{"product_id":"in-food-we-trust-the-politics-of-purity-in-american-food-regulation-hardback-9780803254817","title":"In Food We Trust; The Politics of Purity in American Food Regulation (Hardback) 9780803254817","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn Food We Trust\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Politics of Purity in American Food Regulation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCourtney I. P. Thomas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803254817\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, 2 appendixes, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.582 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"An important contribution to the fields of regulatory politics and food policy.\"-A. Bryce Hoflund, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Science Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Thomas has written an exceptionally good synthesis of the history of food regulation in America and contextualized the changing regulatory regime. . . . This book's provocative arguments and detailed examples make it ideal for students and researchers of public health-related disciplines, food regulatory agencies, and those who are interested in American food safety regulations.\"-Fremont Hung, \u003ci\u003eFood, Culture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"With this new awareness of the processes and politics behind the food in their pantries and refrigerators, readers of \u003ci\u003eIn Food We Trust\u003c\/i\u003e will be hard pressed to subscribe to the myth of the safety of the national food supply.\"-Jessica Derleth, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Courtney Thomas has written a valuable and significant book that examines the evolving challenge of governing complex networked food safety systems that involve actors at multiple levels and with varied interests.\"—Bryan McDonald, author of \u003ci\u003eFood Security \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIn Food We Trust \u003c\/i\u003eis as interesting as it is frightening. Like Upton Sinclair before her, Courtney Thomas is aiming for both the public's mind and stomach and hits both spot on.\"—Nik Heynen, professor of geography at the University of Georgia and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNeoliberal Environments: False Promises and Unnatural Consequences\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the great myths of contemporary American culture is that the United States' food supply is the safest in the world because the government works to guarantee food safety and enforce certain standards on food producers, processors, and distributors. In reality U.S. food safety administration and oversight have remained essentially the same for more than a century, with the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 continuing to frame national policy despite dramatic changes in production, processing, and distribution throughout the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Food We Trust\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive examination of the history of food safety policy in the United States, analyzing critical moments in food safety history from Upton Sinclair's publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle \u003c\/i\u003eto Congress's passage of the 2010 Food Safety Modernization Act. With five case studies of significant food safety crises ranging from the 1959 chemical contamination of cranberries to the 2009 outbreak of salmonella in peanut butter, \u003ci\u003eIn Food We Trust\u003c\/i\u003e contextualizes a changing food regulatory regime and explains how federal agencies are fundamentally limited in their power to safeguard the food supply.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: A Twentieth-Century Problem\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 1: The U.S. Food Safety Regulatory Regime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Escape from the Jungle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. The Cranberry Crisis\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Science and Politics Collide\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 2: Crises, Scandals, and Food Safety Regulation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Models of Food Safety Regulation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Pandora's Jack in the Box\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. From Spinach to GAPs\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart 3: A New Regime for the Twenty-first Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. The Peanut Butter Crisis\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. The Future of Food Safety\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEpilogue: A Twenty-first-Century Mandate\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAppendix A. Recall List from 2008-9 Peanut Outbreak\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAppendix B. Food Safety Proposals before the 111th Congress\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545954119960,"sku":"9780803254817","price":29.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-food-we-trust-the-politics-of-purity-in-american-food-regulation-hardback-9780803254817","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}