The Microbiological Safety of Low Water Activity Foods and Spices

Book Overview

Low water activity (aw) and dried foods such as dried dairy and meat products, grain-based and dried ready-to-eat cereal products, powdered infant formula, peanut and nut pastes, as well as flours and meals have increasingly been associated with product recalls and foodborne outbreaks due to contamination by pathogens such as Salmonella spp. and enterohemorrhagic E. coli. In particular, recent foodborne outbreaks and product recalls...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493920618
• ISBN13: 9781493920617
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"