Food Safety Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information about the Safe Handling of Meat (Health Reference Series)

Dawn Matthews

ISBN 10: 0780803264 ISBN 13: 9780780803268

Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc., 1999

Every year in the United States foodborne infections cause millions of illnesses and thousands of deaths, yet most infections go undiagnosed and unreported. Consumer education about basic principles of food safety is an important component of preventing foodborne diseases.

Food Safety Sourcebook offers tips to consumers about the safe handling of food in their own kitchen. It provides information about government guidelines for those who process and handle food and information about government programs to insure food safety. It describes several types of foodborne bacteria, parasites, worms, viruses, and natural toxins and provides background information about the onset, duration, and symptoms of foodborne illnesses. A glossary and a directory of resources for additional help and information are also provided.

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Review:

"Provides important, basic consumer health education on food safety, ...from health classes to those researching specific food safety issues." -- Reviewer's Bookwatch, December 1999

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