Advances in Food Diagnostics

Leo M.L. Nollet, PhD is professor of Biochemistry, Aquatic Ecology, and Ecotoxicology at the Department of Applied Engineering Sciences of University College Ghent (Hogeschool Gent), Ghent, Belgium. His research interests are in the domain of food analysis, chromatography, and analysis of environmental parameters. Fidel Toldrá, PhD is a Research Professor at the Department of Food Science, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (CSIC), Spain and serves as European Editor of Trends in Food Science and Technology and Editor–in–Chief of Current Nutrition & Food Science. His research is focused on food (bio)chemistry and analysis. Administrative Editor Y.H. Hui, PhD, West Sacramento, CA is a consultant to the food industry and has served as the author, editor, or editor in chief of numerous books in food science, technology, engineering, medicine, and law, including Handbook of Food Science, Technology and Engineering (4 volumes); Food Processing: Principles and Applications; and Handbook of Fruits and Fruit Processing.

Contributors vii


Preface xi


1. Assuring Safety and Quality along the Food Chain 1
Gerhard Schiefer


2. Methodologies for Improved Quality Control Assessment of Food Products 11
Manuel A. Coimbra Sílvia M. Rocha and António S. Barros


3. Application of Microwaves for On–line Quality Assessment 49
Ruth De los Reyes Marta Castro–Giráldez Pedro Fito and Elías De los Reyes


4. Ultrasounds for Quality Assurance 81
Bosen Zhao Otman A. Basir and Gauri S. Mittal


5. NMR for Food Quality and Traceability 101
Raffaele Sacchi and Livio Paolillo


6. Electronic Nose for Quality and Safety Control 119
Naresh Magan and Natasha Sahgal


7. Rapid Microbiological Methods in Food Diagnostics 131
Daniel Y. C. Fung


8. Molecular Technologies for Detecting and Characterizing Pathogens 155
Geraldine Duffy and Terese Catarame


9. DNA–Based Detection of GM Ingredients 175
Alexandra Ehlert Francisco Moreano Ulrich Busch and Karl–Heinz Engel


10. Protein–Based Detection of GM Ingredients 199
A. Rotthier M. Eeckhout N. Gryson K. Dewettinck and K. Messens


11. Immunodiagnostic Technology and Its Applications 211
Didier Levieux


12. Rapid Liquid Chromatographic Techniques for Detection of Key (Bio)Chemical Markers 229
M–Concepción Aristoy Milagro Reig and Fidel Toldrá


13. Sampling Procedures with Special Focus on Automatization 253
K. K. Kleeberg D. Dobberstein N. Hinrichsen A. Müller P. Weber and H. Steinhart


14. Data Processing 295
Riccardo Leardi


15. Data Handling 323
Philippe Girard Sofi ane Lariani and Sébastien Populaire


16. The Market for Diagnostic Devices in the Food Industry 347
Hans Hoogland and Huub Lelieveld


Index 359