In food we trust : the politics of purity in American food regulation / Courtney I. P. Thomas ; designed by N. Putens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Courtney Irene Powell, author.

Contributor:

Putens, N., designer.

Series:

At Table

At table

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food adulteration and inspection--Law and legislation--United States.

Food adulteration and inspection.

Food adulteration and inspection--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Food adulteration and inspection--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (530 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"One of the great myths of contemporary American culture is that the United States' food supply is the safest in the world because the government works to guarantee food safety and enforce certain standards on food producers, processors, and distributors. In reality U.S. food safety administration and oversight have remained essentially the same for more than a century, with the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 continuing to frame national policy despite dramatic changes in production, processing, and distribution throughout the twentieth century. In Food We Trust is the first comprehensive examination of the history of food safety policy in the United States, analyzing critical moments in food safety history from Upton Sinclair's publication of The Jungle to Congress's passage of the 2010 Food Safety Modernization Act. With five case studies of significant food safety crises ranging from the 1959 chemical contamination of cranberries to the 2009 outbreak of salmonella in peanut butter, In Food We Trust contextualizes a changing food regulatory regime and explains how federal agencies are fundamentally limited in their power to safeguard the food supply. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : A Twentieth-Century Problem

Escape from the Jungle

The Cranberry Crisis

Science and Politics Collide

Models of Food Safety Regulation

Pandora's Jack in the Box

From Spinach to GAPs

The Peanut Butter Crisis

The Future of Food Safety

Epilogue : A Twenty-first-Century Mandate.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803276406

0803276400

9780803254817

0803254814

9780803276420

0803276427

OCLC:

891143530