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 Editionprovides 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 safetyan issue that impacts us all.
Nina E. Redmanis 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 Safetyand
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.
ARBATable of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Background and History
History
USDA
Risk Assessment
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
International Food Safety
Beyond Regulation
Epidemiology and Foodborne Illnesses
Bacteria and Food
Campylobacter
Listeria
Salmonella
E. Coli
E. Coli 0157:H7
Shigella
Yersinia
Staphylococcus
Clostridium Perfringens
Bacillus Cereus
Parasites
Viruses
Hepatitus A
Noroviruses
Aflatoxins
Mad Cow Disease
Food Safety at the Consumer Level
Eating Out Safely
References
Chapter 2: Problems, Controversies, and SolutilM
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