Produktbild: Organic Production & Food Qual

Organic Production & Food Qual

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

03.01.2012

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

304

Maße (L/B/H)

25,4/17,9/2,2 cm

Gewicht

744 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-8138-1217-5

Beschreibung

Rezension

"This comprehensive book is welcome in that it not only covers the quality of crops in separate chapters on vegetables, fruit and cereal grains but it also deals, in equal measure, with the quality of meat, milk products and eggs." (The Biologist, March 2014)
"Everyone with a serious interest in the differences between organic and conventional food should have this book on their coffee table or bookshelf, because it is the most comprehensive and objective library of present evidence." (Int. J. Environment & Pollution, 1 May 2013)
 
"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; general readers." (Choice, 1 December 2012)
 
"This book by Professor Blair is a very valuable analysis of how organic food production affects food quality, and the conclusions and suggestions should be of great interest to all sectors of the food industry, including researchers and producers. Hopefully the book will also benefit consumers by encouraging the media and the food industry to present a more accurate picture of the relative quality of conventional and organic foods." (Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Science, 1 May 2012)
 
"This is a remarkable book . . . Everyone with a serious interest in the differences between organic and conventional food should have this book on their coffee table or bookshelf because it is the most comprehensive and objective library of present evidence." (Prof. John Hodges, Food and Nutrition Sciences)
 
"Dr. Blair's book is a comprehensive and balanced review of the scientific literature related to the organic versus conventional debate. . . . Each chapter provides an unbiased overview of the literature related to a particular food item and lets the reader decide if their preference for or against a particular organic food is supported by research." (Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 1 December 2012)
"This unique book gives an objective and thorough view of a major issue in health, nutrition, food quality, the environment and food production systems and is of interest to consumers, farmers, nutritionists, medical specialists, environmentalists and businesses in the food chain." (Journal of Tropical Agricultural Association, Winter 2012)

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

03.01.2012

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

304

Maße (L/B/H)

25,4/17,9/2,2 cm

Gewicht

744 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-8138-1217-5

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

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  • Produktbild: Organic Production & Food Qual
  • Foreword ix
     
    1 The Shift to Organic Food 1
     
    Background 1
     
    Organic regulations 3
     
    Consumer perceptions 7
     
    Analysis of the topic 9
     
    References 10
     
    2 Consumer Concerns About Food 13
     
    The concerns 14
     
    Consumer concerns and attitudes 16
     
    Food regulations 20
     
    Justification for consumer attitudes about the safety of
     
    organic and conventional foods 21
     
    Range of organic foods 22
     
    References 23
     
    3 Vegetable Produce 25
     
    Pest and disease control 25
     
    Documented findings on pesticide residues 27
     
    Other chemical contaminants 33
     
    Other toxic and antinutritional compounds in produce 35
     
    Hormones 35
     
    Can organic produce cause food poisoning? 36
     
    Nutrient concentrations 42
     
    Organoleptic quality 51
     
    Identification of organic produce 53
     
    Food from afar 54
     
    Finally: watch which salad veg you eat 55
     
    Conclusions 55
     
    References 56
     
    4 Fruit 61
     
    Pesticide residues 61
     
    Other risks with fruit 68
     
    Chemical residues 68
     
    Microbial problems 70
     
    Mycotoxins 70
     
    Cloning and gene-modified fruit 71
     
    Nutrient concentrations 72
     
    Appearance and organoleptic qualities 83
     
    Preserves 86
     
    Conclusions 88
     
    References 89
     
    5 Cereal Grains 93
     
    Pesticide residues 93
     
    Chemical residues 96
     
    Other issues relating to grains 97
     
    Mycotoxins: are organic grains less safe? 98
     
    Gene-modified crops 102
     
    Nutritional and organoleptic qualities 103
     
    Wheat 104
     
    Oats 108
     
    Barley 108
     
    Conclusions 108
     
    References 109
     
    6 Meat 111
     
    Chemical and pesticide residues 111
     
    Organic meat 116
     
    Hormones 121
     
    Hormone residue levels in meats. Do government agencies
     
    monitor for these? 123
     
    Developing countries 124
     
    Antibiotics 125
     
    Bacterial contamination of meat 127
     
    Cloning 129
     
    Mad-cow disease 131
     
    Contaminated beef products implicated 132
     
    Gene modification 133
     
    Nutritional and organoleptic qualities 135
     
    Beef 135
     
    Pork 141
     
    Poultry 146
     
    Fish 150
     
    Conclusions 157
     
    References 158
     
    7 Milk and Milk Products 163
     
    The hormone issue 163
     
    Raw milk 165
     
    Antibiotic residues 167
     
    Pesticide and chemical residues 168
     
    Nutritional and organoleptic qualities 170
     
    Research findings 170
     
    Consumer findings 175
     
    Conclusions 179
     
    References 180
     
    8 Eggs 183
     
    Cholesterol 184
     
    Salmonella and food-poisoning 187
     
    Contamination with residues 191
     
    Antibiotics 191
     
    Chemical residues 192
     
    Egg quality 198
     
    Research findings 198
     
    Consumer findings 203
     
    Conclusions 203
     
    References 204
     
    9 Is Organic Food Safer? 207
     
    Residues 207
     
    Vegetable produce 207
     
    Fruit 208
     
    Cereal grains 208
     
    Meat 208
     
    Milk 209
     
    Eggs 209
     
    Food poisoning 210
     
    Mycotoxins 211
     
    Other anti-nutrients 211
     
    Nitrate 211
     
    Significance of the findings in relation to health 213
     
    Other research on food and health 216
     
    Health of farmers and farm workers 219
     
    Other approaches 221