Risk assessment had been extensively developed in several scientific fields, such as environmental science, economics, civil engineering, etc. In the aftermath of the SPS and GATT agreements on the use of Risk Analysis framework in food trade, signed in the nineties, international organisations and governments adopted risk assessment as a science-based process to ensure food safety along the food chain. The food industry can also benefit from the use of this approach for food process optimization and quality assurance. Risk Assessment Methods for Biological and Chemical Hazards in Food introduces the reader to quantitative risk assessment methods encompassing general concepts to specific applications to biological and chemical hazards in foods. First, the book presents food risk assessment as methodology and addresses, more specifically, new trends and approches such as the development of risk raking methods, risk metrics, risk-benefit assessment studies and quality assessment methods. In the second section dedicated to biological hazards, the book identifies the most relevant biological hazards along the food chain and provides an overview on the types of predictive microbiology models used to describe the microbial response along the food chain. There is a specific chapter dealing with cross contamination and the quantitative methods that can be applied to describe this relevant microbial process. The development and application of dose-response models (i. e. mathematical function describing the relationship between pathogen dose and health response) are also covered in this section. In the last section, the book translates risk assessment concepts into the area of chemical hazards, defining the process steps to determine chemical risk and describing the uncertainty and variability sources associated with chemicals. Key Features: Presents new trends and approaches in the field of risk assessment in foodsRisk assessment concepts are illustrated by practical examples in the food sectorDiscusses how quantitative information and models be integrated in a quantitative risk asssment frameworkExamples of application of quantitative chemical risk assessment in risk managementThe book, written by renowned experts in their field, is a comprehensive collection of quantitative methods and approaches applied to risk assessment in foods. It can be used as an extensive guide for food safety practitioners and researchers to perform quantitative risk assessment in foods | Risk Assessment Methods For Biological And Chemical Hazards In Food by Fernando Pérez-rodr, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters