| Title of the chapter | Predictive Microbiology: A Valuable Tool in Food Safety and Microbiological Risk Assessment |
| Title of the book | Practical Food Safety. Contemporary Issues and Future Directions |
| Publication Type | Chapter of a book |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Arroyo- López, Francisco Noe; Bautista-Gallego, Joaquín; Valero-Díaz, Antonio; García-Gimeno, Rosa María; Garrido-Fernández, Antonio |
| Pagination | 517 – 534 |
| ISBN | 9781118474594 |
| Editorial | John Wiley & Sons |
| Abstract | Foodborne pathogens represent a major concern for the food industry, which needs to ensure that products are safe for consumers. Predictive microbiology is a multidisciplinary area of food mi crobiology, which is devoted to studying and predicting, by means of mathematical models, the cffects of extrinsic factors (temperature, salt, preservatives, etc.) on microbial behaviour in foods. The present chapter is an overview of the successive steps to follow for the successful development and implementation of a predictive model, as well as the most common types of secondary models used in food microbiology. The chapter continues with a general review of the most powerful predictive microbiological tools (tertiary models) that are currently available on the worldwide web for foodborne pathogens, and concludes by commenting on the direct implications and applications of predictive microbiology in food safety and microbial risk assessments. |
| Link adress | http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/115838 |
