Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
Section I. Overview of the Preharvest Food Safety Problem
1. Introduction to Preharvest Food SafetyMary E. Torrence
2. Preharvest Farming Practices Impacting Fresh Produce SafetyEduardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez and Achyut Adhikari
3. Preharvest Food Safety Challenges in Beef and Dairy ProductionDavid R. Smith
4. Preharvest Food Safety in Broiler Chicken ProductionWalid Q. Alali and Charles L. Hofacre
5. Egg Safety in the Realm of Preharvest Food SafetyManpreet Singh and Jagpinder Brar
6. Nuts and Grain: Microbiology and Preharvest Contamination RisksPardeepinder K. Brar and Michelle D. Danyluk
7. Risks Associated with Fish and SeafoodSailaja Chintagari, Nicole Hazard, Genevieve Edwards, Ravi Jadeja, and Marlene Janes
8. Water for Agriculture: The Convergence of Sustainability and SafetySarah M. Markland, David Ingram, Kalmia E. Kniel, and Manan Sharma
9. Importance of Soil Amendments: Survival of Bacterial Pathogens in Manure and Compost Used as Organic FertilizersManan Sharma and Russell Reynnells
Section II. Emerging Issues in Preharvest Food Safety
10. Reducing Foodborne Pathogen Persistence and Transmission in Animal Production Environments: Challenges and OpportunitiesElaine D. Berry and James E. Wells
11. Emerging Foodborne and Agriculture-Related VirusesDavid H. Kingsley
12. Toxoplasma gondii as a Parasite in Food: Analysis and ControlDolores H. Hill and Jitender P. Dubey
13. Local Foods Systems Food Safety ConcernsBenjamin Chapman and Chris Gunter
14. Preharvest Food Safety Under the Influence of a Changing ClimateKalmia E. Kniel and Patrick Spanninger
15. Potential for Meta-Analysis in the Realm of Preharvest Food SafetyJan M. Sargeant and Annette M. O’Connor
Section III. Emerging Solutions to Preharvest Food Safety
16. Phage Therapy Approaches to Reducing Pathogen Persistence and Transmission in Animal Production Environments: Opportunities and ChallengesAnna Colavecchio and Lawrence D. Goodridge
17. Regulatory Issues Associated with Preharvest Food Safety: United States PerspectiveShirley A. Micallef and Robert L. Buchanan
18. Regulatory Issues Associated with Preharvest Food Safety: European Union PerspectiveLis Alban
19. Current Status of the Preharvest Application of Pro- and Prebiotics to Farm Animals to Enhance the Microbial Safety of Animal ProductsRolf D. Joerger and Arpeeta Ganguly
20. Molecular Tools to Study Preharvest Food Safety ChallengesDeepak Kumar and Siddhartha Thakur
21. Mathematical Modeling Tools to Study Preharvest Food SafetyCristina Lanzas and Shi Chen
22. Understanding the Complexities of Food Safety Using a “One Health” ApproachKalmia E. Kniel, Deepak Kumar, and Siddhartha Thakur
Index