Food poisoning, policy, and politics : corned beef and typhoid in Britain in the 1960s / David F. Smith and H. Lesley Diack with T. Hugh Pennington and Elizabeth M. Russell
Published
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2005
The earlier history of typhoid and food poisoning -- The 1963 corned beef-associated typhoid outbreaks in Harlow, South Shields and Bedford -- The Aberdeen typhoid outbreak -- The medical officer of health, the media and the public in the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak -- Ministers, officials and the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak -- The Milne committee of enquiry -- The recommendation on the inspection of overseas meat plants: the roles of existing policy agendas, and inter-departmental and inter-professional tensions -- The disposal of suspect canned meat: the priority of politics over technical advice -- British action to encourage improvements in Argentine meat hygiene 1964-9 -- Summary and conclusions, and food safety since 1964
Summary
"Study of the 1963/4 typhoid outbreak, highlighting issues and debates which are strikingly relevant today"--Provided by publisher
