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Additional Reading
R. MacRae, R.K. Robinson, and M.J. Sadler (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Food Science, Food Technology, and Nutrition, 8 vol. (1993); and Y.H. Hui (ed.), Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology, 4 vol. (1992), are general works that cover all aspects of the science of food. P. Fellows, Food Processing Technology: Principles and Practices (1988), is an introductory text.
Marcus Karel, Owen R. Fennema, and Daryl B. Lund, Physical Principles of Food Preservation (1975), contains a quantitative description of commonly used food-processing operations. S.D. Holdsworth, Aseptic Processing and Packaging of Food Products (1992), is a comprehensive text. James M. Jay, Modern Food Microbiology, 4th ed. (1992), offers an introduction to the role of microorganisms in the food supply, covering the history of food microbiology as a science, the factors that affect microbial growth, the incidence and types of microorganisms found in foods, food preservation, and the part microorganisms play in food spoilage and related diseases. P.R. Hayes, Food Microbiology and Hygiene, 2nd ed. (1992), details the fundamentals of food microbiology and the hygienic aspects of the design and operation of food-processing equipment.
C.M.D. Man and A.A. Jones (eds.), Shelf Life Evaluation of Foods (1994), examines various food commodities in terms of their shelf life and discusses methods used to study the shelf life of foods. Theodore P. LaBuza, The Shelf-Life Dating of Foods (1982), a reference book, contains information on the shelf life of numerous food products and provides approaches to mathematical prediction of the shelf life of foods.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Food Preservation. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Interesting Facts - 6 Foods That Never Expire. | Aug 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Ohioline - Food Preservation: Freezing Basics. | Dec 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Home Food Preservation - Historical Origins of Food Preservation. | Jun 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer Science and Technology - An Overview on Food Preservation Methods (PDF). | Mar 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - Agriculture and Food Security - A review on mechanisms and commercial aspects of food preservation and processing. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - How to preserve your own food. | May 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension - Food website - Food Preservation. | Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Hawaiʻi Pressbooks - Food Preservation. | Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| Links and videos added. | Apr 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Food Preservation. | Mar 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Food Preservation An Introduction (PDF). | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations - General procedures for fruit and vegetable preservation. | Oct 19, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Food preservation techniques and nanotechnology for increased shelf life of fruits, vegetables, beverages and spices: a review. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 14, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 07, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 01, 2016 | ||
| Added video that describes how freezing has been used to preserve food. | Dec 02, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Food Preservation History. | Nov 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet - Home Freezing and Food Preservation Ideas. | Jan 05, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMd - How to Freeze Food. | Jan 05, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Food Preservation. | Nov 30, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Food Preservation History. | Nov 30, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Colorado State University Extension - Drying Vegetables. | Nov 30, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Food Preservation. | Nov 30, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Food Preservation and Contamination. | Nov 30, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Preserved Foods. | Nov 30, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Banglapedia - Food Preservation. | Dec 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Food - How Food Preservation Works. | Jul 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Storing Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. | Jun 05, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 02, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Aug 23, 1998 |
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