Chapter 10

Food Safety Aspects of Pulsed Electric Fields

Olga Martín-Belloso, Á.Robert Marsellés-Fontanet,  and Pedro Elez-Martínez     Department of Food Technology, Agrotecnio Center, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain

Abstract

Foodborne diseases are caused by a wide range of agents with different degrees of severity, ranging from mild indisposition to chronic or life-threatening illness, since they are not limited to microbiological aspects but also involve chemical contamination and foreign bodies. The presence of some toxic components must be controlled in order to assure the food safety. Thus, considerable efforts have been undertaken to ensure the safety of food products against dangerous substances. Although such preservation technologies ...

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