Outbreak: Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Safety

Contents......Page 8
1. Trouble in the Fields: An Introduction to the Food Safety System......Page 10
2. The Gospel of Clean Milk: Dairy Sanitation, Pasteurization, and the Origins of the American Food Safety System......Page 33
3. Canned Foods under Pressure: HACCP and the Dynamics of Food Safety Reform......Page 74
4. Building a Better Burger: How Media Coverage and Civil Litigation Facilitate Policy Change......Page 95
5. Making Salad Safe Again: GAPs and the Complex Network Structure of Food Safety Governance......Page 127
6. Bean Counting: The Challenges of Assessing Food Safety Efforts......Page 171
7. From Fork to Farm: Honing the Tools of Outbreak Investigation......Page 187
8. Recipes for Reform: Supporting Evidence-Based Food Safety Governance and Improving Private Oversight......Page 210
9. Food for Thought: Reflections on Complexity, Uncertainty, and Evolution......Page 241
Appendix A: How Researchers Estimate the Number of Cases and Economic Costs of Foodborne Illness......Page 252
Appendix B: Legal Doctrines Governing Liability for Foodborne Illness and Litigation Dynamics......Page 256
Appendix C: The Origins of Third-Party Food Safety Auditing in the United States......Page 260
Appendix D: The Politics behind the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement......Page 262
List of Abbreviations......Page 266
Timeline of Significant Events......Page 268
Acknowledgments......Page 270
Notes......Page 272
Index......Page 350