Table of Contents

The Scope of Food Microbiology; Micro-organisms and Food Materials; Factors Affecting the Growth and Survival of Micro-organisms in Foods; The Microbiology of Food Preservation; Microbiology of Primary Food Commodities; Food Microbiology and Public Health; Bacterial Agents of Foodborne Illness; Non-bacterial Agents of Foodborne Illness; Fermented and Microbial Foods; Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods; Controlling the Microbiological Quality of Foods; Further Reading; Subject Index.

About the Author

University of Surrey, UK