Food Safety

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.

Provides a directory of organizations representing a wide range of viewpoints-activist, industry, and government-showing readers where to turn for more information

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