Food Safety Old Habits, New Perspectives

Name: Food Safety Old Habits, New Perspectives
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ISBN: 9781555814175

ISBN-10: 1555814174

ISBN-13: 9781555814175

Edition: 2007

Authors: Phyllis Entis

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Food Safety offers an intriguing, anecdotal assessment of food-and waterborne illnesses "from farm to fork." It examines how modern technology and traditional views about food safety and food handling can affect consumer safety and it concludes that the responsibility for a safe food supply lies with a variety of people, including regulators, food producers, food handlers, and consumers. Readers will become familiar with the history and causes behind many well-known outbreaks from cholera to E. coli O157: H7 to mad cow disease. This informative book is accessible and engaging, with minimal jargon. Extensive references are included at the conclusion of each chapter, and three appendixes…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: ASM Press
Publication date: 1/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 414
Size: 6.93" wide x 9.92" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English




Old habits die hard



Engineering errors



Recipes for disaster



See no evil



Cross-contamination



Birth of a pathogen



USDA, HACCP, and E. coli O157:H7



Crossing over



When the well runs dry



Mad cows and Englishmen



The politics of prions - BSE and world trade



Asymptomatic carriers and captive audiences



Deliberately contaminated food



The impact of imports



A raw deal



The media and the message



Changing old habits



A microbial who's who