The minimal processing industry for fruit and vegetables needs appropriate selection of raw
materials and operation of improved sustainable strategies for reducing losses and …

Consumers appreciate leafy green vegetables such as baby leaves for their convenience
and wholesomeness and for adding a variety of tastes and colors to their plate. In Western …

A comprehensive and accessible textbook, Food Packaging: Principles and Practice,
Second Edition presents an integrated approach to understanding the principles underlying …

The importance of food packaging hardly needs emphasizing since only a handful of foods
are sold in an unpackaged state. With an increasing focus on sustainability and cost …

The growth of six bacterial species (Carnobacterium maltaromaticum, Bacillus
weihenstephanensis, Bacillus cereus, Paenibacillus spp., Leuconostoc mesenteroides and …

Competition between background microflora and microbial pathogens raises questions
about the application of predictive microbiology in situ, ie, in non-sterile naturally …

Coupling gas transfer with predictive microbiology is essential to rationally design modified
atmosphere packaging (MAP) strategies to ensure and guarantee food safety. Nowadays …

Fresh-cut iceberg lettuce inoculated with Escherichia coli O157: H7 was submitted to
chlorine washing (150 mg/mL) and modified atmosphere packaging on laboratory scale …

The current high demand of minimally processed or fresh-cut fruit and vegetables results
from the consumer's desire for healthy, convenient, fresh, and ready-to-eat plant foodderived …

The effects of a moderate UV-C pretreatment, a superatmospheric O2-enriched modified
atmosphere packaging (MAP) and its combination compared to a conventional passive MAP …