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Food Poisoning, Policy and Politics

David F. Smith
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      Study of the 1963/4 typhoid outbreak, highlighting issues and debates which are strikingly relevant today.The problem of food poisoning and food-borne infections is currently one of vigorous debate, highlighted since the 1980s by numerous outbreaks and scares involving salmonella in lettuce and eggs, listeria in cheese, the links between vCJD and BSE, E.Coli 0157 in cooked meats, and foot and mouth disease. Yet, as this book shows, the various issues involved were important as early as 1963/4, when there were serious typhoid outbreaks in Harlow, South Shields,Bedford, and Aberdeen, traced to contaminated corned beef imported from Argentina. Based upon extensive research, using archives which have only recently become available, private papers, and interviews as well as secondary literature, the book analyses the course of the outbreak and looks at the responses of politicians, officials, health professionals, business interests, the media and the public. It also considers the difficult issue of the weighing offood safety against international trade and other business and economic interests; conflicts between government departments; rivalry between professionals such as doctors and veterinarians; the effects upon and influence of victims and local communities; and the conduct of and responses to an official enquiry. Overall, it draws out generic lessons for how such epidemics should be handled, adding an historical perspective to contemporary debates.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: David F. Smith EAN: 9781843831389 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Boydell & Brewer Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-07-15 CITY: GENRE: MEDICAL / History WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1969, Manufacturing industries, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Personal and public health / health education, History of medicine

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      David F. Smith is Lecturer in the History of Medicine at Aberdeen University, Scotland. H. Lesley Diack is Research Fellow at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
      Study of the 1963/4 typhoid outbreak, highlighting issues and debates which are strikingly relevant today.The problem of food poisoning and food-borne infections is currently one of vigorous debate, highlighted since the 1980s by numerous outbreaks and scares involving salmonella in lettuce and eggs, listeria in cheese, the links between vCJD and BSE, E.Coli 0157 in cooked meats, and foot and mouth disease. Yet, as this book shows, the various issues involved were important as early as 1963/4, when there were serious typhoid outbreaks in Harlow, South Shields,Bedford, and Aberdeen, traced to contaminated corned beef imported from Argentina. Based upon extensive research, using archives which have only recently become available, private papers, and interviews as well as secondary literature, the book analyses the course of the outbreak and looks at the responses of politicians, officials, health professionals, business interests, the media and the public. It also considers the difficult issue of the weighing offood safety against international trade and other business and economic interests; conflicts between government departments; rivalry between professionals such as doctors and veterinarians; the effects upon and influence of victims and local communities; and the conduct of and responses to an official enquiry. Overall, it draws out generic lessons for how such epidemics should be handled, adding an historical perspective to contemporary debates.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: David F. Smith EAN: 9781843831389 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Boydell & Brewer Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-07-15 CITY: GENRE: MEDICAL / History WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1969, Manufacturing industries, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Personal and public health / health education, History of medicine

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      David F. Smith is Lecturer in the History of Medicine at Aberdeen University, Scotland. H. Lesley Diack is Research Fellow at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.

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