Lebensmittelskandale bedrohen nicht nur die Gesundheit des Verbrauchers, sondern verursachen oft auch enorme Verluste bei den Produzenten. Zusätzlich zu Initiativen von Firmen und Wirtschaftszweigen versuchen Regierungen, den Verbraucherschutz durch Produktstandards und Qualitätskontrollen zu...

Preface Specialty food (SF) is a rapidly growing market sector, with an annual growth rate of 8-10%. SF products accounted for 13.1% of all retail food sales in 2010, reaching $55.9 billion in sales. One hundred thirty-eight million American consumers (46%) are purchasing specialty foods....

"This book identifies the main issues involving novel and emerging cooling and heating technologies, processes and systems for food preservation. It reviews the state of the art and recent advances in several application areas related with food preservation technologies and systems"--