chapter 1 An Overview of Food and Nutritional Toxicology -- chapter 2 General Principles of Toxicology -- chapter 3 Factors That Influence Toxicity -- chapter 4 Food Safety Assessment Methods in the Laboratory: Toxicological Testing Methods -- chapter 5 Food Safety Assessment: Compliance with Regulations -- chapter 6 Risk -- chapter 7 Epidemiology in Food and Nutritional Toxicology -- chapter 8 GI Tract Physiology and Biochemistry -- chapter 9 Metabolism and Excretion of Toxicants -- chapter 10 Food Intolerance and Allergy -- chapter 11 Bacterial Toxins -- chapter 12 Animal Toxins and Plant Toxicants -- chapter 13 Fungal Mycotoxins -- chapter 14 Macronutrients -- chapter 15 Parasites, Viruses, and Prions -- chapter 16 Insecticides -- chapter 17 Food Additives, Colors, and Flavors -- chapter 18 Food Irradiation -- chapter 19 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Other Processing Products -- chapter 20 Emerging Food Safety Issues in a Modern World.