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Zusatztext "Nestle clearly explains the intersection between policy! politics! and the plate! delivering practical advice on every corner of the grocery store." Informationen zum Autor Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. She is author of the award-winning Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health ,and What to Eat , among other books. Klappentext "Marion Nestle’s compelling and accessible book explains what the industrialization of the food supply in this country has done to both the taste and safety of the foods we eat."—Alice Waters "Marion Nestle has emerged as one of the sanest, most knowledgeable, and independent voices in the current debate over the health and safety of the American food system. All of us who eat should count ourselves lucky to have this indispensable book."—Michael Pollan, author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World Zusammenfassung Millions of annual cases of food 'poisonings' raise alarm not only about the food served in restaurants and fast-food outlets but also about foods bought in supermarkets. This book argues that ensuring safe food involves more than washing hands or cooking food to higher temperatures, and contends that it involves politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the 2010 Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Food Safety Is Political PART ONE RESISTING FOOD SAFETY 1. The Politics of Foodborne Illness: Issues and Origins 2. Resisting Meat and Poultry Regulation! 1974–1994 3. Attempting Control of Food Pathogens! 1994–2002 4. Achieving Safe Food: Alternatives PART TWO SAFETY AS A SURROGATE: THE IRONIC POLITICS OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY 5. Peddling Dreams: Promises versus Reality 6. Risks and Benefits: Who Decides? 7. The Politics of Government Oversight 8. The Politics of Consumer Concern: Distrust! Dread! and Outrage Conclusion: The Future of Food Safety: Public Health versus Bioterrorism Epilogue Appendix: The Science of Plant Biotechnology Notes List of Tables List of Figures Index ...
