Nestle Pet Food Politics

The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-520-94198-4
Verlag: University of California Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

Marion Nestle, acclaimed author of
Food Politics, now tells the gripping story of how, in early 2007, a few telephone calls about sick cats set off the largest recall of consumer products in U.S. history and an international crisis over the safety of imported goods ranging from food to toothpaste, tires, and toys. Nestle follows the trail of tainted pet food ingredients back to their source in China and along the supply chain to their introduction into feed for pigs, chickens, and fish in the United States, Canada, and other countries throughout the world. What begins as a problem "merely" for cats and dogs soon becomes an issue of tremendous concern to everyone. Nestle uncovers unexpected connections among the food supplies for pets, farm animals, and people and identifies glaring gaps in the global oversight of food safety.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nestle, Marion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction


1. A Recall to Break All Records

2. A Brief Historical Digression

3. The Sequence of Events

4. What Is Menu Foods?

5. Menu's Muddled Response: What, When, and Where

6. The Cat and Dog Body Count

7. A Toxic False Alarm: Aminopterin

8. At Last the Culprit: Melamine

9. Melamine: A Source of Dietary Nitrogen

10. Melamine: A Fraudulent Adulterant, But Puzzling

11. How Much Melamine Was in the Pet Food?

12. Mystery Solved: Cyanuric Acid

13. The China Connection

14. More Melamine: Rice and Corn "Proteins"

15. More Melamine Eaters: Farm Animals and People

16. The FDA's Response

17. Repercussion #1: China's Food Safety System

18. Repercussion #2: The China Backlash

19. Repercussion #3: The FDA in Crisis

20. Repercussion #4: Pet Food Politics


Appendix: The Melamine Recalls List

Notes

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nestle, Marion
Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. She is author of the award-winning Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (revised and expanded edition, UC Press), Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (UC Press), and What to Eat, among other books. She serves as nutrition coeditor of The Bark magazine.