Description
Book SynopsisThis volume covers a selection of important research in the multifaceted field of food toxicology. With more than seven billion people in the world today and counting, advances in food toxicology have a direct bearing on food safety issues that are of concern to all humanity for the foreseeable future. Massive globalization, industrialization, and commercialization have affected every aspect of food production, the food supply chain, and food consumption.
This informative volume offers the global perspectives of scientists in important areas related to biomarkers and nanosensors in food toxicology, toxicology of nanomaterials, chemicals in sanitation and packaging, additives, mycotoxins, endocrine disruptors, radionuclides, toxic metals, and waste-burning residues in food. The book also emphasizes regulatory toxicology and includes an interesting example case study.
The challenge of sustainable and safe food for everyone needs a multidisciplinary and multi-sectorial approach from related industries and governments alike. Food chemical safety is an underappreciated aspect of consumer safety, and this volume seeks to help fill that gap by providing informative research for food scientists and researchers and many others.
Table of ContentsBiomarkers in Food Toxicology. Mucosal Exposome and Food Toxicity Biomarkers. Toxicity of Ingested Nanomaterials. Safety Evaluation of Chemistries Used in the Food and Beverage Processing and Packaging Industries. Developmental Neurotoxicity Considerations for Food Additive Safety. Protective Effect of Food-Grade Lactic Acid Bacteria against Oxidative Stress. Mycotoxins. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Foodstuffs and Their Toxicological Implications. Radionuclides in Foods. Metal Toxicity in Foods. Toxicological Risks of Waste-Burning Residues in Foods: A View on Low-Income Countries. Introduction to Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and Its Role as Potential Marker in Food Toxicology. Regulation and Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Water and Food in Brazil. Aptamers as Advanced Nanosensing Tools in Food Safety.
