Description
Postharvest Handling, Third Edition takes a global perspective in offering a system of measuring, monitoring, and managing produce processing to improve food quality, minimize food waste, reduce risks and uncertainties, and maximize time and resources. This unique resource provides an overview of the postharvest system and its role in the food value chain, and offers essential tools to monitor and control the handling process. It shows how to predict and combat unexpected events (e.g., spoilage), and manage the food quality and safety within a facility. Proven research methods and applications from various viewpoints are available to help you maintain high-quality produce and achieve the highest yields possible. The book also explores current challenges—including oversupply, waste, food safety, lack of resources, sustainability—and best practices for production to thrive in spite of these challenges.- Presents current research methods and applications in temperature control and heat treatments to help minimize moisture content, to prevent spoilage and mold, and more- Addresses challenges of traceability and sustainability- Presents testing and measurement techniques and applications- Provides technological tools to create crop value and improve both food safety and food quality
Table of Contents
1. Postharvest systems - New Contexts, New Imperatives2. Challenges in Handling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables3. Consumer Eating Habits and Perceptions of Fresh Produce Quality4. Testing and Measuring Consumer Acceptance5. Nutritional Quality of Fruits and Vegetables6. Value Chain Management and Postharvest Handling7. Consumer Expenditure on Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Purchase8. Postharvest Regulation and Quality Standards on Fresh Produce9. Fresh-cut Product Quality: Implications for a Systems Approach10. Postharvest Handling and Quality Maintenance of Tropical Fruits11. Microbial Quality and Safety of Fresh Produce12. Sorting for Defects13. Non-destructive Evaluation: Detection of External and Internal Attributes Frequently Associated with Quality and Damage14. Measuring Quality and Maturity15. Modeling Quality Attributes and Quality Related Product Properties16. The Supply Value Chain of Fresh Produce from Field to Home: Refrigeration and Other Supporting Technologies17. Traceability in Postharvest Systems18. Fruits and Vegetables in International Trade: Forensic Aspects of Cargo Claims19. Innovative and Integrated Approaches to Investigate Postharvest Stress Physiology and the Biological Basis of Fruit Quality During Storage20. Challenges in Postharvest Handling
