Nanotechnology in the Agri-Food Sector

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This book provides an overview of nanotechnology, its application to the agri-food sciences, and potential safety and societal issues. It offers a basic foundation for the interested reader andallows a more in-depth look into nanotechnology in the production of food. Coverage includes nanotechnology applications in agri-food areas like: processing and engineering, encapsulation and delivery, packaging, crop protection and disease, food safety and quality, toxicology, regulations, and environmental considerations social.

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Lynn Frewer is a researcher and professor at the University of Wageningen and has worked for the Institute of Food Research in both Norwich and Reading. She is a founding editorial board member of the Journal of Risk Research and on the editorial boards of Environmental Biosafety Research and British Food Journal.Willem Norde is Professor of Bionanotechnology at the University of Wageningen. He has 200 scientific publications and is editor of the book Physical Chemistry of Biological Interfaces (Dekker, 2000) and author of Colloids and Interfaces in Lide Sciences (Dekker, 2003).Arnout Fischer is a researcher in the Marketing and Consumer Behavior group at Wageningen University.xA0; His research covers existing and emerging food products and technologies.Frans Kampers is the director of BioNT, a research area based in the Wageningen Centre for Bionanotechnology in Food and Health.