Food and Nutrition at Risk in America: Food Insecurity, Biotechnology, Food Safety and Bioterrorism

by Edelstein, Sari; Gerald, Bonnie; Bushell, Tamara Crutchley; Gundersen, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780763754082
• ISBN10: 0763754080
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-11
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

This text offers readers the opportunity to consider the current status of food insecurtiy, biotechnology, food safety, and bioterrorism in America as well as the types of assitance and policies needed to ensure health and welfare.

Table of Contents

Is America at risk?	p. 1
Food safety and biotechnology	p. 13
Foodborne illness-causing pathogens	p. 15
Safety issues in the US food system	p. 41
Food safety regulations and programs	p. 57
Future food safety initiatives and biotechnology	p. 71
Food insecurity	p. 91
The measurement of food insecurity in the United States	p. 93
The determinants of food insecurity in the United States	p. 113
The consequences of food insecurity in the United States	p. 131
Food assistance programs in the United States	p. 149
Food and bioterrorism	p. 167
Intentional and unintentional contamination of the food supply	p. 169
Key issues associated with foodborne disease outbreaks	p. 211
Principles and application of the hazard analysis and critical control points	p. 243
US food safety and bioterrorism	p. 271
Index	p. 299
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