Safe food : bacteria, biotechnology, and bioterrorism
Title:
Safe food : bacteria, biotechnology, and bioterrorism
Author:
Nestle, Marion.
ISBN:
9780520242234
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2004], c2003.
Physical Description:
xvi, 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series:
California studies in food and culture ; 5.
Series Title:
California studies in food and culture ; 5.
General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: c2003.
Contents:
food safety is political -- Resisting food safety. 1. The politics of foodborne illness : issues and origins -- Resisting meat and poultry regulation, 1974-1994 -- Attempting control of food pathogens, 1994-2002 -- Achieving safe food : alternatives -- Safety as a surrogate : the ironic politics of food biotechnology. 5. Peddling dreams : promises versus reality -- Risks and benefits : who decides? -- The politics of government oversight -- The politics of consumer concern : distrust, dread, and outrage --