Protecting earth's food supply
By: by Christine Petersen.
Series: Environment at risk
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761440086
Subjects: Food; Foodborne diseases; Food contamination; Food -- Safety measures
Description: "Provides comprehensive information on Earth's food supply and its protection, the interrelationships of the natural world, environmental problems both natural and man-made, the relative risks associated with these problems, and solutions for resolving and/or preventing them"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Outbreak; title: Ch. 2. Microbes and disease; title: Ch. 3. Food hazards; title: Ch. 4. Our changing food chain; title: Ch. 5. Chemicals in the food chain; title: Ch. 6. Protecting the food chain.