Safe food : bacteria, biotechnology, and bioterrorism /

Safe food : bacteria, biotechnology, and bioterrorism /

"Marion Nestle, author of the critically acclaimed Food Politics, argues that ensuring safe food involves more than washing hands or cooking food to higher temperatures. It involves politics. When it comes to food safety, billions of dollars are at stake, and industry, government, and consumers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nestle, Marion.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2003.
Colección:California studies in food and culture ; 5.
Materias:
Alimentos > medidas de seguridad.
Alimentos > Biotecnología
Bioterrorismo.
Contaminación de alimentos
Bioterrorism > prevention & control.
Microbiología alimenticia > estandares
Food, Genetically Modified.
Legislation, Food > organization & administration.
Safety.
Voedselveiligheid.
Biotechnologie.
Voedselvergiftiging.
Overheidsbeleid.
Acceso en línea:Table of contents
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Food Safety Is Political
  • Pt. 1.
  • Resisting Food Safety
  • 1.
  • The Politics of Foodborne Illness: Issues and Origins
  • 2.
  • Resisting Meat and Poultry Regulation, 1974-1994
  • 3.
  • Attempting Control of Food Pathogens, 1994-2002
  • 4.
  • Achieving Safe Food: Alternatives
  • Pt. 2.
  • Safety as a Surrogate: The Ironic Politics of Food Biotechnology
  • 5.
  • Peddling Dreams: Promises versus Reality
  • 6.
  • Risks and Benefits: Who Decides?
  • 7.
  • The Politics of Government Oversight
  • 8.
  • The Politics of Consumer Concern: Distrust, Dread, and Outrage
  • Conclusion: The Future of Food Safety: Public Health versus Bioterrorism
  • App.
  • The Science of Plant Biotechnology.

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