1st Edition

Probiotics in Food Safety and Human Health

Edited By Ipek Goktepe, Vijay K. Juneja, Mohamed Ahmedna Copyright 2006
512 Pages
by CRC Press

512 Pages
by CRC Press

512 Pages
by CRC Press

The discovery of new and previously unknown organisms that cause foodborne illness makes it essential for scientists, regulators, and those in the food industry to reconsider their traditional approaches to food preservation. A single source reference that can provide the latest practical information on how to deal with the range of probiotic health issues that have recently arisen would be... Read more
Introduction to Prebiotics and Probiotics. Development of Probiotic Food Ingredients. Taxonomy and Biology of Probiotics. Primary Sources of Probiotic Cultures. Properties of Evidence-Based Probiotics for Human Health. Genetic Engineering of Probiotic Bacteria. Immunochemical Methods for Detection of Probiotics. Molecular-Based Methods Directed Toward Probiotics. Application of Repetitive Element Sequence-Based (rep-) PCR and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis
for the Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Probiotic Products. Genetically Modified Protobiotics. Use of Probiotics in Preharvest Food Safety Applications. Preharvest Food Safety Applications of Competitive Exclusion Cultures and Probiotics. Probiotics as Biopreservatives for Enhancing Food Safety. EU Perspectives on Food, Gastrointestinal Tract Functionality, and Human Health. Modulation of Epithelial Function and Local Immune System by Probiotics: Mechanisms Involved. Probiotics in Cancer Prevention. Statistical Considerations for Testing the Efficacy of Probiotics. The Safety of Probiotics in Foods in Europe and Its
Legislation. Probiotics in Food Safety and Human Health: Current Status of Regulations on the Use of Probiotics in Foods in Japan. Index. 

Biography

Ipek Goktepe, Vijay K. Juneja, Mohamed Ahmedna