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Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety (California Studies in Food and Culture) (Volume 5) Paperback – June 15, 2010

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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 of unease. Finally, the events of September 11, 2001, heightened fears by exposing the vulnerability of food and water supplies to attacks by bioterrorists. How concerned should we be about such problems? Who is responsible for preventing them? Who benefits from ignoring them? Who decides?

Marion Nestle, author of the critically acclaimed Food Politics, argues that ensuring safe food involves more than washing hands or cooking food to higher temperatures. It involves politics. When it comes to food safety, billions of dollars are at stake, and industry, government, and consumers collide over issues of values, economics, and political power―and not always in the public interest. Although the debates may appear to be about science, Nestle maintains that they really are about control: Who decides when a food is safe?

She demonstrates how powerful food industries oppose safety regulations, deny accountability, and blame consumers when something goes wrong, and how century-old laws for ensuring food safety no longer protect our food supply. Accessible, informed, and even-handed, Safe Food is for anyone who cares how food is produced and wants to know more about the real issues underlying today's headlines.
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“Nestle clearly explains the intersection between policy, politics, and the plate, delivering practical advice on every corner of the grocery store.” ― Christian Science Monitor Published On: 2010-08-23

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"Marion Nestle s compelling and accessible book explains what the industrialization of the food supply in this country has done to both the taste and safety of the foods we eat." Alice Waters

"Marion Nestle has emerged as one of the sanest, most knowledgeable, and independent voices in the current debate over the health and safety of the American food system. All of us who eat should count ourselves lucky to have this indispensable book." Michael Pollan, author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of California Press; First Edition, Updated and Expanded (June 15, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 406 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520266064
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520266063
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.02 x 9 inches
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Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. She also holds appointments as Professor of Sociology at NYU and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. Her degrees include a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. She has held faculty positions at Brandeis University and the UCSF School of Medicine. From 1986-88, she was senior nutrition policy advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services and managing editor of the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health. Her research examines scientific, economic, and social influences on food choice.

She is the author of three prize-winning books: "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health" (2002, revised edition, 2007), "Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety" (2003, revised edition, 2010), and "What to Eat" (2006). "Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine" was published in September 2008 and in paperback in 2010. Her book with Dr. Malden Nesheim, "Feed Your Pet Right," was published by Free Press/Simon & Schuster in May 2010. "Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics," also co-authored with Dr. Nesheim, is scheduled for publication in March 2012.

She writes a monthly Food Matters column for the San Francisco Chronicle, and blogs daily (almost) at www.foodpolitics.com. She also twitters @marionnestle.

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  • Courtney Kleshinski
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Honest Look at "Plate Politics"
    Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2013
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    "Safe Food" is a terrific look at our nation's food supply and its safety. This book covers pathogens, genetic modifications and bioterrorism. It is also a look behind the scenes at how our democracy affects what foods end up on our plates. Corporations choose profits over public health, government sides with industry rather than consumers, corruption, greed, and ineptitude are all part of this fascinating story.

    The kindle version of this book is not perfect. Some diagrams and charts were cut off or difficult to follow. Though maybe now slightly out of date, overall, "Safe Food" is an important book, and one well worth reading by anyone concerned about the quality of the food we eat.
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  • GskFn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Strong, smart overview
    Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2013
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    I experienced this book as a strong, smart overview on issues of food safety and politics. Marion Nestle, originally trained as a microbiologist, is a highly respected scholar, advocate, and professor of food studies and sociology at New York University. This book is very well written for an audience of curious-minded general readers as well as scholars and students in food studies.
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  • Spam Buddy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for anyone who is concerned with food.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2014
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    Good book, enlightening for anyone in the food industry or who just wants to know more about food safety.
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  • Brian Fahey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should read Marion Nestle's books!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2015
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    Excellent book. Marion Nestle is a rockstar within the food and nutrition world. This is an in-depth look at how our food is produced and distributed. It may shock you, but it will certainly be informative.
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  • Christian Schlect
    3.0 out of 5 stars Plate Politics
    Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2010
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    This review is of the updated (2010) edition of Professor Nestle's book first published in 2003.

    While the main body of the text is full of examples that now seem far away in time, this book remains worth reading for those seeking an understanding of the cross currents still alive in the national policy debates over safe food. (For those following current events, there is pending legislation in the U.S. Senate that would reform federal food safety policy.)

    I do think the author is correct in her assertion that food safety is as much about politics as science. Social norms, commercial realities, and other factors often do trump pure science.

    This is decidedly a book written by an advocate: one who sees corporations as bad actors (unless the firm is Ben and Jerry's) and one who is sold on both a King's Cure--human pathogen testing and HACCP--and, above all, one single federal food agency.

    Professor Nestle believes that with more government inspectors working for one powerful food agency, all auditing and enforcing private farms' and processors' paper-work systems, which in turn would be based on the best available science (unless some other social good trumps), we would have a country with fewer people sick from what they eat.

    Meanwhile, I think most people in American agriculture do have good motives and find it amazing that this country feeds 300 hundred-plus million every day with so relatively few food safety incidents.
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  • Sulenia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2020
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    Arrived on time for my class.
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  • Clarice K.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read it
    Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2014
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    You will never eat pre-packaged hamburger purchased from chain grocery stores again. Nestle's book is a must-read for people who are interested in food policy.
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  • J
    5.0 out of 5 stars I HAVE READ ALL DR. NESTLE'S WORKS AND SHE ...
    Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2014
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    I HAVE READ ALL DR. NESTLE'S WORKS AND SHE BASICALLY STARTED ME ON THE HEALTHY NUTRITIONAL PATH. SHE IS MY GODDESS.
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  • Marc
    2.0 out of 5 stars Poor book, little interesting information revealed, lots of blablabla and author knows little about the dangers of GMOS
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2015
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    I thought it would be a better read. The author covered almost all topics in a superficial manner, especially GM food and RGBH. There's lots of blablabla and little interesting information in the book if the person reading has already an advanced knowledge about the subjects being covered. The price of the book is also definitely not worth it. There are a wealth of information about the dangers of RGBH by Canandian and European govt documents out there, but the author didn't cover any of it-- nor did she cover about the leaked documents of Monsanto form the FDA during the 90's which showed all sorts of toxicological problems with this product and the subsequent congressional investigation that followed about possible cover up from the FDA and Monsanto regarding the dangers of RGBH. If you want a proper book on RGBH, read " What's in your milk", from Dr. Epstein.
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