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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Produce food safety and interventions to reduce risk</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Tamplin, Mark L.</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>Produce food safety and interventions to reduce risk.</xhtml:em> In: 14th Australian HACCP Conference, 30 July - 03 August 2007, Gold Coast.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_2146' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1654/1/Tamplin_HACCP.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_2146' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_2146"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1654/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1654/1/Tamplin_HACCP.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />56Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.ferret.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=17305">http://www.ferret.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=17305</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">The consumption of fresh and lightly processed produce has increased throughout the world due to changes in dietary patterns and the year-round availability of food via global food supply chains. These changes have been accompanied by a significant increase in cases of produce-borne disease caused by Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, other bacteria, protozoa and virus. The magnitude of the problem is likely many times higher due to under-reporting. Solutions are hampered by the fresh nature of the product, market trends towards minimally-processed food and limited availability of suitable processing interventions. To address this challenge, effective Good Agricultural Practices and novel intervention strategies are needed.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">produce, food safety</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/290100.html">290000 Engineering and Technology > 290100 Industrial Biotechnology and Food Sciences</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270300.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270300 Microbiology</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/300206.html">300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 300200 Crop and Pasture Production > 300206 Post Harvest Technologies (Transportation and Storage)</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1654</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Heather Mitchell</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">27 Aug 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1654;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1654">item control page</a></p>
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