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Food poisoning, policy, and politics : corned beef and typhoid in Britain in the 1960s /

"Study of the 1963/4 typhoid outbreak, highlighting issues and debates which are strikingly relevant today"--Provided by publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, David F., 1954-
Otros Autores: Diack, H. Lesley
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The earlier history of typhoid and food poisoning
  • The 1963 corned beef-associated typhoid outbreaks in Harlow, South Shields and Bedford
  • The Aberdeen typhoid outbreak
  • The medical officer of health, the media and the public in the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak
  • Ministers, officials and the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak
  • The Milne committee of enquiry
  • The recommendation on the inspection of overseas meat plants: the roles of existing policy agendas, and inter-departmental and inter-professional tensions
  • The disposal of suspect canned meat: the priority of politics over technical advice
  • British action to encourage improvements in Argentine meat hygiene 1964-9
  • Summary and conclusions, and food safety since 1964.