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Author Booth, Michael, 1965-

Title Eating dangerously : why the government can't keep your food safe... and how you can / Michael Booth and Jennifer Brown.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
©2014

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  615.9 BOOTH    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  363.192 BOO    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.192 BOOTH    Check Shelf
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 Burlington Public Library - New Materials  615.9 BOOTH    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  615.945 BOO    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  615.9 BOOTH    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  615.945 BOOTH    Check Shelf
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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.1926 BOO    Check Shelf

Description x, 186 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-176) and index.
Note "First paperback edition 2015"--Title page verso.
Contents Sick: It's what's for dinner -- Too many cooks, not enough test tubes -- Tracing to safety: The real-life "CSI" behind food outbreaks -- The whole world in your kitchen -- Dirty dishes: What happens to the perpetrators? -- Handle with care (and bleach) -- Killer sprouts and slimy spinach: The most dangerous foods may surprise you -- Dances with DNA, and reconsidering radiation -- So now you're sick -- Eating healthy and eating safe: No, they aren't the same thing -- Appendix A: Resources to help you eat less dangerously -- Appendix B: Food safety quick tips.
Summary Eating Dangerously explains to the American consumer how their food system works and more importantly how it doesn't work. It also dishes up course after course of friendly advice gleaned from the cutting-edge laboratories, kitchens and courtrooms where the national food system is taking new shape. Anyone interested in knowing more about how their food makes it from field and farm to store and table will want the inside scoop on just how safe or unsafe that food may be.
Subject Food poisoning -- United States -- Prevention.
Food adulteration and inspection -- Government policy -- United States.
Food -- Safety measures.
Foodborne Diseases -- prevention & control -- United States.
Food Inspection -- standards -- United States.
Safety Management -- United States.
Food adulteration and inspection -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00930674
Food poisoning -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst00930976
Food -- Safety measures. (OCoLC)fst00930602
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Brown, Jennifer, 1975-
ISBN 9781442222663 (cloth : alk. paper)
1442222662 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442248663 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1442248661 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781442222670 (electronic)
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