Academic Press The Safety Aspects of Food Waste Valorization: Maintaining Quality Assurance in Resource Recovery

The Safety Aspects of Food Waste Valorization: Maintaining Quality Assurance in Resource Recovery highlights the importance of safe food waste practices and strategies to effectively transform waste into valuable resources. Co-edited by two female authors with many global, female contributors represented, the book looks at the environmental consequences of food waste and its impact on human health. It details the risks associated with the use of food waste, analyzes food safety in valorized agri-food by-products, with a focus on mycotoxins, and demonstrates how to minimize safety risks from a variety of industries, including date-palm industrialization, wine, produce, cattle, olive oil and dairy. Finally, the book provides practical business strategies for bioactive ingredients derived from food by-products and details the recovery of food waste from an environmental and economic perspective. Analyzes the safety of waste and potential health risks to consumers and the environment Proposes strategies and innovative technologies to avoid these health risks Demonstrates how recovery, characterization, and application of bioactive compounds from food by-products aid in waste valorization Discusses different bioactive compounds to enhance food shelf-life Details sustainable food waste valorization efforts