TY - BOOK AU - Lytton,Timothy D. TI - Outbreak: foodborne illness and the struggle for food safety T2 - Chicago scholarship online SN - 9780226611716 AV - HD9000.9.U5 L988 2019 U1 - 363.19260973 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Chicago PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Food KW - Safety measures KW - United States KW - Government policy KW - Food adulteration and inspection KW - Food handling KW - Consumer protection KW - Foodborne diseases KW - Industry KW - ukslc KW - Social services & welfare, criminology KW - thema N1 - Also issued in print: 2019; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - This work provides an overview of the US food safety system. It focuses on microbial contamination of food during production. Detailed case studies illustrate how deadly foodborne illness outbreaks caused by infected milk, poison hamburgers, and tainted spinach have spurred scientific and technological advances in food safety. These case studies reveal that efforts to improve food safety through government regulation, industry supply chain management, civil litigation, and consumer advocacy are highly interdependent UR - http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226611716.001.0001/upso-9780226611549 ER -