Food safety : contaminants and toxins / / edited by J.P.F. D'Mello.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: D'Mello, J. P. Felix.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvi, 452 p. :; ill.
• Other title: Plant toxins and human health /; Bacterial pathogens and toxins in foodborne disease /; Shellfish toxins /; Mycotoxins in cereal grains, nuts, and other plant products /; Pesticides: toxicology and residues in food and wine /; Polychlorinated biphenyls /; Dioxins in milk, meat, eggs and fish /; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in diverse foods /; Heavy metals /; Dietary nitrates, nitrites and N-nitroso compounds and cancer risk with special emphasis on the epidemiological evidence /; Adverse reactions to food additives /; Migration of compounds from food contact materials and articles /; Veterinary products: residues and resistant pathogens /; Prion diseases: meat safety and human health implications /; The safety evaluation of genetically modified foods /; Genetically modified foods: potential human health effects /; Radionuclides in food: the post-Chernobyl evidence /; Radionuclides in foods: American perspectives / E.J. Baratta -- Widespread and continuing concerns over food safety -- J.P.F. D'Mello.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780851997513; 0851996078
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by J.P.F. D'Mello.