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Postharvest handling: a systems approach

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Postharvest Handling, Third Edition takes a global perspective in offering a system of measuring, monitoring, and managing produce processing to improve food quality, minimize food waste, reduce risks and uncertainties, and maximize time and resources. This unique resource provides an overview of the postharvest system and its role in the food value chain, and offers essential tools to monitor and control the handling process. It shows how to predict and combat unexpected events (e.g., spoilage), and manage the food quality and safety within a facility. Proven research methods and applications from various viewpoints are available to help you maintain high-quality produce and achieve the highest yields possible. The book also explores current challenges-including oversupply, waste, food safety, lack of resources, sustainability-and best practices for production to thrive in spite of these challenges.Presents current research methods and applications in temperature control and heat treatments to help minimize moisture content, to prevent spoilage and mold, and moreAddresses challenges of traceability and sustainabilityPresents testing and measurement techniques and applicationsProvides technological tools to create crop value and improve both food safety and food quality

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Series Title

Food Science and Technology

Call Number

[ITP-LIB-573]

Publisher

ne : Elsevier Academic Press., c2014

Collation

xxii, 564 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780124081376

Classification

SB360 .P67 2014

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Edition

3rd ed.

Subject(s)

Fruit
Vegetables

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