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Author Smith, David F., 1954-

Title 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

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Typhoid fever -- Great Britain -- Epidemiology
Food poisoning -- Great Britain
Corned beef -- Great Britain
Food contamination -- Government policy -- Great Britain
Medical policy.
Salmonella Food Poisoning -- history
Typhoid Fever -- history
Food Inspection -- history
Food Preservation -- history
Health Policy
Meat -- poisoning
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
MEDICAL -- History.
Medical policy
Corned beef
Food contamination -- Government policy
Food poisoning
Toxi-infection alimentaire à Salmonella -- Grande Bretagne.
Fièvre typhoïde -- Grande Bretagne.
Contrôle des aliments -- Grande Bretagne.
Conservation aliments -- Grande Bretagne.
Politique sanitaire -- Grande Bretagne.
Viande -- intoxication -- Grande Bretagne.
Corned beef
Lebensmittelvergiftung
Typhus abdominalis
Gesundheitspolitik
Typhoïde -- Grande-Bretagne -- Épidémiologie.
Intoxication alimentaire -- Grande-Bretagne.
Corned beef -- Grande-Bretagne.
Aliments -- Contamination -- Politique publique -- Grande-Bretagne.
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Form Electronic book
Author Diack, H. Lesley
LC no. 2005001771
ISBN 9781846153952
1846153956