Trends in Food Safety and Protection

Taking a forward looking perspective, this book addresses highly evolving topics in food safety and protection and explores recent advances made in the field, such as the development and commercialization of nanobiosensors for food application, and the use of nanotechnology for improvements in food production to food consumption. Emerging topics of concern in the food industry such as reconditioning and utilizing waste generated by food processing, wild game meat food safety and security, and regulations and remedies in retail food have also been covered in the book.

Trends in Food Safety and Protection explores the recent developments and ongoing research in the field of food safety and protection. The book covers improvements in the existing techniques and implementation of novel analytical methods for detecting and characterizing foodborne pathogens, the mechanisms of biofilms of food-related bacteria, the techniques used to authenticate foods, and supply chain management in the context of foods. It has topics on the application of next-generation sequencing in food safety, and the design and development of biosensor platforms for food diagnostics. Topics pertaining to the effects of climate change on food safety and security have also been discussed.

The contributions on these topics are from international experts in the field. Though food safety comprises a vast field, all of the important aspects pertaining to the topic have been covered, focusing on recent advances and providing a perspective on future trends in the field.

V Ravishankar Rai earned his MSc and PhD from the University of Mysore, India. Currently, Dr. Rai is working as a professor in the Department of Studies in Microbiology, University of Mysore, India. He was awarded a fellowship from the UNESCO Biotechnology Action Council, Paris (1996), the Indo-Israel Cultural Exchange Fellowship (1998), the Biotechnology Overseas Fellowship,Government of India (2008), and the Indo-Hungarian Exchange Fellowship (2011). Presently, he is the coordinator for the Department of Science and Technology, Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence and University Grants Commission innovative programs.

Jamuna A. Bai is an ICMR senior research fellow in the Department of Studies in Microbiology, University of Mysore, India. She has authored four research papers, a review article, and four book chapters. She is currently working on the role of quorum sensing in food-borne bacteria for regulating the expression of spoilage phenotypes and production of virulence factors. Her research interests include studying quorum sensing and biofilms in food-related bacteria, developing quorum-sensing inhibitors, and investigating antimicrobial and anti-quorum-sensing activity of phytochemicals.