Food poisoning, policy, and politics : corned beef and typhoid in Britain in the 1960s /: corned beef and typhoid in Britain in the 1960s. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David F. Smith and H. Lesley Diack with T. Hugh Pennington and Elizabeth M. Russell.
• Other Names: Smith, David F, 1954-; Diack, H. Lesley
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY : Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 614.5/112/0941; Typhoid fever -- Great Britain -- Epidemiology; Food poisoning -- Great Britain; Corned beef -- Great Britain; Food contamination -- Government policy -- Great Britain; MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine; MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Public Health; MEDICAL -- History; Typhoïde -- Grande-Bretagne -- Épidémiologie; Intoxication alimentaire -- Grande-Bretagne; Corned beef -- Grande-Bretagne; Aliments -- Contamination -- Politique publique -- Grande-Bretagne; Corned beef; Lebensmittelvergiftung; Typhus abdominalis; Gesundheitspolitik; 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; Salmonella Food Poisoning -- history; Typhoid Fever -- history; Food Inspection -- history; Food Preservation -- history; Health Policy; Meat -- poisoning; Großbritannien; Great Britain; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846153952; 1846153956
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.