Is it Safe to Eat? Enjoy Eating and Minimize Food Risks /

• Main Author: Shaw, Ian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Pharmacology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Nutrition.; Health psychology.; Food Science.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Health Psychology.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.

Does your perception of food risks closely mirror the real risks? The reality is not what you think it is! Nobody would expect to die of cyanide poisoning after eating an almond cake - but if you tell them there is cyanide in it, they might think at least twice about eating it. Do you know that you...

Table of Contents:

• Food Safety Through the Ages
• Food is Just One of Life’s Risks
• Bacteria in Food — Good or Bad?
• Viruses
• Mad Cow Disease and the Elusive Prion
• Natural Toxins in Food
• Agrochemical Residues in Food
• Gender Bending Chemicals in Food
• Genetically Modified Food
• Is it Safe to Eat?.