Poisons on Our Plates: The Real Food Safety Problem in the United States

Poisons on Our Plates: The Real Food Safety Problem in the United States
ISBN-10
0313349754
ISBN-13
9780313349751
Category
Medical / Public Health
Pages
169
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
Michele Morrone

Description

Recent outbreaks of E. coli in spinach and salmonella in peanut butter underscore the crying need for a new federal policy to control the microbiological contaminants in our food supply that sicken 76 million Americans each year.

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