"Grocery stores have vastly increased the convenience and availability of food shopping, but they have also made it easier for the average consumer to ignore the conditions their food is grown or raised in. Generally, it is only whena deadly outbreak of food-borne illness occurs that people scrutinize the food industry. Text, augmented with . . . charts and . . . fact boxes, provides a comprehensive guide to the history of food safety laws in the United States. Readers learn about the major food-borne diseases and what causes them, as well as the present and future state of food technologies in America"--Provided by publisher.
