Food safety engineering: An emergent perspective

Food Engineering Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-104

  Lopez Gomez A ^a   Fernandez P S ^a   Palop, A ^a   Periago, P M ^a   Martinez Lopez A ^b,c   Marin Iniesta, F ^d   Barbosa Canovas G V ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food engineering; Food Safety engineering

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SYSTEMS; CONTAMINATION CONTROL; DETECTION METHODS; ENGINEERING COMPONENTS; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; FOOD CONTAMINANTS; FOOD ENGINEERING; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FOOD SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; HIGH QUALITY; INTELLIGENT PACKAGING; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE MICRO-BIOLOGY; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES;

AGRICULTURE; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENGINEERS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION DETECTION; SAFETY TESTING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 78651566558     PISSN: 18667910     EISSN: 18667929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12393-009-9005-5     Document Type: Article

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