This work is a detailed survey of food safety issues today, from E-coli contamination in fruits and vegetables to food production practices that increase antibiotic resistance.Is our food safe? Much of the corn, soybeans, and canola oil we eat has been genetically modified, but we don't know the long-term effects of GM foods on our health and the environment. We also consume antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria through the meat we eat, and we face new threats like mad cow disease, avian flu, and bioterrorism.Food Safety: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition provides a broad, readable, and level-headed overview of these and other food safety controversies. Through a combination of statistics and substantive information, it delineates the nature and scope of the issues. It also introduces readers to the researchers, activists, industries, and government agencies that play a role in the battle for food safety—an issue that impacts us all.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:624 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary World Issues
Antal sidor:344
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781598840483

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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.

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

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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