Strong consumer demand for safe and high-quality foods can be
attributed in part to the widespread availability and accessibility of
quality health data and information. There are also new concerns
about food safety due to increasing occurrence of new food-borne
disease outbreaks caused by pathogenic micro-organisms. This
raises considerable challenges, particularly since there is increasing
unease regarding the use of chemical preservatives and artificial
antimicrobials to inactivate or inhibit growth of spoilage and
pathogenic micro-organisms