Eating dangerously : why the government can't keep your food safe ... and how you can /
Michael Booth and Jennifer Brown.
- First paperback edition.
- Lanham Roman & Littlefield 2015
- x, 186 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Sick: It's what's for dinner -- Too many cooks, not enough test tubes -- Tracing to safety: The real-life "CSI" behind food outbreaks -- The whole world in your kitchen -- Dirty dishes: What happens to the perpetrators? -- Handle with care (and bleach) -- Killer spouts and slimy spinach: The most dangerous foods may surprise you -- Dances with DNA, and reconsidering radiation -- So now you're sick -- Eating healthy and eating safe: No, they aren't the same thing -- Appendix A: Resources to help you eat less dangerously -- Appendix B: Food safety quick tips.
Eating Dangerously explains to the American consumer how their food system works and more importantly how it doesn't work. It also dishes up course after course of friendly advice gleaned from the cutting-edge laboratories, kitchens and courtrooms where the national food system is taking new shape. Anyone interested in knowing more about how their food makes it from field and farm to store and table will want the inside scoop on just how safe or unsafe that food may be.
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Food poisoning--Prevention.--United States Food adulteration and inspection--Government policy--United States. Food--Safety measures. Food adulteration and inspection--Government policy. Food poisoning--Prevention. Food--Safety measures.