Books by B.Dhanalakshmi

Safety is a matter of concern for human. Unsafe food has posed considerable health problems from time immemorial and many food safety problems encountered today are not new. The governments all over the world are doing their best to improve the safety of food supply. This book is presented with a view to provide the students on the various importance of clean milk production, handling and processing to public health. The book gives in a nutshell the importance of adopting various practices for a holistic approach towards safe market milk and milk products. The description of spoilage and pathogenic organism will help the students to think in terms of investigating food contamination and thus their preventive and control measures. The experiments given in the laboratory manual are meant to train the students in the microbiological aspect and safety of food.

The aim of this book is to unravel the exciting field of food microbiology to the students. This book focuses on the importance and significance of an array of microbes found in food. Food science is a vast field that forays into microbiology, chemistry various elements and ingredients involved in its making and their use in industrial production and ultimately their involvement in human health. Food microbiology is a complex interdisciplinary science which requires critical thinking, innovative approaches, analytical abilities to understand- all of which are provided in this book. Provides a balanced introduction to all major areas of microbiology suitable for students. The illustrations in the text book have been included to match the text and to assist in the visualization of abstract concept.