| Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Institute of Medicine (Author), Division on Earth and Life Studies (Author) |
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ISBN: 030908928X ISBN-13: 9780309089289 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $64.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2003 Annotation: Food safety regulators face a daunting task. They must craft food safety performance standards and systems that use the best available science to protect the health of the American public--while working within an increasingly antiquated and fragmented regulatory framework. Current food safety standards have been set over a period of years and under diverse circumstances, based on a host of scientific, legal, and practical constraints. "Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food lays the groundwork for creating new regulations that are consistent, reliable, and ensure the best protection for the health of American consumers. This timely, compelling, and invaluable book addresses the biggest concerns in food safety--including microbial disease surveillance plans, tools for establishing food safety criteria, and issues specific to meat, dairy, poultry, seafood, and produce. It provides a candid analysis of the problems with the current system, and outlines the major components of the task at hand: creating workable, streamlined food safety standards and practices. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Nutrition |
| Dewey: 363.192 |
| LCCN: 30155010 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.45" W x 8.96" (1.51 lbs) 401 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Food safety regulators face a daunting task: crafting food safety performance standards and systems that continue in the tradition of using the best available science to protect the health of the American public, while working within an increasingly antiquated and fragmented regulatory framework. Current food safety standards have been set over a period of years and under diverse circumstances, based on a host of scientific, legal, and practical constraints. Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food lays the groundwork for creating new regulations that are consistent, reliable, and ensure the best protection for the health of American consumers. This book addresses the biggest concerns in food safety?including microbial disease surveillance plans, tools for establishing food safety criteria, and issues specific to meat, dairy, poultry, seafood, and produce. It provides a candid analysis of the problems with the current system, and outlines the major components of the task at hand: creating workable, streamlined food safety standards and practices. |
