Food Diagnostics

Food diagnostics is a relatively new and emerging area fuelled in large part by the ever-increasing demand for food safety. Food Diagnostics provides the most updated, comprehensive professional reference source available, covering sophisticated diagnostic technology for the food industry. The book looks at areas such as food quality assurance, safety and traceability. Issues such as improved quality control, monitoring pesticide and herbicide residues in food, determining the nutritional content of food and distinguishing between GM and 'conventional' foodstuffs are covered.