Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Section I: Produce Contamination. Microbial Ecology / Marilyn C Erickson -- Surface Characteristics of Fresh Produce and their Impact on Attachment and Removal of Human Pathogens on Produce Surfaces / Hua Wang, Bin Zhou, Hao Feng -- Biofilms / Shin-Hee Kim, Cheng-I Wei -- Resistance and Sublethal Damage / Pascal Delaquis, Susan Bach -- Section II: Decontaminants. Produce Washers / Steven Pao, Wilbert Long, Chyer Kim, D Frank Kelsey -- Minimal Processing / Maria I Gil, Ana Allende -- Chlorine / Crist̤bal Chaidez, Nohelia Castro-del Campo, J Basilio Heredia, Laura Contreras-Angulo, Gustavo Gonz̀lez₆Aguilar, J Fernando Ayala₆Zavala -- Electrolyzed Oxidizing Water / Muhammad Imran Al-Haq, Vicente M G̤mez-L̤pez -- Chlorine Dioxide / Vicente M G̤mez-l̤pez -- Ozone / Hulya Olmez -- Hydrogen Peroxide / Dike O Ukuku, Latiful Bari, Shinichi Kawamoto -- Peroxyacetic Acid / Gustavo Gonz̀lez-Aguilar, J Fernando Ayala-Zavala, Crist̤bal Chaidez-Quiroz, J Basilio Heredia, Nohelia Castro-del Campo -- Essential Oils for the Treatment of Fruit and Vegetables / Catherine Barry-Ryan, Paula Bourke -- Edible Films and Coatings / Mar̕a Alejandra Rojas-Gra, Laura Salvia-Trujillo, Robert Soliva-Fortuny, Olga Mart̕n-Belloso -- Miscellaneous Decontaminants / Vicente M G̤mez-L̤pez -- Section III: Biological Decontamination Strategies. Bacteriophages / Manan Sharma, Govind C Sharma -- Protective Cultures / Antonio G̀lvez, Rub̌n P̌rez Pulido, Hikmate Abriouel, Nabil Ben Omar, Mar̕a Još Grande Burgos -- Bacteriocins / Antonio G̀lvez, Rosario Lucas, Hikmate Abriouel, Mar̕a Još Grande Burgos, Rub̌n P̌rez Pulido -- Quorum Sensing / Mar̕a S Medina-Mart̕nez, Mar̕a Anǧlica Santana -- Section IV: Physical Methods. The Use of Mild Heat Treatment for Fruit and Vegetable Processing / Catherine Barry-Ryan -- Continuous UV-C Light / Vicente M G̤mez-l̤pez -- Ionizing Radiation / Xuetong Fan -- Miscellaneous Physical Methods / Vicente M G̤mez-L̤pez -- Hurdle Technology Principles Applied in Decontamination of Whole and Fresh-Cut Produce / Mar̕a S Tapia, Jorge Welti-Chanes -- Section V: Storage Strategies. Modified Atmosphere Packaging / Matteo Alessandro Del Nobile, Amalia Conte, Marianna Mastromatteo, Marcella Mastromatteo -- Cold Chain / Pramod V Mahajan, Jesus Fr̕as -- Section VI: Modeling Tools. Modeling Microbial Responses During Decontamination Processes / Eva Van Derlinden, Astrid M Cappuyns, Laurence Mertens, Jan F Van Impe, Vasilis P Valdramidis -- Modeling Microbial Growth / Milena Sinigaglia, Maria Rosaria Corbo, Antonio Bevilacqua -- Index -- Food Science and Technology from Wiley-Blackwell.

Attempts to provide safer and higher quality fresh and minimally processed produce have given rise to a wide variety of decontamination methods, each of which have been extensively researched in recent years. Decontamination of Fresh and MinimallyProcessed Produce is the first book to provide a systematic view of the different types of decontaminants for fresh and minimally processed produce. By describing the different effects - microbiological, sensory, nutritional and toxicological - of decontamination treatments, a team of internationally respected authors reveals not only the impact of de.

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