Contributors
Preface
Section I. Overview of the Preharvest Food Safety Problem
1. Introduction to Preharvest Food Safety
Mary E. Torrence
2. Preharvest Farming Practices Impacting Fresh Produce Safety
Eduardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez and Achyut Adhikari
3. Preharvest Food Safety Challenges in Beef and Dairy Production
David R. Smith
4. Preharvest Food Safety in Broiler Chicken Production
Walid Q. Alali and Charles L. Hofacre
5. Egg Safety in the Realm of Preharvest Food Safety
Manpreet Singh and Jagpinder Brar
6. Nuts and Grain: Microbiology and Preharvest Contamination Risks
Pardeepinder K. Brar and Michelle D. Danyluk
7. Risks Associated with Fish and Seafood
Sailaja Chintagari, Nicole Hazard, Genevieve Edwards, Ravi Jadeja, and Marlene Janes
8. Water for Agriculture: The Convergence of Sustainability and Safety
Sarah M. Markland, David Ingram, Kalmia E. Kniel, and Manan Sharma
9. Importance of Soil Amendments: Survival of Bacterial Pathogens in Manure and Compost Used as Organic Fertilizers
Manan Sharma and Russell Reynnells
Section II. Emerging Issues in Preharvest Food Safety
10. Reducing Foodborne Pathogen Persistence and Transmission in Animal Production Environments: Challenges and Opportunities
Elaine D. Berry and James E. Wells
11. Emerging Foodborne and Agriculture-Related Viruses
David H. Kingsley
12. Toxoplasma gondii as a Parasite in Food: Analysis and Control
Dolores H. Hill and Jitender P. Dubey
13. Local Foods Systems Food Safety Concerns
Benjamin Chapman and Chris Gunter
14. Preharvest Food Safety Under the Influence of a Changing Climate
Kalmia E. Kniel and Patrick Spanninger
15. Potential for Meta-Analysis in the Realm of Preharvest Food Safety
Jan M. Sargeant and Annette M. O'Connor
Section III. Emerging Solutions to Preharvest Food Safety
16. Phage Therapy Approaches to Reducing Pathogen Persistence and Transmission in Animal Production Environments: Opportunities and Challenges
Anna Colavecchio and Lawrence D. Goodridge
17. Regulatory Issues Associated with Preharvest Food Safety: United States Perspective
Shirley A. Micallef and Robert L. Buchanan
18. Regulatory Issues Associated with Preharvest Food Safety: European Union Perspective
Lis Alban
19. Current Status of the Preharvest Application of Pro- and Prebiotics to Farm Animals to Enhance the Microbial Safety of Animal Products
Rolf D. Joerger and Arpeeta Ganguly
20. Molecular Tools to Study Preharvest Food Safety Challenges
Deepak Kumar and Siddhartha Thakur
21. Mathematical Modeling Tools to Study Preharvest Food Safety
Cristina Lanzas and Shi Chen
22. Understanding the Complexities of Food Safety Using a "One Health" Approach
Kalmia E. Kniel, Deepak Kumar, and Siddhartha Thakur
Index