Pulsed electric field (PEF) food processing is a novel, non-thermal preservation method that has the potential to produce foods with excellent sensory and nutritional quality and shelf-life. This important book reviews the current status of the technology, from research into product safety and technology development to issues associated with its commercial implementation. Introductory chapters provide an overview of the process and its history. Part one then discusses the technology of PEF food preservation, with chapters on circuitry and pulse shapes, chamber design and technical and safety requirements. The second part of the book focuses on important product safety and quality issues such as probable mechanisms of microbial inactivation by PEF, adaptation potential of microorganisms treated by this method, toxicological aspects, the impact on food enzymes and shelf life. Chapters in the final part of the book cover topics relating to the commercialisation of the technology, including current and future applications, pitfalls, economic issues and scaling up, and public and regulatory acceptance. Food preservation by pulsed electric fields is a standard reference for all those involved in research into PEF food processing and its commercialisation.About the Author: Huub Lelieveld was President of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology for four years, and was President of the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG)for over 12 years. He has also been Chair and Co-founder of the Nonthermal Processing Division and Chair of the International Division of the Institute of Food Technologists, of which he is a Fellow. Until his retirement he was with Unilever, responsible for novel food preservation techniques and hygienic processing and plant design. Serve Notermans is an expert in microbial food safety and a former Visiting Professor at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. He currently runs his own independent food consultancy business in the Netherlands. Sjoerd de Haan is Associate Professor in Power Electronics in the Electrical Power Processing Group, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.