Food Plant Sanitation

Comprehensive and accessible, Food Plant Sanitation presents fundamental principles and applications that are essential for food production safety. It provides basic, practical information on the daily operations in a food processing plant and reviews some of the industry's most recent developments. The book is unique from others on the topic in that it features the perspectives of more than 30 food safety experts from government, academia, and the food industry. These authorities cover nine major areas of interest: #xFE; Federal and state regulations and guidelines #xFE; Major biological and nonbiological contaminants #xFE; Cleaning a food plant #xFE; Sanitation and worker safety #xFE; Housekeeping #xFE; Product quality #xFE; Commodity processing #xFE; Retail food sanitation #xFE; Enforcement In addition to covering primary sanitation practices, the book touches on the latest information on the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) program. The mention of the HACCP is of particular importance because it is imperative that a food processing plant has put in place an acceptable sanitation program on principle and in practice before considering the program. Additional topics include the spread of bacterial and viral foodborne diseases, the risks from protozoa and nematodes in food production, and the design and development of self-inspection programs.

Franklin Arthur Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. Daniel W. Bena PepsiCo Beverages International, Purchase, New York, U.S.A. Henry C. Carsberg Henry C. Carsberg & Associates, Anacortes, Washington, U.S.A. Philip Cheng-Ming Chang Department of Food Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan Tin Shing Chao Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. T. C. Chen Poultry Science Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, U.S.A. Robert M. Corrigan RMC Pest Management Consulting, Richmond, Indiana, U.S.A. P. Michael Davidson Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Sharon L. Friedman Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, U.S.A. John S. Gecan Microanalytical Branch, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. John B. Gingrich Department of Entomology and Applied Ecology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A. J. Richard Gorham Consultant, Xenia, Ohio, U.S.A. Jerry W. Heaps General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. Y. H. Hui Science Technology System, West Sacramento, California, U.S.A. Wen-zhe Hwang Department of Food Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan A. Jay Johnson Ringger Foods, Inc., Gridley, Illinois, U.S.A. Sheng-dun Lin Department of Food and Nutrition, Hungkuang Institute of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan Andrew Lock Safeline, Inc., Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. Linda Mason Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. Sharon V. Mowery Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. Michael A. Mullen Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. Wai-Kit Nip Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Richard D. O'Brien Fats and Oils Consultant, Plano, Texas, U.S.A. Alan R. Olsen Microanalytical Branch, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Thomas E. Osterberg General Mills, Golden Valley, Minnesota, U.S.A. Andi Shau-mei Ou Department of Food Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan Thomas W. Phillips Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Alfred J. St. Cyr AIB International, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. Cheryl Santucci Ringger Foods, Inc., Gridley, Illinois, U.S.A. Peggy Stanfield Dietetic Resources, Twin Falls, Idaho, U.S.A. Bhadriraju Subramanyam Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. Michael D. Toews Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. Sherri B. Turnipseed Animal Drugs Research Center, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. Gregory A. Umland Ringger Foods, Inc., Gridley, Illinois, U.S.A. Chun-Shi Wang Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Ping-Lieh Thomas Wang Fieldale Farms Corporation, Baldwin, Georgia, U.S.A. Yu-Ping Wei Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan James Swi-Bea Wu Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Michael L. Zimmerman U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.