Nitrite is one of the most widely used curing ingredients in meat industries. Nitrites have
numerous useful applications in cured meats and a vital component in giving cured meats …

Increasing consumer demand for microbiologicallysafer foods, greater convenience, smaller
packages, and longer product shelf life is forcing the industry to develop new food …

This chapter talks about antimicrobial compounds that are divided into two classes:
traditional and naturally occurring. Antimicrobials are classified as traditional when they (i) …

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Benzoic acid is found naturally in a wide variety of plants. It was isolated in the sixteenth
century, but not commercially produced until the end of the nineteenth century. Researchers …

Twelve years have passed since its last edition-making Antimicrobials in Foods, Third
Edition the must-have resource for those interested in the latest information on food …

The latest decade has witnessed joint efforts by the packaging and the food industries to
reduce the amount of residues and wastes associated with food consumption. The recent …

Meat industries are constantly facing new waves of changes in the consumer's nutritional
trends, food safety, and quality requirements and legislations leading to an increase in …

Although organic acids have been used to counteract pathogens in food for many years,
there is a glaring need to assess and improve their continued effectiveness and …

As meat consumption is increasing around the world, so do concerns and challenges to
meat hygiene and safety. These concerns are mostly of a biological nature and include …