Food Safety and Quality Systems in Developing Countries
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Food Safety and Quality Systems in Developing Countries

Volume One: Export Challenges and Implementation Strategies

  1. 186 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Food Safety and Quality Systems in Developing Countries

Volume One: Export Challenges and Implementation Strategies

About this book

Food Safety and Quality Systems in Developing Countries, Volume One: Export Challenges and Implementation Strategies considers both the theoretical and practical aspects of food safety and quality systems implementation by major world markets and new and emerging markets in developing countries. This reference examines issues facing exporters and importers of traditional foods the characteristics of the food and its distribution channels, and market access from a historical and current context to present best practices. This must-have reference offers real-life, practical approaches for foods from around the world, offering help to those who have found it difficult to implement sustainable, certifiable food safety and quality systems into their businesses and provides scientifically sound solutions to support their implementation. - Includes accessible, relevant case studies of instances when food safety was compromised and offers practical scientific input in dealing with and preventing these issues - Discusses the role and importance of research and documentation of food safety when exporting products - Presents risk analysis examples from the past and present for products from various countries and different perspectives including the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, India, South Africa, Haiti, Jamaica, and more - Offers successful strategies for developing food safety and quality systems from a national and firm-level perspective relevant to academics, regulators, exporters, importers and major distributors handling food from various developing countries

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1: Exporting Traditional Fruits and Vegetables to the United States: Trade, Food Science, and Sanitary and Phytosanitary/Technical Barriers to Trade Considerations
  9. Chapter 2: Natural Toxins in Fruits and Vegetables: Blighia sapida and Hypoglycin
  10. Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of Ackee (Blighia sapida): Environmental and Other Influences on Toxicity
  11. Chapter 4: Biochemistry of Hypoglycin and Toxic Hypoglycemic Syndrome
  12. Chapter 5: Effective Science-Based Approaches to Establishing Safe Food Handling Practices for Traditional Foods: The Ackee Example
  13. Chapter 6: Re-entering the US Market with Jamaican Ackees: A Case Study
  14. Chapter 7: Dealing with Trade Challenges: Science-Based Solutions to Market-Access Interruption
  15. Chapter 8: The Food Safety Modernization Act and Its Impact on the Caribbean’s Approach to Export Market Access
  16. Appendix I
  17. Appendix II
  18. References
  19. Subject Index