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    Allergen Management as a Key Issue in Food Safety
    (Taylor & Francis, 2017) Raposo, António; Pérez, Esteban; Tinoco de Faria, Catarina; Carrascosa, Conrado; CBIOS (FCT) - Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde
    Food safety and protection is a multidisciplinary topic that focuses on the safety, quality, and security aspects of food. Food safety issues involve microbial risks in food products, foodborne infections, and intoxications and food allergenicity. Food protection deals with trends and risks associated with food packaging, advanced food packaging systems for enhancing product safety, the development and application of predictive models for food microbiology, food fraud prevention, and food laws and regulations with the aim to provide safe foods for consumers. The book Food Safety and Protection covers various aspects of food safety, security, and protection. It discusses the challenges involved in the prevention and control of foodborne illnesses due to microbial spoilage, contamination, and toxins. The book covers new and safe food intervention techniques, predictive food microbiology, and modeling approaches. It deliberates the legal framework, regulatory agencies, and laws and regulations for food protection.
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    Degree of implementation and satisfaction in food companies with the International Food Standards (IFS) and British Retail Consortium (BRC) certifications on the Canary Islands
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2018) Fontaine, Acoraida; Raposo, António; Millán, Rafael; Sanjuán, Esther; Carrascosa, Conrado; CBIOS (FCT) - Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde
    The aim of this study was to assess the degree of the implementation and satisfaction of quality certificates in agrifood industries using structured interviews based on International Food Standards (IFS) and British Retail Consortium (BRC), which have become most relevant in the food industry due to growing consumer demands, and, given the emergence of several food crises, quality assurance schemes have become increasingly popular in agrifood businesses. Questionnaires were sent to fifty-seven companies. Two structured questionnaires were divided into five parts with nineteen and fifteen questions, respectively. All the companies were interviewed by an electronic questionnaire sent by email, but companies were first called by telephone to inform them about the study. Interviews started with a question about the number of employees in the company, followed by another question about the kind of certificate that the company held. At the time this research was conducted on the Canary Islands, nineteen companies had IFS and twenty did not, but had other certificates. Eighteen companies did not answer the questionnaire. The representative survey results clearly demonstrated that the overall evaluation of IFS/BRC was positive. Food manufacturers generally perceived the IFS as a useful instrument for assuring product safety. The companies without IFS were satisfied with their certification and, although their perception of IFS was positive, they thought it was very expensive and it was better to continue with the certificate they had.
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    Traditional consumption of and rearing edible insects in Africa, Asia and Europe
    (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2018) Raheem, Dele; Carrascosa, Conrado; Oluwole, Oluwatoyin Bolanle; Nieuwland, Maaike; Saraiva, Ariana; Millán, Rafael; Raposo, António; CBIOS (FCT) - Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde
    The traditional consumption of edible insects is common in one third of the world's population, mostly in Latin America, Africa and Asia. There are over one thousand identified species of insects eaten in some stage of their life cycle; and they play important roles in ensuring food security. The most common way to collect insects are from the wild, which is seasonal with limited availability and has an increasing demand resulting in a disruption to the ecosystem. There is a growing interest shown in rearing insects for commercial purposes, and an industrial scale production will be required to ensure steady supplies. Industrial production will need to take into account the living environment of insects, the nutritional composition of their feed and the overall efficiency of the production system. We provide a short overview on the consumption of and rearing insects in Africa, Asia and Europe. For Africa, a snapshot is given for Nigeria, Ghana, Central African Republic, Kenya and Uganda, while the following countries are reported for Asia: China, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand and Vietnam. In addition, a list of insect species with the highest potential for food and feed in the European Union is provided with some reference to The Netherlands and Finland. The review concludes that there is need to better understand the rearing and farming procedures that will yield high quality edible insects in Africa, Asia and Europe.