Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Contributors -- Preface -- SECTION I. OVERVIEW OF THE PREHARVEST FOOD SAFETY PROBLEM -- 1. Introduction to Preharvest Food Safety / Mary E. Torrence -- 2. Preharvest Farming Practices Impacting Fresh Produce Safety / Eduardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez and Achyut Adhikari -- 3. Preharvest Food Safety Challenges in Beef and Dairy Production / David R. Smith -- 4. Preharvest Food Safety in Broiler Chicken Production / Walid Q. Alali and Charles L. Hofacre -- 5. Egg Safety in the Realm of Preharvest Food Safety / Manpreet Singh and Jagpinder Brar -- 6. Nuts and Grain: Microbiology and Preharvest Contamination Risks / Pardeepinder K. Brar and Michelle D. Danyluk -- 7. Risks Associated with Fish and Seafood / Sailaja Chintagari, Nicole Hazard, Genevieve Edwards, Ravi Jadeja, and Marlene Janes -- 8. Water for Agriculture: The Convergence of Sustainability and Safety / Sarah M. Markland, David Ingram, Kalmia E. Kniel, and Manan Sharma -- 9. Importance of Soil Amendments: Survival of Bacterial Pathogens in Manure and Compost Used as Organic Fertilizers / Manan Sharma and Russell Reynnells -- SECTION II. EMERGING ISSUES IN PREHARVEST FOOD SAFETY -- 10. Reducing Foodborne Pathogen Persistence and Transmission in Animal Production Environments: Challenges and Opportunities / Elaine D. Berry and James E. Wells -- 11. Emerging Foodborne and Agriculture-Related Viruses / David H. Kingsley -- 12. Toxoplasma gondii as a Parasite in Food: Analysis and Control / Dolores H. Hill and Jitender P. Dubey -- 13. Local Foods Systems Food Safety Concerns / Benjamin Chapman and Chris Gunter -- 14. Preharvest Food Safety Under the Influence of a Changing Climate / Kalmia E. Kniel and Patrick Spanninger -- 15. Potential for Meta-Analysis in the Realm of Preharvest Food Safety / Jan M. Sargeant and Annette M. O'Connor -- SECTION III. EMERGING SOLUTIONS TO PREHARVEST FOOD SAFETY -- 16. Phage Therapy Approaches to Reducing Pathogen Persistence and Transmission in Animal Production Environments: Opportunities and Challenges / Anna Colavecchio and Lawrence D. Goodridge -- 17. Regulatory Issues Associated with Preharvest Food Safety: United States Perspective / Shirley A. Micallef and Robert L. Buchanan -- 18. Regulatory Issues Associated with Preharvest Food Safety: European Union Perspective / Lis Alban -- 19. Current Status of the Preharvest Application of Pro- and Prebiotics to Farm Animals to Enhance the Microbial Safety of Animal Products / Rolf D. Joerger and Arpeeta Ganguly -- 20. Molecular Tools to Study Preharvest Food Safety Challenges / Deepak Kumar and Siddhartha Thakur -- 21. Mathematical Modeling Tools to Study Preharvest Food Safety / Cristina Lanzas and Shi Chen -- 22. Understanding the Complexities of Food Safety Using a "One Health" Approach / Kalmia E. Kniel, Deepak Kumar, and Siddhartha Thakur -- Index.

Foodborne outbreaks continue to take lives and harm economies, making controlling the entry of pathogens into the food supply a priority. Preharvest factors have been the cause of numerous outbreaks, including Listeria in melons, Salmonella associated with tomatoes, and Shiga toxin-producing E.coli in beef products, yet most traditional control measures and regulations occur at the postharvest stage. Preharvest Food Safety covers a broad swath of knowledge surrounding topics of safety at the preharvest and harvest stages, focusing on problems for specific food sources and food pathogens, as well as new tools and potential solutions.

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