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Food and food supply in relation to public health

  • Giardia as a Foodborne Pathogenby Lucy J. Robertson

    Springer 2013; US$ 39.99

    Although widely recognized as an important waterborne pathogen, Giardia duodenalis can also be transmitted by contamination of food. The same properties of this protozoan parasite that mean that water is an excellent transmission vehicle are also important for foodborne transmission. These include the low infective dose, the high number of... more...

  • Food Safety Hazard Guidebookby Richard Lawley; Laurie Curtis; Judy Davis

    Royal Society of Chemistry 2012; US$ 195.00

    Consumers have a right to expect that the food industry has taken care to ensure their products are safe to eat. Those with regulatory responsibility recognize this principle and legislate accordingly. This guidebook acts as a portal for the immense and ever expanding body of scientific knowledge on food safety. It is unique in its coverage of a very... more...

  • Foodborne Infections and Intoxicationsby Dean O. Cliver; Morris Potter; Hans P. Riemann

    Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 160.00

    The accelerated globalization of the food supply, coupled with toughening government standards, is putting global food production, distribution, and retail industries under a high-intensity spotlight. High publicity cases about foodborne illnesses over recent years have heightened public awareness of food safety issues, and momentum has been building... more...

  • Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illnessby International Association For Food Protection

    Springer 2011; US$ 23.99

    This revised Sixth edition of "Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness" is designed to guide public health personnel or teams in any country that investigates reports of alleged foodborne illnesses. It is a companion to another manual published by the IAFP, "Procedures to Investigate Waterborne Illness". These two manuals are... more...

  • Nutrition and Food Safetyby Tara Tomczyk; Terry L Smith

    Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 42.00

    Food recalls, recently of beef, spinach, peanut butter, and cookie dough, have made people nervous about eating some of their favorite foods. Every year, millions of people contract a food-borne illness. While many cases are nothing more than an upset stomach, some result in serious sickness. Nutrition and Food Safety explores the many risks to our... more...

  • ABC of Nutritionby A. Stewart Truswell

    Wiley 2010; US$ 52.95

    This well established ABC has been updated with new charts, illustrations and guidelines on aspects of nutrition which affect heart disease, blood pressure, chronic diseases such as diabetes and some types of cancer. The book also contains the most current nutritional recommendations for pregnancy and infant feeding as well as advice for children and... more...

  • Safe Foodby Marion Nestle

    University of California Press 2010; US$ 26.95

    Food safety is a matter of intense public concern, and for good reason. Millions of annual cases of food "poisonings" raise alarm not only about the food served in restaurants and fast-food outlets but also about foods bought in supermarkets. The introduction of genetically modified foods?immediately dubbed "Frankenfoods"?only adds to the general sense... more...

  • Seafood Senseby Ken Babal

    ReadHowYouWant 2010; US$ 9.99

    Americans are facing an eating conundrum. As each new fad diet comes along to poke holes in longtime edicts of nutrition and further restrict the ”good” foods we are allowed to consume, we are left to wonder, what exactly is healthy at this point? The one food that has seemed to avoid the ire of new diets is the ”old faithful” of... more...

  • Berichte zur Lebensmittelsicherheit 2008by Peter Brandt

    Springer 2010; US$ 31.99

    1. Bericht zur amtlichen Futtermittelkontrolle: Die Futtermittelkontrolle stellt u.a. die Unbedenklichkeit tierischer Lebensmittel für die menschliche Gesundheit sicher, schützt Tiergesundheit und Naturhaushalt. 2. Nationaler Rückstandskontrollplan (NRKP) zur EU-weiten Überwachung von Lebensmitteln tierischer Herkunft. 3. Nationale Berichterstattung... more...

  • Zoonotic Pathogens in the Food Chainby Denis Krause; S. Hendrick

    CABI 2010; US$ 160.00

    Examining the development, spread and transmission of zoonotic diseases through the food chain; from animals, through production processes to humans, this book discusses the ways modern food production systems contribute to the risk of zoonotic disease, and where mitigation strategies need to be focused. Covering factors in the animal production process... more...