Table of Contents
Contents Preface..................................................................................................................xv
Author................................................................................................................ xvii
1 Safety Assurance................................................................................................1
1.1 Preservation.......................................................................................................2
1.2 Blanching, pasteurization, and sterilization.....................................................76
1.3 Chilling...........................................................................................................122
1.4 Freezing/storage/thawing................................................................................139
1.5 Irradiation....................................................................................................... 185
2 Complementary Operations.............................................................................207
2.1 Handling, cleaning, disinfection, rinsing, and effluent treatment....................207
2.2 Packaging.........................................................................................................269
3 Industrial Utilities.............................................................................................. 331
3.1 Introduction....................................................................................................... 331
3.2 Product and process overview............................................................................338
3.3 Mathematical simulation....................................................................................355
4 Bibliography and Useful Mathematical Formulae...........................................457
4.1 Bibliographic references and further reading.....................................................457
4.2 Algebra................................................................................................................473
4.3 Calculus...............................................................................................................494
4.4 Statistics.............................................................................................................. 533
Index..........................................................................................................................541