Advances in Food Diagnostics (Hardcover)

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