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Food Poisoning, Policy and Politics - Corned Beef and Typhoid in Britain in the 1960s (Hardcover)
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Food Poisoning, Policy and Politics - Corned Beef and Typhoid in Britain in the 1960s (Hardcover)
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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.
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