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Title

Food alert! : the ultimate sourcebook for food safety / by Morton Satin.

Author

Satin, Morton

Publication

New York, NY : Facts On File, c2008.

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Description

xvii, 350 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In Food Alert! food-safety expert Morton Satin explains the history and science of food contamination and preservation; the causes, dangers and types of food-borne diseases; and, most important, everything consumers need to know to understand the risk of food-borne illness and to protect themselves from it."--Jacket.

Subject

• Foodborne diseases > Prevention
• Foodborne Diseases > prevention & control
• Food Contamination > prevention & control
• Food Handling
• Food Technology
• Foodborne Diseases > prevention & control

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-330) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Food-borne diseases. -- Historical background -- What is food poisoning? -- Antibiotic resistance -- pt. 2. Sources of food-borne disease. -- Food sources of disease -- The 20 most common causes of food-borne illness in the kitchen -- Poultry -- Meat and meat products -- Fish and seafood -- Dairy and egg products -- Fruits, vegetables and nuts -- Grain and flour products -- Other foods -- Restaurants and food service -- pt. 3. Consumer protection. -- Incidence and costs of food-borne diseases -- Methods to reduce food-borne diseases -- In the consumer's interest -- Self-help -- Safe eating while traveling -- Problems coming down the road -- Where do we go from here? -- pt. 4. Food-borne pathogens. -- Bacterial diseases : infective forms -- Toxin-producing forms -- Diseases of toxic substances -- Fungal diseases -- Parasitic diseases -- Viral diseases -- Appendix 1 : Diseases, causes and symptoms -- Appendix 2 : Sources of information about food-borne diseases -- Appendix 3 : Storage conditions for selected foods.

ISBN

• 9780816069682 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0816069689 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780816069699 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0816069697 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008011038

OCLC

213379655

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library