Research Catalog

Title

Food safety : a reference handbook / Nina E. Redman.

Author

Redman, Nina.

Publication

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2000.

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Details

Description

xiv, 317 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Examines the issues surrounding food safety including mad cow disease, salmonella, and pesticides, and profiles Upton Sinclair's 1908 expose of the meat-packing industry that led to the Beef Inspection Bill.

Series Statement

Contemporary world issues

Uniform Title

Contemporary world issues.

Subject

• Food Contamination
• Food Handling > standards
• Food Supply > standards
• Food adulteration and inspection > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Food industry and trade > Safety measures > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Foodborne Diseases > etiology
• Foodborne Diseases > prevention & control
• United States

Genre/Form

• Directory
• Handbook
• Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Introduction: A Food Safety Overview -- History -- USDA -- International Food Safety -- Beyond Regulation -- Epidemiology and Foodborne Illnesses -- Bacteria and Food -- Campylobacter -- Listeria -- Salmonella -- E. coli O157:H7 -- Shigella -- Yersinia -- Staphylococcus -- Parasites -- Viruses -- Hepatitis A -- Norwalk Virus -- Mad Cow Disease -- Other Food Safety Threats -- Pesticides -- Alar, Oprah, and Food Disparagement Laws -- Growth Hormones in Beef Cattle -- Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone -- Antibiotics -- Factory Farming -- Genetically Engineered Food -- Functional Foods -- Food Additives -- Irradiation -- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points -- New Food Safety Techniques -- Protecting Yourself from Food Poisoning -- Rachel Carson -- Ronnie Cummins -- Nancy Donley -- Patricia Griffin -- Mary Heersink -- Fred Kirschenmann -- Alice Lakey -- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek -- Howard Lyman -- Helen McNab Miller -- Michael Osterholm -- Louis Pasteur -- Stanley Prusiner --^
• John Robbins -- Upton Sinclair -- David Theno -- Harvey Wiley -- Craig Wilson -- Facts and Statistics -- Bad Bug Book: Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook -- Salmonella spp. -- Clostridium botulinum -- Staphylococcus aureus -- Campylobacter jejuni -- Vibrio cholerae Serogroup O1 -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Clostridium perfringens -- Bacillus cereus and Other Bacillus spp. -- Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli -- Escherichia coli O157:H7 -- Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli -- Shigella spp. -- Miscellaneous Enterics -- Streptococcus spp. -- Giardia lamblia -- Cryptosporidium parvum -- Hepatitis A Virus -- Rotavirus -- The Norwalk Virus Family -- Other Gastroenteritis Viruses -- Various Shellfish-Associated Toxins -- Scombrotoxin -- Mushroom Toxins -- Aflatoxins -- Chemical Cuisine: CSPI's Guide to Food Additives -- Introduction to Food Additives -- Cancer Testing -- Alphabetical Listing of Additives -- Food Additive Cemetery--Additives That Have Been Banned --^
• Directory of Organizations -- Nonprofit, Trade, and Professional Organizations -- National Agencies -- International Agencies -- State Organizations -- Reference Works -- Animal Products -- Consumer Resources -- Courses -- Food Additives -- Food Safety in Commercial Applications -- Food Safety Law and Policy -- Foodborne Diseases -- General -- Genetically Modified Foods -- History -- Irradiation and Other Methods of Preservation -- Microbiology of Foods -- Pesticides -- Toxins and Contaminants -- Selected Journals and Periodicals -- Nonprint Resources -- Databases -- General Databases -- Specialized Databases -- Free Internet Databases -- Videotapes.

ISBN

1576071588 (hardcover : alk paper)

LCCN

^^^00010427^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library