Food Safety in the 21st Century: Public Health Perspective is an important reference for anyone currently working in the food industry or those entering the industry. It provides realistic, practical, and very usable information about key aspects of food safety, while also systematically approaching the matter of foodborne illness by addressing the intricacies of both prevention and control.
This book discusses ways to assess risk and to employ epidemiological methods to improve food safety. In addition, it also describes the regulatory context that shapes food safety activities at the local, national, and international levels and looks forward to the future of food safety.
- Provides the latest research and developments in the field of food safety
- Incorporates practical, real-life examples for risk reduction
- Includes specific aspects of food safety and the risks associated with each sector of the food chain, from food production, to food processing and serving
- Describes various ways in which epidemiologic principles are applied to meet the challenges of maintaining a safe food supply in India and how to reduce disease outbreaks
- Presents practical examples of foodborne disease incidents and their root causes to highlight pitfalls in food safety management
Dr Puja Dudeja is Assistant Professor in Armed Forces Medical college, Pune, India and holds Ph D in Community Nutrition. He is recipient of various research awards (6) and has authored books (02), chapters (84) and research articles (18).
Dr. Rajul Kumar Gupta is Director of the Armed Forces Medical Health Service Ministry of Defense in New Delhi, India and holds a PhD in Applied Nutrition. He is Expert Consultant to India for National Disaster Management, and special duty officer to the Prime Minister’s National Council on malnutrition. He has published more than 70 papers and chapters and has authored/edited six books, including for the WHO and Health Ministry. He is a standing member of UN's Standing Committee on Nutrition and UN’s expert groups on Nutrition & Non-Communicable Diseases and Nutrition & Global Climatic Change.
Dr. Amarjeet Singh Minhas has been a faculty in department of Community Medicine for more than 27 years at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh,India. As a professor in the department he has guided 5 PhD, 10 MD and 30 masters level dissertations.Five of these were related to Food Safety. He serves on the Food Safety Committee of the institute.He has been he Principal Investigator for more than 52 research projects. He has published more than 160 research articles and 50 book chapters.He hasalso edited 3 books and coauthored more than 15 booklets.
