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Postharvest Handling
A Systems Approach
3rd Edition - April 9, 2014
Editors: Wojciech J. Florkowski, Nigel H. Banks, Robert L. Shewfelt, Stanley E. Prussia
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780124081376
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eBook ISBN:9780124104358
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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
Postharvest physiologists or technologists across the disciplines of agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, food sciences, and horticulture along with handlers of fresh or minimally processed products within the fresh produce processing industries will find this to be an invaluable resource.
Dedication
Preface
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. Postharvest Systems – New Contexts, New Imperatives
I The world has changed
II Perspectives in a postharvest system
III Concepts in postharvest systems
IV New goals for postharvest systems
Bibliography
Chapter 2. Challenges in Handling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
I Introduction
II Handling of fruits and vegetables from farm to consumer
III Toward a more integrated approach to handling
IV Challenges amenable to systems solutions
Bibliography
Chapter 3. Consumer Eating Habits and Perceptions of Fresh Produce Quality
I Introduction
II Current fresh produce eating habits
III How do consumers define quality?
IV Consumer perceptions of fresh produce quality
V Personal and situational variables that influence fresh produce eating habits
VI Concluding comments
Bibliography
Chapter 4. Testing and Measuring Consumer Acceptance
I Introduction
II Experience and credence attributes
III Acceptance
IV Qualitative tests
V Quantitative tests
VI Testing preference
VII Testing acceptance
VIII Scales
IX Extracting information
X Test sites
XI Consumer segments
XII The necessity for acceptance testing
Bibliography
Chapter 5. Nutritional Quality of Fruits and Vegetables
I Introduction
II Nutrient components
III Antioxidants
Bibliography
Chapter 6. Value Chain Management and Postharvest Handling
I Introduction
II Value chain management
III Value chain management and postharvest systems
Bibliography
Chapter 7. Consumer Expenditures on Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
I Introduction
II Recommended daily fruit and vegetable consumption
III Expenditure by income quantile in selected countries
IV Most commonly eaten fruits and vegetables
V Concluding comments
Bibliography
Chapter 8. Postharvest Regulation and Quality Standards on Fresh Produce
I Setting the task
II Regulation modifies value chain behavior
III The goals of regulation directed at the horticultural sector
IV Levels and examples of regulation
V International trade regulation
VI A language for regulation
VII Regulation within a supply chain
VIII On the regulation of eating quality
IX Regulatory issues for the future?
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Chapter 9. Fresh-Cut Produce Quality: Implications for a Systems Approach
I Introduction
II Cultivation management for the fresh-cut industry
III Processing management for the fresh-cut chain
IV Future considerations
Bibliography
Chapter 10. Postharvest Physiology and Quality Maintenance of Tropical Fruits
I Introduction
II Factors affecting fruit quality
III Standardization
IV Postharvest quality improvement and maintenance
V Conclusions
Bibliography
Chapter 11. Microbial Quality and Safety of Fresh Produce
I Introduction
II Treatments to maintain microbial quality
III Detection
IV Future perspectives
Acknowledgment
Bibliography
Chapter 12. Sorting for Defects
I Introduction
II Design and operation of manual sorting equipment
III Automated sorting
IV Analysis of sorting operations
V Economics of sorting operations
Bibliography
Chapter 13. Non-Destructive Evaluation: Detection of External and Internal Attributes Frequently Associated with Quality and Damage
I Introduction
II External appearance
III Internal defects
IV Firmness
V Taste components
VI Aroma
VII Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Chapter 14. Measuring Quality and Maturity
I Introduction
II Quality and acceptability
III Commodity-specific quality attributes
IV Sample collection and preparation
V Maturity
VI Measuring quality
VII Sensory evaluation techniques
VIII Quality in a systems context
Bibliography
Chapter 15. Modeling Quality Attributes and Quality Related Product Properties
I Introduction
II What is quality?
III Systems approach in modeling
IV Examples of modeling
V Conclusions and future developments
Bibliography
Chapter 16. The Supply Value Chain of Fresh Produce from Field to Home: Refrigeration and Other Supporting Technologies
I Introduction
II The cold chain
III Logistics
IV Picking and packing
V Transportation equipment
VI Systems for produce in grocery stores and display cases
VII Summary of the cold chain
VIII Supporting technologies
IX Other technologies
X Developing trends
Bibliography
Chapter 17. Traceability in Postharvest Systems
I Introduction
II Theory of traceability in postharvest systems
III Components of traceability systems
IV Extended uses of traceability systems
V Conclusions
Bibliography
Chapter 18. Fruits and Vegetables in International Trade: Forensic Aspects of Cargo Claims
I Introduction
II Refrigerated maritime transport
III Cargo claims
IV Legal procedure
V Case study
Bibliography
Chapter 19. Innovative and Integrated Approaches to Investigating Postharvest Stress Physiology and the Biological Basis of Fruit Quality During Storage
I Introduction
II “Omics” technologies and postharvest stress physiology
III Final remarks and future perspectives
Bibliography
Chapter 20. Challenges in Postharvest Handling
Bibliography
Index
No. of pages: 592
Language: English
Edition: 3
Published: April 9, 2014
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780124081376
eBook ISBN: 9780124104358
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Wojciech J. Florkowski
Wojciech J. Florkowski has over 18 years of experience in research, project management, and training. His areas of specialization and expertise include agricultural economics and international business with emphasis on marketing and consumer studies, technology transfer and assessment, environmental policy analysis, and research policy. He is the author of over 200 publications on a variety of economic, marketing, consumer and policy issues, including the problems of agricultural productivity, policy, consumer willingness-to-pay and price behavior. He co-edited “Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach” (3rd edition)
Affiliations and expertise
University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA
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Nigel H. Banks
Nigel Banks worked as a Professor of Postharvest Technology at Massey University and at ZESPRI as General Manager for Innovation, where he learned branding, growers, consumers, ways to connect them and the added value of an outstanding team. Through Postharvest.Co, Nigel is exploring new ways to connect postharvesters, art, online tools and learning with an eye to the increasingly pressing needs of our future world.
Affiliations and expertise
Postharvest.Co Limited, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
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Robert L. Shewfelt
Robert L Shewfelt is Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia. He advises more than 50 students and has taught 11 different courses in the past two years ranging from Freshman Seminars in Chocolate Science and Coffee Technology to graduate-level courses in Food Research & the Scientific Method. Dr. Shewfelt was also the 2006 recipient of the Cruess Award for Excellence in Teaching of IFT. He co-edited “Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach” (3rd edition)