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Woodhead Publishing Limited ISBN 1 85573 675 6 (book); 1 85573 702 7 (e-book) CRC Press LLC ISBN 0-8493-1789-4 CRC Press LLC order number: WP1789 Cover design by The ColourStudio Project managed by Macfarlane Production Services, Markyate, Hertfordshire (e-mail: macfarl@aol.com) Typeset by MHL Typesetting Limited, Coventry, Warwickshire Printed by TJ International Limited, Padstow, Cornwall, England Chapters 1 and 2 Dr R. Ahvenainen Yla¨kartanon kuja 6A5 FIN-02360 Espoo Finland Tel: +358 40 840 8480 Fax: +358 9 547 4700 E-mail: raija.ahvenainen@kolumbus.fi Chapter 3 Ir. L. Vermeiren, Ir. L. Heirlings, Dr Ir. F. Devlieghere and Professor Dr Ir. J. Debevere Ghent University Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences Department of Food Technology and Nutrition Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Preservation Coupure Links 653 9000 Ghent Belgium Tel: +32 (0) 9 264 61 77 Fax: +32 (0) 9 225 55 10 E-mail: Frank.Devlieghere@ugent.be Chapter 4 Dr J. H. Han Department of Food Science The University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada Tel: +1 204 474 8368 Fax: +1 204 474 7630 E-mail: hanjh@ms.umanitoba.ca Contributor contact details Chapter 5 Mr M. D. Steven and Professor J. H. Hotchkiss Department of Food Science Cornell University Stocking Hall Ithaca NY 14853 USA Tel: +1 607 255 7912 Fax: +1 607 254 4868 E-mail: jhh3@cornell.edu mds34@cornell.edu Chapter 6 Dr P. S. Taoukis School of Chemical Engineering National Technical University of Athens 5 Iroon Polytechniou Zografou Campus 15780 Athens Greece Fax: +301 7723163 E-mail: taoukis@chemeng.ntua.gr Professor T. Labuza Department of Food Science and Nutrition 136 ABLMS University of Minnesota St Paul, MN 55108 USA Tel: +1 612 624 9701 Fax: +1 612 625 5272 E-mail: tplabuza@tc.umn.edu Chapter 7 Dr Maria Smolander VTT Biotechnology P.O.Box 1500 FIN-02044 VTT Finland Tel: +358 9 456 5836 Fax: +358 9 455 2103 E-mail: maria.smolander@vtt.fi Chapter 8 Dr J P H Linssen, Dr R W G van Willige and Dr M. Dekker Wageningen University Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Postbox 8219 6700 EV Wageningen The Netherlands E-mail: jozef.linssen@wur.nl Chapter 9 Mr Thomas H. Powers and Dr William J. Calvo Research and Development Multisorb Technologies 325 Harlem Road Buffalo NY 14224 USA E-mail: tpowers@multisorb.com wcalvo@multisorb.com xiv Contributors Chapter 10 Dr B. P. F. Day Research Section Leader – Food Packaging and Coatings Food Science Australia 671 Sneydes Road (Private Bag 16) Werribee Victoria 3030 Australia Tel: +61 (0) 3 9731 3346 Fax: +61 (0) 3 9731 3250 E-mail: brian.day@foodscience.afisc. csiro.au Chapter 11 Dr Ir. F. Devlieghere and Professor Dr Ir. J. Debevere Ghent University Department of Food Technology and Nutrition Coupure Links, 653 9000 Ghent Belgium Tel: +32 9 264 61 78 Fax: +32 9 225 55 10 E-mail: Frank.Devlieghere@ugent.be Johan.Debevere@ugent.be Dr M. I. Gil Department of Food Science and Technology CEBAS-CSIC P.O. Box 4195 30080 Murcia Spain E-mail: migil@cebas.csic.es Chapter 12 Professor D. O’Beirne and Dr G. A. Francis Department of Life Sciences University of Limerick Limerick Ireland Tel: +353 61 202845 Fax: +353 61 331490 E-mail: David.OBeirne@ul.ie Jillian.Francis@ul.ie Chapter 13 Mr E. Hurme Packaging Technology VTT Biotechnology P.O.Box 1500 FIN-02044 VTT Finland Tel: +358 9 456 6191 Fax: +358 9 455 2103 E-mail: eero.hurme@vtt.fi Chapter 14 Dr J. T. Rosnes, Dr M. Sivertsvik and Dr T. Ska?ra NORCONSERV Alexander Kiellandsgt. 2 Postboks 327 4002 Stavanger Norway Tel: +47 51 84 46 00 Fax: +47 51 84 46 50 E-mail: jan.thomas.rosnes@norcon serv.no morten.sivertsvik@norconserv.no torstein.skara@norconserv.no Contributors xv Chapter 15 Professor J. Lucas The University of Liverpool Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics Brownlow Hill Liverpool L69 3GJ Tel: +44 151 794 4533 Fax: +44 151 794 4540 E-mail: j.lucas@liv.ac.uk Chapters 16 and 27 Dr Maarten Hertog Laboratory of Postharvest Technology Department of Agro-Engineering and Economics Katholieke Universiteit Leuven de Croylaan 42 3001 Heverlee Belgium Tel: +32 (0)16 322376 Fax: +32 (0)16 322955 E-mail: Maarten.Hertog@agr.ku leuven.ac.be Dr N. H. Banks Zespri Innovation PO Box 4043 Mt Maunganui South New Zealand Fax: +64 7 575 1645 E-mail: Nigel.Banks@zespri.com Chapter 17 Dr Colin O. Gill Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe Research Centre 6000 C & E Trail Lacombe Alberta T4L 1W1 Canada Fax: +1 403 782 6120 E-mail: gillc@agr.gc.ca Chapter 18 Dr M. Sivertsvik NORCONSERV Alexander Kiellandsgt. 2 Postboks 327 4002 Stavanger Norway Tel: +47 51 84 46 00 Fax: +47 51 84 46 50 E-mail: morten.sivertsvik@norcon serv.no Chapter 19 Dr M. Jakobsen and Associate Professor G. Bertelsen Department of Dairy and Food Science The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Rolighedsvej 30 1958 Frederiksberg C Denmark Tel: +45 35283268 Tel: +45 35283212 Fax: +45 35283344 Fax: +45 35283190 E-mail: mj@kvl.dk grb@kvl.dk xvi Contributors Chapter 20 Professor Dr F. Arte′s Calero Department of Food Engineering Postharvest and Refrigeration Group Technical University of Cartagena Po Alfonso XIII, 48 30208 Cartagena Murcia Spain Tel: +34 968 32 55 10 Fax: +34 968 32 54 33 E-mail: fr.artes@upct.es Dr P. Go′mez INTA (National Institute for Agricultural Technology Balcarce Research Station cc 276. 7620 Balcarce Argentina Tel: +54 2266 439103 Fax: +54 2266 439101 E-mail: pegomez@balcarce.inta.gov.ar Chapter 21 Ms T. Lyijynen, Mr E. Hurme and Dr R. Ahvenainen VTT Biotechnology Tietotie 2 P.O. Box 1500 02044 VTT Finland Tel. +358 9 456 5198 Fax +358 9 455 2103 E-mail: tuija.lyijynen@vtt.fi eero.hurme@vtt.fi Chapter 22 Ir N. de Kruijf and Mr R. Rijk TNO Nutrition and Food Research Utrechtseweg 48 P.O.Box 360 3700 AJ Zeist The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0) 30 694 45 21 Fax: +31 (0) 30 695 48 94 E-mail: dekruijf@voeding.tno.nl Chapter 23 Dr R. Franz and Dr F. Welle Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging Department of Product Safety and Analysis Giggenhauser Str. 35 D-85354 Freising Germany Tel. +49 (0) 8161 491-724 Fax +49 (0) 8161 491-777 E-mail: welle@ivv.fraunhofer.de franz@ivv.fraunhofer.de Chapter 24 Dr J.J. de Vlieger TNO Industrial Technology P.O. Box 6235 5600 HE Eindhoven The Netherlands E-mail: j.devlieger@ind.tno.nl Contributors xvii Chapter 25 Ms I. Terhen Ja¨rvi-Ka¨a¨ria¨inen Association of Packaging Technology and Research Mannerheimintie 156 00270 Helsinki Finland Tel +358 9 643 497 Fax +358 9 643 498 E-mail: ptr.ry@pakkausteknologia-ptr.fi Chapter 26 Dr Liisa La¨hteenma¨ki Sensory Quality and Food Choice VTT Biotechnology P.O.Box 1500 FIN 02044 VTT Finland Tel. +358 9 456 5965 Fax +358 9 455 2103 E-mail: Liisa.lahteenmaki@vtt.fi xviii Contributors