Pet Food Politics : the Chihuahua in the Coal Mine.

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Marion Nestle, acclaimed author of Food Politics, now tells the gripping story of how, in early 2007, a few telephone calls about sick cats set off the largest recall of consumer products in U.S. history and an international crisis over the safety of imported goods ranging from food to toothpaste, t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nestle, Marion
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Temas:
Pets > Feeding and feeds > Contamination > United States.
Product recall > United States.
Pets > Feeding and feeds > Political aspects > United States.
Pet food industry > Safety measures.
Food > Safety measures > Political aspects.
Melamine > Toxicology > United States.
Melamine > Toxicology > China.
Aliments pour animaux familiers > Contamination > États-Unis.
Produits commerciaux > Rappel > États-Unis.
Aliments pour animaux familiers > Industrie > Sécurité > Mesures.
Aliments > Sécurité > Mesures > Aspect politique.
Mélamine > Toxicologie > États-Unis.
Mélamine > Toxicologie > Chine.
HISTORY > Social History.
Pets > Feeding and feeds > Contamination.
Product recall.
China.
United States.
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  • CONTENTS; Introduction; 1. A Recall to Break All Records; 2. A Brief Historical Digression; 3. The Sequence of Events; 4. What Is Menu Foods?; 5. Menu's Muddled Response: What, When, and Where; 6. The Cat and Dog Body Count; 7. A Toxic False Alarm: Aminopterin; 8. At Last the Culprit: Melamine; 9. Melamine: A Source of Dietary Nitrogen; 10. Melamine: A Fraudulent Adulterant, But Puzzling; 11. How Much Melamine Was in the Pet Food?; 12. Mystery Solved: Cyanuric Acid; 13. The China Connection; 14. More Melamine: Rice and Corn "Proteins"; 15. More Melamine Eaters: Farm Animals and People.
  • 16. The FDA's Response17. Repercussion #1: China's Food Safety System; 18. Repercussion #2: The China Backlash; 19. Repercussion #3: The FDA in Crisis; 20. Repercussion #4: Pet Food Politics; Appendix: The Melamine Recalls List; Notes; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Index.

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