The Safe Food Handbook How to Make Smart Choices About Risky Food

A comprehensive, how-to guide to food safety written for the millions of health-conscious but busy Americans who want to know how to eat safely. Forget waiting for improvements by the food industry or by government regulators. Food-issues expert Dr. Heli Perrett distills a mass of complex information into one accessible book. With a focus on foods that Americans love, The Safe Food Handbook covers seafood, eggs and egg products, dairy, legumes, fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, grains, nuts, herbs, and spices, addressing consumers#xE2;#xAC;" concerns about bacteria, hormones, additives, chemicals, antibiotics, toxins, irradiation, and even wax on produce.

Heli Perrett, PhD, a sociologist and microbiologist, has served as a senior technical specialist at the United Nations Development Programme and at the World Bank. She specializes in food, public health, and farming issues. She learned to love and grow food at an early age, and she continues to harvest organic crops at her home in Oakland, California.