Title Food safety assessment / John W. Finley, editor, Susan F. Robinson, editor, David J. Armstrong, editor

Published Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, 1992

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Description ix, 478 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series ACS symposium series ; 484 ACS symposium series, 0097-6156 ; 484 ACS symposium series ; 484 ACS symposium series. 0097-6156 ; 484 Contents Machine derived contents note: Food Safety Assessment: Introduction -- History of Food Safety Assessment: From Ancient Egypt to Ancient Washington -- What Is Safe Food? -- Risk-Benefit Perception -- Toxicological Evaluation of Genetically Engineered Plant Pesticides: Potential Data Requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Evaluating Pesticide Residues and Food Safety -- Liver Cell Short-Term Tests for Food-Borne Carcinogens -- Bacterial Test Systems for Mutagenesis Testing -- Current Trends in Animal Safety Testing -- Acute and Chronic Toxicity Testing in the Assessment of Food Additive Safety -- Usefulness of Clinical Studies in Establishing Safety of Food Products -- Good Laboratory Practice Regulations: The Need for Compliance -- Importance of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System in Food Safety Evaluation and Planning -- Threshold of Regulation: Options for Handling Minimal Risk Situations -- Food Ingredient Safety Evaluation: Guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- A Flavor Priority Ranking System: Acceptance and Internationalization -- Expert Systems and Neural Networks in Food Processing -- Predicting Chemical Mutagenicity by Using Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships -- HazardExpert: An Expert System for Predicting Chemical Toxicity -- Using the Menu Census Survey to Estimate Dietary Intake: Postmarket Surveillance of Aspartame -- Dietary Exposure Assessment in the Analysis of Risk from Pesticides in Foods -- Current Concerns in Food Safety -- High-Technology Approaches to Microbial Safety in Foods with Extended Shelf Life -- Predictive Microbiology: Mathematical Modeling of Microbial Growth in Foods -- Mycotoxins in Foods and Their Safety Ramifications -- Diet-Health Relationship -- Diet and Carcinogenesis -- Food Allergies -- Chemical Safety of Irradiated Foods -- Safety Issues with Antioxidants in Foods -- Safety and Regulatory Status of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Color Additives -- Safety Evaluation of Olestra: A Nonabsorbable Fat Replacement Derived from Fat -- Nitrate, Nitrite, and N-Nitroso Compounds: Food Safety and Biological Implications -- Ethyl Carbamate in Alcoholic Beverages and Fermented Foods -- Composition and Safety Evaluation of Potato Berries, Potato and Tomato Seeds, Potatoes and Potato Alkaloids Summary "Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry at the 200th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August 26-31, 1990" Analysis Food adulteration and inspection Chemistry Diet Evaluation Food Models Overseas item Risk management Safety Notes "Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry at the 200th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August 26-31, 1990." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Also available via the World Wide Web System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat Subject Food adulteration and inspection. Food adulteration and inspection. Food contamination. Food -- Toxicology. Food Inspection. Food Contamination. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Armstrong, David J., 1942- Finley, John W., 1942- Robinson, Susan F., 1946- American Chemical Society. Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. American Chemical Society. Meeting (200th : 1990 : Washington, D.C.) LC no. 91045099 ISBN 0841221987 (alk. paper)

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