Nina E. Redman is a professional writer and former librarian at Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA. She is the author of the first edition of ABC-CLIO's Food Safety and Human Rights, Second Edition.

As an excellent and well-organized treatment of the topic, this book is a recommended purchase for academic and public libraries.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Background and HistoryHistoryUSDARisk AssessmentHazard Analysis and Critical Control PointsInternational Food SafetyBeyond RegulationEpidemiology and Foodborne IllnessesBacteria and FoodCampylobacterListeriaSalmonellaE. ColiE. Coli 0157:H7ShigellaYersiniaStaphylococcusClostridium PerfringensBacillus CereusParasitesVirusesHepatitus ANorovirusesAflatoxinsMad Cow DiseaseFood Safety at the Consumer LevelEating Out SafelyReferencesChapter 2: Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsFood Additives, Contaminants, and PackagingOlestraAspartame/NutraSweetBenzeneAcrylamidesMercury in FishSalmonCarbon Monoxide in Meat PackagingPlastic Containers and PackagingAntibioticsHistoryHow Bacterial Strains Became ResistantPesticidesGrowth Hormones in Beef CattleRecombinant Bovine Growth HormoneGenetically Engineered FoodIrradiationBioterrorismReferencesChapter 3: Special U.S. IssuesFactory FarmingHuman Health Impacts for Those Living in Close Proximity to CAFOsAvian FluHow the Flu Virus WorksPerson-to-Person TransmissionPrecautions Against InfluenzaEffects on Other CropsLegislationTechnical SolutionsOther SolutionsReferencesChapter 4: ChronologyChapter 5: BiographiesRachel CarsonAnn CooperRonnie CumminsNancy DonleyPatricia GriffinFritz HaberMary HeersinkAlbert Howard, SirFred KirschenmannAlice LakeyAntonie van LeewenhoekStuart LevyHoward LymanHelen McNab MillerMarion NestleMichael OsterholmLouis PasteurStanley PrusinerJohn RobbinsJoel SalatinUpton SinclairJohn SnowDavid ThenoHarvey WileyCraig WilsonChapter 6: Data and DocumentsChapter 7: Directory of OrganizationsNonprofit, Trade, and Professional OrganizationsNational Agencies (Canada and U.S.)International AgenciesState OrganizationsChapter 8: ResourcesBooksJournals and PeriodicalsNonPrint ResourcesDatabasesVideos and DVDsGlossaryIndexAbout the Author

Nina E. Redman is a professional writer and former librarian at Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA. She is the author of the first edition of ABC-CLIO's Food Safety and Human Rights, Second Edition.

As an excellent and well-organized treatment of the topic, this book is a recommended purchase for academic and public libraries.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Background and HistoryHistoryUSDARisk AssessmentHazard Analysis and Critical Control PointsInternational Food SafetyBeyond RegulationEpidemiology and Foodborne IllnessesBacteria and FoodCampylobacterListeriaSalmonellaE. ColiE. Coli 0157:H7ShigellaYersiniaStaphylococcusClostridium PerfringensBacillus CereusParasitesVirusesHepatitus ANorovirusesAflatoxinsMad Cow DiseaseFood Safety at the Consumer LevelEating Out SafelyReferencesChapter 2: Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsFood Additives, Contaminants, and PackagingOlestraAspartame/NutraSweetBenzeneAcrylamidesMercury in FishSalmonCarbon Monoxide in Meat PackagingPlastic Containers and PackagingAntibioticsHistoryHow Bacterial Strains Became ResistantPesticidesGrowth Hormones in Beef CattleRecombinant Bovine Growth HormoneGenetically Engineered FoodIrradiationBioterrorismReferencesChapter 3: Special U.S. IssuesFactory FarmingHuman Health Impacts for Those Living in Close Proximity to CAFOsAvian FluHow the Flu Virus WorksPerson-to-Person TransmissionPrecautions Against InfluenzaEffects on Other CropsLegislationTechnical SolutionsOther SolutionsReferencesChapter 4: ChronologyChapter 5: BiographiesRachel CarsonAnn CooperRonnie CumminsNancy DonleyPatricia GriffinFritz HaberMary HeersinkAlbert Howard, SirFred KirschenmannAlice LakeyAntonie van LeewenhoekStuart LevyHoward LymanHelen McNab MillerMarion NestleMichael OsterholmLouis PasteurStanley PrusinerJohn RobbinsJoel SalatinUpton SinclairJohn SnowDavid ThenoHarvey WileyCraig WilsonChapter 6: Data and DocumentsChapter 7: Directory of OrganizationsNonprofit, Trade, and Professional OrganizationsNational Agencies (Canada and U.S.)International AgenciesState OrganizationsChapter 8: ResourcesBooksJournals and PeriodicalsNonPrint ResourcesDatabasesVideos and DVDsGlossaryIndexAbout the Author

Nina E. Redman is a professional writer and former librarian at Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA. She is the author of the first edition of ABC-CLIO's Food Safety and Human Rights, Second Edition.

As an excellent and well-organized treatment of the topic, this book is a recommended purchase for academic and public libraries.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Background and HistoryHistoryUSDARisk AssessmentHazard Analysis and Critical Control PointsInternational Food SafetyBeyond RegulationEpidemiology and Foodborne IllnessesBacteria and FoodCampylobacterListeriaSalmonellaE. ColiE. Coli 0157:H7ShigellaYersiniaStaphylococcusClostridium PerfringensBacillus CereusParasitesVirusesHepatitus ANorovirusesAflatoxinsMad Cow DiseaseFood Safety at the Consumer LevelEating Out SafelyReferencesChapter 2: Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsFood Additives, Contaminants, and PackagingOlestraAspartame/NutraSweetBenzeneAcrylamidesMercury in FishSalmonCarbon Monoxide in Meat PackagingPlastic Containers and PackagingAntibioticsHistoryHow Bacterial Strains Became ResistantPesticidesGrowth Hormones in Beef CattleRecombinant Bovine Growth HormoneGenetically Engineered FoodIrradiationBioterrorismReferencesChapter 3: Special U.S. IssuesFactory FarmingHuman Health Impacts for Those Living in Close Proximity to CAFOsAvian FluHow the Flu Virus WorksPerson-to-Person TransmissionPrecautions Against InfluenzaEffects on Other CropsLegislationTechnical SolutionsOther SolutionsReferencesChapter 4: ChronologyChapter 5: BiographiesRachel CarsonAnn CooperRonnie CumminsNancy DonleyPatricia GriffinFritz HaberMary HeersinkAlbert Howard, SirFred KirschenmannAlice LakeyAntonie van LeewenhoekStuart LevyHoward LymanHelen McNab MillerMarion NestleMichael OsterholmLouis PasteurStanley PrusinerJohn RobbinsJoel SalatinUpton SinclairJohn SnowDavid ThenoHarvey WileyCraig WilsonChapter 6: Data and DocumentsChapter 7: Directory of OrganizationsNonprofit, Trade, and Professional OrganizationsNational Agencies (Canada and U.S.)International AgenciesState OrganizationsChapter 8: ResourcesBooksJournals and PeriodicalsNonPrint ResourcesDatabasesVideos and DVDsGlossaryIndexAbout the Author