Overview
In Food Alert! food-safety expert Morton Satin explains the history and science of food contamination and preservation; the causes, dangers and types of food-borne diseases; and, most important, everything consumers need to know to understand the risk of food-borne illness and to protect themselves from it.Synopsis
In Food Alert! food-safety expert Morton Satin explains the history and science of food contamination and preservation; the causes, dangers and types of food-borne diseases; and, most important, everything consumers need to know to understand the risk of food-borne illness and to protect themselves from it.
Savannah Schroll Guz - Library Journal
A timely revision of the 1999 edition, this resource has been fully updated to include recent discoveries in food-borne illness. Molecular biologist Satin (Death in the Pot) divides the text into four major segments: the complex history of food poisoning; major food sources and their characteristic pathogens; dangers extant at the consumer product and home-preservation levels; and pathogens' assorted forms. Three appendixes offer charts detailing various fungal, bacterial, and parasitic types; food preservation guidance; and informational web sites. Accessibly written and extremely well-organized, this is recommended for general collections.
Editorials
Library Journal
A timely revision of the 1999 edition, this resource has been fully updated to include recent discoveries in food-borne illness. Molecular biologist Satin (Death in the Pot) divides the text into four major segments: the complex history of food poisoning; major food sources and their characteristic pathogens; dangers extant at the consumer product and home-preservation levels; and pathogens' assorted forms. Three appendixes offer charts detailing various fungal, bacterial, and parasitic types; food preservation guidance; and informational web sites. Accessibly written and extremely well-organized, this is recommended for general collections.
—Savannah Schroll Guz