ASM Press series Emerging Issues in Food Safety, soundly explains one of the greatest weaknesses in the U.S. food safety system and outlines steps necessary to remedy it.
"Food safety concerns own become a crucial world health subject. Perhaps nearly alarming of these is the questionable safety of many imported foods. As the market for food becomes more and more global and our population clamors for more fresh produce and uncooked ready-to-eat foods, the microbiological risks of imported food have dramatically increased," says Michael Doyle of the University of Georgia Center for Food Safety who edited the book with fellow worker Marilyn Erickson.
Imported Foods: Microbiological Issues and Challenges brings together the most up-to-date and in-depth information on microbiological solid food safety. This volume non only describes the problems with imported foods merely also suggests specific programs and steps to better the monitoring and condom of imported foods. Authors explain the systematic risks inherent in food production in development countries, the current U.S. food safety system, fresh acquired foodborne pathogens, and recommendations for systematic changes to the monitoring of imported food. Throughout this volume, the authors underline proven concepts of microbial risk analysis and practical methods to address this growing world health concern.
"If the U.S. food safety system is allowed to continue unaltered, there are likely to be major increases in the occurrence and sizing of foodborne outbreaks as U.S. food imports increase from countries in which risky food for thought production, harvest home and processing practices subsist. This issue is among the most serious of food refuge concerns confronting Americans for the foreseeable future. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive treatment of the microbiological food safety issues cladding the United States from imported foods, and provides the justification for changes in the U.S. intellectual nourishment safety net," says Doyle.
Imported Foods: Microbiological Issues and Challenges is available through and through ASM Press online at http://estore.asm.org/ or through other online retailers.
ASM Press is the book publication arm of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. The ASM's mission is to encourage research in the microbiological sciences and to wait on communication between scientists, policy makers, and the public to improve health and foster economic well-being.
Source: Jim Sliwa
American Society for Microbiology
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