Steven C. Ricke, Professor and Wray Endowed Chair in Food Safety and Director of the Center for Food Safety, Food Science Department, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

Ellen J. Van Loo, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Michael G. Johnson, Emeritus Professor, Food Microbiology & Safety, Food Science Department, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas

Corliss A. O'Bryan, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Food Science Department, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas

1. Historical and current perspectives on organic meat production
Section I: Economics, market and regulatory issues
2. Organic meat operations in the United States
3. Regulatory issues in domestically raised and imported organic meats in the U.S.
4. Organic meat production in Europe: market and regulation
5. Organic meat marketing
Section II: Management issues for organically raised and processed meat animals
6. Health and welfare of organic livestock and its challenges
7. Environmental impact and life cycle analysis of organic meat production and processing
8. Genetics of poultry meat production in organic systems
9. Organic meat byproducts for affiliated food industries
10. Organic animal nutrition and feed supplementations
11. Production of forage crops suitable for feeding organically raised meat animals
Section III: Processing, sensory and human health aspects of organic meats
12. Slaughter options for organic meat producers in the US
13. Alternatives to traditional antimicrobials for organically processed meat and poultry
14. Nutritional value of organic meat and potential human health response
15. Sensory assessment of organic meats
16. Chemical residues in organic meats compared to conventional meats
Section IV: The current food safety status of organic meats
17. Incidence of foodborne pathogens in organic beef
18. Incidence of foodborne pathogens in organic swine
19. Foodborne pathogen occurrence in organically raised poultry
Section V: Pre-harvest control measures for assuring the safety of organic meats
20. Probiotics as preharvest control agents for organic meat production
21. Gut health and organic acids, antimicrobial peptides and botanicals as natural feed additives
22. Prebiotics
23. Bacteriophages as preharvest control agents for organic meat production
24. The future of organic meats

Organic Meat Production and Processing describes the challenges of production, processing and food safety of organic meat. The editors and international collection of authors explore the trends in organic meats and how the meat industry is impacted. Commencing with chapters on the economics, market and regulatory aspects of organic meats, coverage then extends to management issues for organically raised and processed meat animals. Processing, sensory and human health aspects are covered in detail, as are the incidences of foodborne pathogens in organic beef, swine, poultry and other organic meat species. The book concludes by describing pre-harvest control measures for assuring the safety of organic meats.
Organic Meat Production and Processing serves as a unique resource for fully understanding the current and potential issues associated with organic meats.