Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (California Studies in Food and Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520242238 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 366 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Everyone should read Marion Nestle's books!" according to Brian Fahey. Excellent book. Marion Nestle is a rockstar within the food and nutrition world. This is an in-depth look at how our food is produced and distributed. It may shock you, but it will certainly be informative.. J. Higgins said An important and well-documented expose. This is a well-written book by an author with experience in both the scientific and public affairs aspects of food quality and safety. Marion Nestle makes an effort to describe the complex scientific procedures associated with foodborne disease investigation, and the creation of bioengineered foodstuffs, reasonably clear to the layman / woman. Her message is simple and direct: as far as US government regulatory agencies, and the food industry itself, are concerned, food safety and wholesomeness is regarded as. Excellent A Customer "Safe Food" is a terrific look at the issues involved in keeping our food supply uncontaminated. It is also a look behind the scenes at how our democracy really works, and it's not a pretty sight. Corporations choosing profits over public health, government representatives more often than not siding with industry rather than consumers, corruption, greed, and ineptitude are all part of this fascinating story. Highly recommended!
The introduction of genetically modified foods—immediately dubbed "Frankenfoods"—only adds to the general sense of unease. It involves politics. How concerned should we be about such problems? Who is responsible for preventing them? Who benefits from ignoring them? Who decides?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. When it comes to food safety, billions of dollars are at stake, and industry, government, and consumers collide over issues of values, economics, and political power—and not always in the public interest. Food safety is a matter of intense public concern, and for good reason. Accessible, informed, and even-handed, Safe Food is for anyone who cares how food is produced and wants to know more about the real issues underlying today's headlines.. Finally, the events of September 11, 2001, heightened fears by exposing the vulnerability of food and water supplies to attacks by bioterrorists. Although the debates may appear to be about science, Nestle maintains th
From The New England Journal of Medicine "Food safety is political." So claims the title of the introduction to Marion Nestle's book Safe Food, and this assertion is solidly confirmed in the pages that follow. coli O157:H7 are inherent components of raw meat and therefore not "adulterants" that are subject to regulation. In her instructive monograph, Nestle exposes the political workings of the system that supposedly guarantees the safety of our food. Safe Food addresses all these elements in two major sections and a conclusion that roughly correspond with the three Bs in the book's subtitle. The conclusion, which deals with bioterrorism, may be the weakest part of the book. N. Part one, "Resisting Food Safety," includes an account of the government agencies concerned with food safety -- there are no fewer than 12 -- and their sometimes inexplicable regulatory responsibilities. All rights reserved. Cary Engleberg, M.D.Copyright © 2003 Massachusetts M