Handbook of organic food safety and quality / edited by Julia Cooper, Urs Niggli and Carlo Leifert.

CONTENTS

Introduction / C. Leifert --

Part I: Organic food safety and quality : introduction and over view
History and concepts of food quality and safety in organic food production and processing / U. Niggli --
Nutritional quality of foods / C.J. Seal and K. Brandt --
Quality assurance, inspection and certification of organic foods / B. van Elzakker and J. Neuendorff --
A new food quality concept based on life processes / J. Bloksma, M. Norholt, M. Huber, G-J. van der Burgst and L. van de Vijver --
Food consumers and organic agriculture / E. Oughton and C. Ritson --

Part II: Organic livestock foods
Effects of organic and conventional feeding regimes and husbandry methods on the quality of milk and dairy products / R.F. Weller, C.L. Marley and J.M. Moorby --
Effects of organic husbandry methods and feeding regimes on poultry quality / H. Hirt and E. Zeltner --
Quality in organic, low-input and conventional pig production / A. Sundrum --
Organic livestock husbandry methods and the microbiological safety of ruminant produciton systems / F. Deiz-Gonzalez --
Reducing antibiotic use for mastitis treatment in organic dairy production systems / P. Klocke, M. Walkenhorst, and G. Butler --
Reducing anthelmintic use for the control of internal parasites in organic livestock systems / V. Maurer, P. Hördegen and H. Hertzberg --

Part III: Organic crop foods
Dietary exposure to pestcides from organic and conventional food production systems
levels and potential health impacts of nutritionally relevant phytochemicals in organic and conventional food production
Improving the quality and shelf life of fruit from organic production systems
e.tc

Part IV: The organic food chain: processing, trading and quality assurance
post harvest strategies to reduce enteric bacteria contamination of vegetable, nut and fruit products
fair trade: a basis for adequate producer's incomes, farm reinvestment and quality and safety focussed production
e.tc

Includes bibliographical references and index.