{"product_id":"9780124046863","title":"The Produce Contamination Problem: Causes and Solutions","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the causes and contributing factors leading to outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with contamination of fresh produce is a worldwide challenge for everyone from the growers of fresh-cut produce through the entire production and delivery process. The premise of \u003ci\u003eThe Produce Contamination Problem\u003c\/i\u003e is that when human pathogen contamination of fresh produce occurs, it is extremely difficult to reduce pathogen levels sufficiently to assure microbiological safety with the currently available technologies. A wiser strategy would be to avoid crop production conditions that result in microbial contamination to start.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese critical, problem-oriented chapters have been written by researchers active in the areas of food safety and microbial contamination during production, harvesting, packing and fresh-cut processing of horticultural crops, and were designed to provide methods of contamination avoidance. Coverage includes policy and practices in the United States, Mexico and Central America, Europe, and Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddresses food-borne contaminations from a prevention view, providing proactive solutions to the problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers core sources of contamination and methods for identifying those sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes best practice and regulatory information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119650783472,"sku":"9780124046863","price":148.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780124046863_p0.jpg?v=1763638863","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780124046863","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}