Main description:

This book covers important aspects of the field of food security and safety, ranging from fundamental production, through advanced water treatment technologies and detection of novel pollutants, to management and policy making. The discussion strives to develop an integrated approach to solving the associated problems by simultaneously considering sociological, ecological and economic aspects. Special focus is on the environmental management systems that should be integrated in the processes of environmental risk assessment. Also addressed are other technologies applied in the service of detecting, preventing and monitoring possible threats to food security and safety. With its variety of subjects, this volume can serve both as a textbook for advanced studies and as a useful reference source for professionals.

Feature:

the state-of-the-art and latest developments, and advanced technological innovations in the field of food production and water treatment

the importance of food and water supplies and their security and safety along with non-conventional food production and public health response to combat agro and environmental terrorism

recommendations for regional policy makers and business people towards improving environmental and food safety and security

Back cover:

This book covers important aspects of the field of food security and safety, ranging from fundamental production, through advanced water treatment technologies and detection of novel pollutants, to management and policy making. The discussion strives to develop an integrated approach to solving the associated problems by simultaneously considering sociological, ecological and economic aspects. Special focus is on the environmental management systems that should be integrated in the processes of environmental risk assessment. Also addressed are other technologies applied in the service of detecting, preventing and monitoring possible threats to food security and safety. With its variety of subjects, this volume can serve both as a textbook for advanced studies and as a useful reference source for professionals.

Contents:

Defending the Safety of the Global Food System: Advances in Food Security and Safety; H. Alpas, T. Kiymaz.- Food Safety System in Croatia; M. Miskulin et al.- Bioactive Compounds of Georgian National Food: Determination of Antioxidant Activity; E. Kvesitadze et al.- Eco-Friendly Food Processing: 21^st Century Challenges, M. Brnčić.- Reach Regulation – A Prerequisite for Health and Environmental Safety: Lithuanian Case; J. Staniskis et al.- Evolution, Efficiency and Challenges of Environmental Management in Bulgarian Agriculture; H. Bachev.- Environmental Security and its Economical Aspect; G.Kharlamova.- Sustainable Strategies of Phytoremediation of the Sites Polluted with Obsolete Pesticides; L. Moklyachuk et al.- Innovative Method for Utilization of Wastewater for Security and Safety in Rural Areas; H. Obarska-Pempkowiak et al.- Three Stage Biotechnology for the Rehabilitation of Soils Polluted with Explosives; G. Kvesitadze.- Transfer of Radionuclides to Crops, Foodstuff Contamination and Application of Countermeasures; G. Arapis.- Sustainability of Mining Waste in Basin Bor, Serbia; Z.S. Markovic.- Electrolyzer for Production of Environmentally Safe Functional Aqueous Solutions: Analysis of Mass Transfer in Annulus; E.N. Gnatko et al.- Electrochemical Incineration of Some Phenolic Compounds and MTBE; A. Velichenko et al.- The Status of Research on Constructed Wetlands; P. Kuschk et al.- Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Land Cover within the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi, USA; E. Evans et al.- Protecting and Improving Water Quality in Vojvodina; V. Radovic.- Public Health Risks and Economic Impact of Counterfeit Medicines; B. Ramjiawan et al.- Patients Practice and Knowledge of Pharmaceuticals Disposal: Example from Some Rural Areas of Croatia; K. Vitale et al.- Endemic (Balkan) Nephropathy – A Disease Caused by Aristolochic ACID; B. Jeleković et al.- Catastrophe Medicine and Environmental Security: The Dietary Grape Polyphenol Concentrate Enoant as Functional Food in Prevention and Treatment; V.I. Mizin, Y.A. Ogay.- Thinner Exposure and Memory and Learning Deficits; V. Nedzvetskii et al.- Environmental and Drug Induced Renal Damage; the Way to Protect; S. Babiy et al.- Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Croatia; Z. Šatović et al.