Table of contents : Cover Page ......Page 1 Title Page ......Page 3 Preface ......Page 7 Preface to second edition......Page 8 Contents......Page 9 CHAPTER 1 The Scope of Food Microbiology......Page 17 CHAPTER 2 Micro-organisms and Food Materials......Page 22 CHAPTER 3 Factors Affecting the Growth and Survival of Micro-organisms in Foods......Page 37 CHAPTER 4 The Microbiology of Food Preservation......Page 81 CHAPTER 5 Microbiology of Primary Food Commodities......Page 137 CHAPTER 6 Food Microbiology and Public Health......Page 177 CHAPTER 7 Bacterial Agents of Foodborne Illness......Page 200 CHAPTER 8 Non-bacterial Agents of Foodborne Illness......Page 288 CHAPTER 9 Fermented and Microbial Foods......Page 327 CHAPTER 10 Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods......Page 386 CHAPTER 11 Controlling the Microbiological Quality of Foods......Page 411 CHAPTER 12 Further Reading......Page 455 Subject Index......Page 464 Back Matter ......Page 498