Food Safety: Contaminants and Toxins, J P F D’Mello, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK, April 2003, 480 Pages
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Contents :
Contributors
Preface
Glossary
PART I: BIOTOXINS
1 Plant Toxins and Human Health
P.S. Spencer and F. Berman
2 Bacterial Pathogens and Toxins in Foodborne Disease
E.A. Johnson
3 Shellfish Toxins
A. Gago Martínez and J.F. Lawrence
4 Mycotoxins in Cereal Grains, Nuts and Other Plant Products
J.P.F. D’Mello
PART II: ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS
5 Pesticides: Toxicology and Residues in Food
P. Cabras
6 Polychlorinated Biphenyls
D.L. Arnold and M. Feeley
7 Dioxins in Milk, Meat, Eggs and Fish
H. Fiedler
8 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Diverse Foods
M.D. Guill én and P. Sopelana
9 Heavy Metals
L. Jorhem
10 Dietary Nitrates, Nitrites and N-nitroso Compounds and Cancer Risk
Special Emphasis on the Epidemiological Evidence
M. Eichholzer and F. Gutzwiller
11 Adverse Reactions to Food Additives
R.A. Simon and H. Ishiwata
12 Migration of Compounds from Food Contact Materials and Articles
J.H. Petersen
13 Veterinary Products: Residues and Resistant Pathogens
J.C. Paige and L. Tollefson
PART III: CASE STUDIES
14 Prion Diseases: Meat Safety and Human Health Implications
N. Hunter
15 The Safety Evaluation of Genetically Modified Foods
M.J. Gasson
16 Genetically Modified Foods: Potential Human Health Effects
A. Pusztai, S. Bardocz and S.W.B. Ewen
17 Radionuclides in Foods: the Post-Chernobyl Evidence
J.T. Smith and N.A. Beresford
18 Radionuclides in Foods: American Perspectives
E.J. Baratta
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
19 Widespread and Continuing Concerns over Food Safety
J.P.F. D’Mello
Index