Table of Contents

Introduction: Food Safety is Political PART ONE: RESISTING FOOD SAFETY 1. The Politics of Foodborne Illness: Issues and Origins 2. Resisting Meat and Poultry Regulation. 1974-1994 3. Attempting to Control Food Pathogens, 1994-2002 4. Achieveing Safe Food: Alternatives PART TWO: SAFETY AS A SURROGATE: THE IRONIC POLITICS OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY 5. Peddling Dreams: Promises versus Reality 6. Risks and Benefits: Who Decides? 7. The Politics of Government Oversight 8. The Politics of Consumer Concern: Distrust, Dread, and Outrage Conclusion: The Future of Food Safety: Public versus Bioterrorism Appendix: The Science of Plant Biotechnology

About the Author

Marion Nestle is Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and director of public health initiatives. She is the author of the prize-winning Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (California, 2002) and Nutrition in Clinical Practice (1985). She is also coeditor (with L. Beth Dixon) of Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Nutrition and Food

Reviews

"Highlights of the food industry's hostility to safety regulation can be found in Marion Nestle's "Safe Food . . . a book which, like Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation, makes you think before you eat."--"The Washington Monthly