[.ca] Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (ISBN 0520242238)

more questions raised about the author's intentions:
I just heard Marion Nestle on the Mike McConnell raido show. All I could ask myself during the interview was, "What are her intentions in writing this book." All I could think of during the interview was she was another Rachel Carson writing her "Silent Spring". My general impression was that she wrote this book to create fear in the food consumer, but never really offered any solutions except more government intrusion. She never presented, in the interview, the fault of the consumer in poor preparation practices or lack of control when eating out. In Nestle's view its either "big" business' fault by being cheapskates or the government's failure by not legislating. Yes I believe that there needs to be safeguards, but I also believe that regulations can become so excessive that it could become not profitable to produce food products. That is why there should be a certain amount of responsibility by the consumer (i.e. don't eat tuna fish that's been sitting out in the sun for a few hours). In the interview of besides presenting herself as a prophet of doom, I also found her to be very condescending to people who challenged her opinions. If you want to read her work, I can only recommend reading this with a very critical eye.

Excellent:
"Safe Food" is a terrific look at the issues involved in keeping our food supply uncontaminated. It is also a look behind the scenes at how our democracy really works, and it's not a pretty sight. Corporations choosing profits over public health, government representatives more often than not siding with industry rather than consumers, corruption, greed, and ineptitude are all part of this fascinating story. Highly recommended!