Modeling in Food Microbiology: From Predictive Microbiology to Exposure Assessment
| By: | Membré, Jeanne-Marie; Valdramidis, Vasilis |
| Publisher: | Elsevier S & T |
| Print ISBN: | 9781785481550 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780081009819 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Predictive microbiology primarily deals with the quantitative assessment of microbial responses at a macroscopic or microscopic level, but also involves the estimation of how likely an individual or population is to be exposed to a microbial hazard.
This book provides an overview of the major literature in the area of predictive microbiology, with a special focus on food. The authors tackle issues related to modeling approaches and their applications in both microbial spoilage and safety.
Food spoilage is presented through applications of best-before-date determination and commercial sterility. Food safety is presented through applications of risk-based safety management. The different modeling aspects are introduced through probabilistic and stochastic approaches, including model and data uncertainty, but also biological variability.
- Features an extensive review of modelling terminology
- Presents examples of all available microbial models (i.e., growth, inactivation, growth/no growth) and applicable software
- Revisits all statistical aspects related to exposure assessment
- Describes realistic examples of implementing microbial spoilage and safety modeling approaches