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Preface to the First Edition

In writing this book we have tried to present an account of modern food
microbiology that is both thorough and accessible. Since our subject is
broad, covering a diversity of topics from viruses to helminths (by way of
the bacteria) and from pathogenicity to physical chemistry, this can
make presentation of a coherent treatment difficult; but it is also part of
what makes food microbiology such an interesting and challenging
subject.
The book is directed primarily at students of Microbiology, Food
Science and related subjects up to Master’s level and assumes some
knowledge of basic microbiology. We have chosen not to burden the text
with references to the primary literature in order to preserve what we hope
is a reasonable narrative flow. Some suggestions for further reading for
each chapter are included in Chapter 12. These are largely review articles
and monographs which develop the overview provided and can also give
access to the primary literature if required. We have included references
that we consider are among the most current or best (not necessarily the
same thing) at the time of writing, but have also taken the liberty of
including some of the older, classic texts which we feel are well worth
revisiting on occasion. By the very nature of current scientific publishing,
many of our most recent references may soon become dated themselves.
There is a steady stream of research publications and reviews appearing in
journals such as Food Microbiology, Food Technology, the International
Journal of Food Microbiology, the Journal of Applied Bacteriology and the
Journal of Food Protection and we recommend that these sources are
regularly surveyed to supplement the material provided here.
We are indebted to our numerous colleagues in food microbiology
from whose writings and conversation we have learned so much over the
years. In particular we would like to acknowledge Peter Bean for looking
through the section on heat processing, Ann Dale and Janet Cole for
their help with the figures and tables and, finally, our long suffering
families of whom we hope to see more in the future.