The proceedings of this international conference cover both the theoretical and practical applications of spectroscopy with particular reference to the food and agriculture industries. The book provides wide-ranging coverage of recent developments in analytical spectroscopy and praticularly the common themes of chromatography-spectroscopy combinations, Fourier transform methods and data handling techniques. Each section includes reviews of key areas, written by spectroscopists who have made major contributions in their respective disciplines, as well as short reports of new developments in these fields.