Download or read book The Handbook of Microbiological Media for the Examination of Food written by Ronald M. Atlas and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to an estimated 14 million cases of food-borne disease that occur every year in the United States alone, the Food and Drug Administration and US Department of Agriculture have begun implementing new regulations and guidance for the microbial testing of foods. Similarly, Europe and other regions are implementing stricter oversight, as foo