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

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, David F., 1954-
Other Authors: Diack, H. Lesley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1963-1964.
Typhoid fever > Great Britain > Epidemiology.
Food poisoning > Great Britain.
Corned beef > Great Britain.
Food contamination > Government policy > Great Britain.
Medical policy.
Salmonella Food Poisoning > history
Typhoid Fever > history
Food Inspection > history
Food Preservation > history
Health Policy
Meat > poisoning
Fièvre typhoïde > Grande-Bretagne > Épidémiologie.
Intoxications alimentaires > Grande-Bretagne.
Aliments > Contamination > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
Politique sanitaire.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > History.
Medical policy
Corned beef
Food contamination > Government policy
Food poisoning
Toxi-infection alimentaire à Salmonella > Grande Bretagne.
Fièvre typhoïde > Grande Bretagne.
Contrôle des aliments > Grande Bretagne.
Conservation aliments > Grande Bretagne.
Politique sanitaire > Grande Bretagne.
Viande > intoxication > Grande Bretagne.
Lebensmittelvergiftung
Typhus abdominalis
Gesundheitspolitik
Typhoïde > Grande-Bretagne > Épidémiologie.
Intoxication alimentaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Corned beef > Grande-Bretagne.
Aliments > Contamination > Politique publique > Grande-Bretagne.
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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