Food safety : old habits, new perspectives / Phyllis Entis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Entis, Phyllis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Safety measures.

Food.

Food contamination.

Foodborne diseases.

Food Contamination.

Food Handling--methods.

Foodborne Diseases--microbiology.

Safety.

Medical Subjects:

Food Contamination.

Food Handling--methods.

Foodborne Diseases--microbiology.

Safety.

Physical Description:

xiv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2007]

Summary:

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 detail the pathogens that cause most foodborne illness, key terms, and common abbreviations and acronyms used by the major world regulatory agencies.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1555814174

9781555814175

OCLC:

74987871