Overview

In recent years,consumption ofseafood products has risen dramatically. Howev- er, along with the growth inconsumption, there has beengrowingenthusiasm for efforts to improve the qualityand the perceived safety of seafoods. This has culminated in'the debate on ""Mandatory Seafood Inspection."" While quality and safety are the principal issues behind the inspection debate, microbiology is one of the principal sciences associated with quality and safety. All foodcommodities have their owndistinctive microbiology.However, of all the food commodities,seafoods have one ofthe most, ifnot the most, diverse and complex microbiologies. Unlike meat or poultry products where only a few species are represented in each group, the term seafoods encompasses hundreds ot genera and species. Concems associated with mollusks are often quite differ- ent from those associated with finfish or crustaceans. Other factors contributing to the microbiological complexity are the range of environmental habitat (freshwater to saltwater; tropical waters to arctic waters; pelagic swimmers to sessile bottom dwellers) and processing practices (iced fresh products to com- mercially sterile canned products; hand labor to mechanized processes). This bookprovides acomprehensiveexaminationofmicrobiological quality and safety concems of seafood from harvest through processing. Many of the chapters are the mostcomprehensive reviews to date. Aconcertedeffort has been made to incorporate discussions on topics that are both timely and timeless.

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Author:   Donn R. Ward ,  Cameron A. Hackney
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781461367512

ISBN 10:   1461367514
Pages:   450
Publication Date:   17 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Seafood Quality.- 1. Microbiology of Finfish and Finfish Processing.- 2. Microbiology of Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish.- 3. Microbiology of Crustacea Processing: Crabs.- 4. Microbiology of Crustacean Processing: Shrimp, Crawfish, and Prawns.- 5. Microbiology of Mince, Surimi, and Value-Added Seafoods.- 6. U.S. Seafood Inspection and HACCP.- 2 Seafood Safety.- 7. Indicators and Alternate Indicators of Growing Water Quality.- 8. Viruses in Seafoods.- 9. Seafood-Transmitted Zoonoses in the United States: The Fishes, the Dishes, and the Worms.- 10. Nonindigenous Bacterial Pathogens.- 11. Indigenous Pathogens: Vibrionaceae.- 12. Natural Toxins.- 13. Scombroid Poisoning.- 3 Special Processing and Packaging.- 14. Principles of Pasteurization and Minimally Processed Seafoods.- 15. Modified Atmosphere Packaging.- 16. Shellfish Depuration.- 17. Irradiation.

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