Preharvest Food Safety

Section 1. Overview Of The Preharvest Food Safety Problem


1. Introduction to Preharvest Food Safety


Mary E. Torrence


2. Preharvest Farming Practices Impacting Fresh Produce Safety


Eduardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez and Achyut Adhikari


3. Preharvest Food Safety Challenges in Beef and Dairy Production


David R. Smith


4. Preharvest Food Safety in Broiler Chicken Production


Walid Q. Alali and Charles L. Hofacre


5. Egg Safety in the Realm of Preharvest Food Safety


Manpreet Singh and Jagpinder Brar


6. Nuts and Grain: Microbiology and Preharvest Contamination Risks


Pardeepinder K. Brar and Michelle D. Danyluk


7. Risks Associated with Fish and Seafood


Sailaja Chintagari et al.


8. Water for Agriculture: The Convergence of Sustainability and Safety


Sarah M. Markland, et al.


9. Importance of Soil Amendments: Survival of Bacterial Pathogens in Manure and Compost Used as Organic Fertilizers


Manan Sharma and Russell Reynnells


Section 2. Emerging Issues In Preharvest Food Safety


10. Reducing Foodborne Pathogen Persistence and Transmission in Animal Production Environments: Challenges and Opportunities


Elaine D. Berry and James E. Wells


11. Emerging Foodborne and Agriculture-Related Viruses


David H. Kingsley


12. Toxoplasma gondii as a Parasite in Food: Analysis and Control


Dolores H. Hill and Jitender P. Dubey


13. Local Foods Systems Food Safety Concerns


Benjamin Chapman and Chris Gunter


14. Preharvest Food Safety Under the Influence of a Changing Climate


Kalmia E. Kniel and Patrick Spanninger


15. Potential for Meta-Analysis in the Realm of Preharvest Food Safety


Jan M. Sargeant and Annette M. O'Connor


Section 3. Emerging Solutions To Preharvest Food Safety


16. Phage Therapy Approaches to Reducing Pathogen Persistence and Transmission in Animal Production Environments: Opportunities and Challenges


Anna Colavecchio and Lawrence D. Goodridge


17. Regulatory Issues Associated with Preharvest Food Safety: United States Perspective


Shirley A. Micallef and Robert L. Buchanan


18. Regulatory Issues Associated with Preharvest Food Safety: European Union Perspective


Lis Alban


19. Current Status of the Preharvest Application of Pro- and Prebiotics to Farm Animals to Enhance the Microbial Safety of Animal Products


Rolf D. Joerger and Arpeeta Ganguly


20. Molecular Tools to Study Preharvest Food Safety Challenges


Deepak Kumar and Siddhartha Thakur


21. Mathematical Modeling Tools to Study Preharvest Food Safety


Cristina Lanzas and Shi Chen


22. Understanding the Complexities of Food Safety Using a "One Health" Approach


Kalmia E. Kniel, Deepak Kumar, and Siddhartha Thakur