Predictive microbiology in foods is a research area within food microbiology intended to
provide mathematical models to predict microbial behavior in food environments. Although …

Microbial risk assessment is a newly emerging discipline in the area of food safety. One of
the difficulties associated with microbial risk assessment is in determining the number of …

Predictive food microbiology is a field of study that combines elements of microbiology,
mathematics, and statistics to develop models that describe and predict the growth or …

The need and desirability of being able to perform quantitative microbial risk assessments
for food processing and preparation operations has been discussed extensively for the past …

Microorganisms can contaminate food, thus causing food spoilage and health risks when
the food is consumed. Foods are not sterile; they have a natural flora and a transient flora …

Risk estimates for food‐borne infection will usually depend heavily on numbers of
microorganisms present on the food at the time of consumption. As these data are seldom …

The production of safe food is being increasingly based on the use of risk analysis, and this
process is now in use to establish national and international food safety objectives. It is also …

Food safety and quality are influenced by the presence (and possible proliferation) of
pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms during the life cycle of the product (ie, from the raw …

This is an overview of the application of risk assessment for evaluating and managing
foodborne microbiological health risks. Risk assessment comprises four steps: hazard …

Predictive microbiology is an area of applied research in food science that uses
mathematical models to predict the changes in the population of pathogenic or spoilage …