Food Alert!: The Ultimate Sourcebook for Food Safety

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Facts On File, 2008 - Business & Economics - 350 pages
It is estimated that more than 100 million food-related illnesses are recorded in the United States alone each year, from undercooked fast-food hamburgers to chicken contaminated with salmonella. Today there are added worries due to increased potential for food contamination on the global market, the prospect of terrorism against the food supply, and the lack of adequate regulation of food products and handling. Food safety has become a daily concern. Written by renowned food expert Morton Satin, Food Alert! Second Edition provides an up-to-date and comprehensive examination of the causes, dangers, and prevention of food-borne diseases. Other invaluable features include a special reference section covering all of the potentially dangerous diseases and bacteria caused by food; an appendix of food-borne illnesses by symptom; and helpful resources such as organizations, periodicals, and Web sites.

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About the author (2008)

Morton Satin is a retired executive director of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association and adjunct professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He has published more than 250 scientific and lay publications on foodborne diseases and related subjects in a wide variety of publications, including the New Scientist. He lives in Rockville, Maryland.

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