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Author: Marion Nestle
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.272kg
ISBN: 9780520265899
ISBN 10: 0520265890
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 04 August 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A detective story that identifies plenty of perpetrators as well as victims...[Warns] that the problems wouldn't stop with animals Atlantic Informative... Begging comparison with Sinclair's The Jungle. Publishers Weekly Fantastically readable. Food & Wine Iluminate(s) the connections between the food supplies of humans, farm animals and pets... Highlight(s) the broader failings of food regulation. The Economist A serious investigative tome. Financial Times A call to action that we can all hope the new Obama administration hears before there's a repeat of the tragedy. Casper Star Tribune Sunday Nestle is one of the best writers on the general subject of the food industry... Guaranteed to get you thinking. Booklist Like a good novel, the book is a quick, even entertaining read. The message, however, is one that demands paying attention. San Francisco Chronicle A call to action that we can all hope the new Obama administration hears before there's a repeat of the tragedy. Sacramento Bee The information and its implications are eye-opening. It's a call to action that we can all hope the new Obama administration hears. -- Gina Spadafori The Daily Citizen Reads like a gripping murder mystery. Alternet.org
A detective story that identifies plenty of perpetrators as well as victims...[Warns] that the problems wouldn't stop with animals Atlantic 20080929 Informative... Begging comparison with Sinclair's The Jungle. Publishers Weekly 20080825 Fantastically readable. Food & Wine 20080930 Iluminate(s) the connections between the food supplies of humans, farm animals and pets... Highlight(s) the broader failings of food regulation. The Economist 20080906 A serious investigative tome. Financial Times 20090419 A call to action that we can all hope the new Obama administration hears before there's a repeat of the tragedy. Casper Star Tribune Sunday 20090125 Nestle is one of the best writers on the general subject of the food industry... Guaranteed to get you thinking. Booklist 20080901 Like a good novel, the book is a quick, even entertaining read. The message, however, is one that demands paying attention. San Francisco Chronicle 20080910 A call to action that we can all hope the new Obama administration hears before there's a repeat of the tragedy. Sacramento Bee 20090120 The information and its implications are eye-opening. It's a call to action that we can all hope the new Obama administration hears. -- Gina Spadafori The Daily Citizen 20090123 Reads like a gripping murder mystery. Alternet.org 20080910
A detective story that identifies plenty of perpetrators as well as victims...[Warns] that the problems wouldn't stop with animals --Atlantic Informative... Begging comparison with Sinclair's The Jungle. --Publishers Weekly Fantastically readable. --Food & Wine Iluminate(s) the connections between the food supplies of humans, farm animals and pets... Highlight(s) the broader failings of food regulation. --The Economist Nestle is one of the best writers on the general subject of the food industry... Guaranteed to get you thinking. --Booklist
Author Information
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.
