Research Catalog

Title

Scientific criteria to ensure safe food / Committee on the Review of the Use of Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards for Safe Food, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council.

Author

Committee on the Review of the Use of Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards for Safe Food

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

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Details

Description

xxi, 401 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Food > Safety measures
• Food adulteration and inspection
• Food Supply > standards
• Food Microbiology
• Food Contamination > prevention & control

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in electronic form via the Internet as viewed 9/8/2003.

Contents

1. Historical Perspective on the Use of Food Safety Criteria and Performance Standards -- 2. Science of Public Health Surveillance -- 3. Food Safety Tools -- 4. Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards to Control Hazards in Meat and Poultry Products -- 5. Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards to Control Hazards in Seafood -- 6. Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards to Control Hazards in Produce and Related Products -- 7. Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards to Control Hazards in Dairy Products -- 8. Overall Findings and Recommendations -- App. A. Current and Proposed Definitions of Key Food Safety Terms -- App. B. Sanitation Performance Standards -- App. C. Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency Guidance Levels for Seafoods -- App. D. Food Defect Action Levels in Produce -- App. E. International Microbiological Criteria -- App. F. International Microbiological Criteria for Dairy Products -- App. G. U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service Standards for Milk and Dairy Products -- App. H. Biographical Sketches of Committee and Subcommittee Members.

ISBN

030908928X (hardcover)

LCCN

2003015501

OCLC

• ocm52639248
• SCSB-4821255

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries