Poisons on our plates
Subtitle: the real food safety problem in the United States
By: Michele Morrone.
Series: Politics and the environment
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport,Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9780313349751
Subjects: Food -- Toxicology -- United States; Food contamination -- United States; Food -- Microbiology -- United States; Food industry and trade -- Health aspects -- United States; Food Contamination -- United States; Food Industry -- standards -- United States; Food Microbiology -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Food microbiology; title: Vegetables can be hazardous to your health; title: Rotten eggs and peanut butter; title: Floating viruses; title: There is something in the water; title: Ready-to-eat?; title: Consumer beware; title: Unusual priorities: from bad apples to mad cows.