1) Foreword
2) Eating more fruit and vegetables
3) Eating less fat, particularly those rich in saturated fatty acids
4) Avoiding obesity
5) Avoiding microbiological contamination
Fragile links in the cold chain
Temperature fluctuations
Shelf-life: microbial quantum; "dangerous" organisms: "conventional" mesoph
ilic organisms; "modern" psychrotrophic organisms; classification of foodst
uffs by storage temperature required by regulation
The consumer link: the household refrigerator
The design of refrigerators (25 million refrigerators in France and 130 mil
lion in Europe) deserves reappraisal: inadequate use
6) Possible role of chemicals from the human body
7) Related problem: organic farming
8) Intake limits for salted and smoked foods
9) Recommendations.