AIFST - Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology

Editor in Chief: Ailsa D. Hocking

Sixth Edition, 2003 ISBN 0-9578907-1-0

Published by the Food Microbiology Group of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) Inc. (NSW Branch), the Sixth Edition of this invaluable text is now available.

In addition to being a standard reference for food microbiologists and students of food microbiology throughout Australia, this text has also become an ambassador for Australian food microbiology to many overseas destinations. The book has grown significantly in stature and size since its beginnings as a laboratory manual in 1974. The field of food microbiology has developed enormously since the first publication was conceived, which change has been reflected in each subsequent edition.

Building on the fifth edition, the 752 page sixth edition has been completely updated and revised. More than 50 of Australia’s leading food microbiologists have contributed 27 chapters ranging from Food safety and testing in perspective through to Parasitology of foods. New co-authors have joined the project and four new Chapters have been added. New topics include Risk management and risk assessment, Antibiotic resistant microorganisms in the food supply, Mycobacteria and Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the food chain.

With food safety assuming an even greater significance for the food industry today, no-one can afford not to have this book on their shelf.

The Book is available from

AIFST Incorporated
PO Box 6436,
Alexandria NSW 2015

Phone: (02) 8399 3996;
Fax (02) 8399 3997
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