Integrity of food

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A method that would enable detection and classification of the bone content in 100% of the incoming frozen fish blocks in real time without delaying the production line was desired. An obvious solution to this was the use of X-ray inspection. X-ray inspection however requires the integration of a highly sensitive inspection equipment with the corrosive atmosphere associated with food processing as well as the tough restrictions imposed by the health authorities regarding irradiation of food. 

T oods packaged in flexible containers and processed for commercial sterilization are a part of the trend toward improved quality in convenience foods. The retorted pouch has the package integrity of the metal can coupled with the food quality, reheating, and serving convenience of frozen, boil-in-the-bag foods (1). Its use for combat rations has especially interested military R D personnel because of the functional advantages over the metal can (2). 

Integration of the likelihood that consumers will occasionally or regnlarly eat certain amounts of contaminated foods and the chance that the haz-ardons chemical is present in snch foods at certain levels. 

Vander Zanden MJ, Vadeboncoeur Y. 2002. Fishes as integrators of benthic and pelagic food webs in lakes. Ecology 83 2152-2161. 

Pesticides, including insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides, are widely used in agriculture, and the potential for these residues to accumulate in food has led to concern for human safety. Pesticide residues may enter food animals from environmental sources or from treated or contaminated feeds. Immunoassay development for pesticides has had major impacts for pesticide registrations, analysis of residues in foods, monitoring environmental contamination, determination of occupational exposure, and integration of pest management. 

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