Supply chain decisions can have significant impact on subsequent stages of the produce handling process, affecting not only the physical state of the product at delivery, but the economic result as well. Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach is unique in its presentation of the multiple factors that must be taken into consideration for a successful processing event.
Revised and updated, this second edition explores the logistics of handling fruits and vegetables from a variety of perspectives. Leading experts present important insights into postharvest handling under varying weather conditions, assuring quality control, changes in consumer habits and other key factors including overall supply chain management.
Key Features:
- New chapters on:
- Evolution of postharvest handling in the freshcut industry
- Local produce suppliers
- Global relevance of quality management, standards and traceability
- Consumer acceptance of taste and nutrition
- Application-based information for all stages of decision-making including handling issues during sorting, storage, and freshcut processing
- Emerging issues in fresh produce including increased emphasis on safety, consumer health, taste and latent damage, as well as the importance of preharvest conditions for the postharvest quality.
Contents
- Systems Approach to Postharvest Handling;
- Business Models of Fresh Produce in the United States;
- Challenges in Handling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables;
- Preharvest Physiological and Cultural Effects on Postharvest Quality;
- Measuring Quality and Maturity;
- Microbial Quality;
- Testing and Measuring Consumer Acceptance;
- Modeling Quality Characteristics;
- Visual Inspection and Sorting: Finding Poor Quality Before the Consumer Does;
- Latent Damage: A Systems Perspective;
- Nondestructive Evaluation: Detection of External and Internal Attributes Frequently Associated with Quality or Damage;
- Stress Physiology: A Cellular Approach to Quality;
- Logistics of Fresh Produce: Implications for Quality;
- Postharvest Handling Under Extreme Weather Conditions;
- Postharvest Handling of Locally Grown Produce;
- Refrigeration of Fresh Produce From Field to Home: Logistics and Refrigeration and the Refrigerator;
- Challenges in Quality of Organic Produce;
- The Shrinking System: Quality Specificity of Fresh Cut Vegetables and Fruit;
- Tropical Fresh Fruit: Quality Challenge;
- Food Safety: Food Safety and Product Integrity in Critical Points Within the Production and Distribution System;
- Quality Management: An Industrial Approach ot Produce Handling;
- Produce Marketing: New Techniques At the Supermarket;
- Consumer Eating Habits and Fresh Produce Quality;
- Genetic Modification Improvements in Fresh Produce Quality: Implications for Systems Approach;
- Quality of Fresh Produce and Public Health;
- Regulation of Fresh Produce Postharvest Handling;
- Interdisciplinary Solutions to Challenges in Postharvest Handling
Book Details
- Hardcover: 640 pages
- Publisher: Academic Press; 2 edition (January 28, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0123741122
- ISBN-13: 978-0123741127
- Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
List Price: $130.00