Food and nutrition at risk in America
Subtitle: food insecurity, biotechnology, food safety, and bioterrorism
By: Sari Edelstein ... [et al.].
Contributors: Edelstein, Sari.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett; Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780763754082
Subjects: Food -- United States -- Safety measures; Food contamination -- United States; Food -- Biotechnology; Foodborne diseases -- United States; Bioterrorism; Food Industry -- United States; Safety Management -- United States; Bioterrorism -- United States; Food Contamination -- United States; Food Supply -- economics -- United States; Food, Genetically Modified -- United States; Hunger -- United States
Description: xvi, 315 p. : 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Is our food safe? / Sari Edelstein; title: Foodborne-illness causing pathogens / Bonnie Gerald; title: Safety issues in the US food system / Bonnie Gerald; title: Food safety regulations and programs / Bonnie L. Gerald; title: Future food safety initiatives and biotechnology / Bonnie L. Gerald; title: The measurement of food insecurity in the United States / Craig Gundersen; title: The determinants of food insecurity in the United States / Craig Gundersen; title: The consequences of food insecurity in the United States / Craig Gundersen; title: Food assistance programs in the United States / Craig Gundersen; title: Intentional and unintentional contamination of the food supply / Tamara Crutchley Bushell; title: Key issues associated with foodborne disease outbreaks / Tamara Crutchley Bushell; title: Principles and application of the hazard analysis and critical control points / Tamara Crutchley Bushell; title: US food safety and bioterrorism / Tamara Crutchley Bushell.