Spoiled retail chicken.
I read this news story about food spoilage with much interest and thought I should respond to parts of it!
Food Quality & Preservation
This category covers methods and challenges related to maintaining food quality, preventing spoilage and extending shelf life.
Use of sodium benzoate (E211) in food preservation
An introduction to preservatives and sodium benzoate, one of the most commonly used chemical preservatives.
Shelf-life and food spoilage in food product development
Here’s an extract on food spoilage from my forthcoming book titled “Food product development for the home entrepreneur”.
Food safety versus food quality … and expiry dates.
Clear up confusion between: food safety and food quality; Use By dates and Best Before dates. These are key concepts in food microbiology, and indeed in food science overall.
Yeasts and food spoilage: Part 1, Overall importance and general characteristics.
The first post in a series on yeast spoilage of food.
