How to Prevent Food Poisoning: A Practical Guide to Safe Cooking, Eating, and Food Handling
Author: Elizabeth Scott
All the information you need to protect yourself and your family
From salmonella to deadly E.coli, from hepatitis-infected berries to mad cow disease, millions of people all over the world are getting sick from food they've eaten. How can you be sure the food you prepare for your family is safe? How can you protect yourself when eating out? What do you need to look out for?
How to Prevent Food Poisoning gives you the facts, figures, and information you need to safeguard your family's health. From the many different causes and complications of food poisoning to workable guidelines that are practical and easy to follow, this unique guide gives you everything you need to select, prepare, and store food without risk or worry. Here are the right ways to:
- Be sure the food you're buying is safe
- Prevent food contamination in your home
- Transport and store food properly — including leftovers
- Eat safely in restaurants
- Reduce germs in the kitchen.
Library Journal
Foodborne illnesses, also referred to as food poisoning, is a signficant public health problem. As with most public health issues, education is the first step in prevention. Scott, a microbiologist specializing in consumer hygeine issues, and Sockett, a microbiologist and epidemiologist, have written a readable guide for the conusmer that discusses the prevalence, causes, and symptoms of foodborne illnesses. Well organized and thorough, the book focuses mainly on prevention in the home, covering shopping, food handling, cooking, and storage as well as safe eating away from home. Special attention is paid to high-risk individualssenior citizens, infants, pregnant women, and individuals with compromised immune systems. Appendixes include a guide to the major causes of food poisoning, a glossary, and a short bibliography. Recommended for public libraries. (Index not seen.)Cathy Weglarz, Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Lib., New Brunswick
Table of Contents:
WHAT IS FOOD POISONING?The Rise of Food Poisoning.
What Causes Food Poisoning?
Eggs, Hamburgers, Berries, Water, and Mad Cow Disease.
FOOD POISONING AND YOU.
Symptoms and Complications of Food Poisoning.
What To Do If You Get Food Poisoning.
HOW TO PREVENT FOOD POISONING WHEN SHOPPING.
Choosing Where to Shop for Food.
Shopping for Food.
The Check-Out and Getting the Food Home Safely.
HOW TO PREVENT FOOD POISONING IN YOUR KITCHEN.
Storing Food at Home.
Preparing and Cooking Food Safely.
Serving Food Safely and Dealing with Leftovers.
Cooking for Holidays and Parties.
Home Food Preservation.
Kitchen Design and Sanitation.
SAFE COOKING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS.
Cooking for Higher-Risk Individuals.
Cooking for Seniors and Singles.
SAFE EATING AWAY FROM HOME.
How to Avoid Food Poisoning A La Carte.
THE SCIENCE OF FOOD POISONING.
How Food Poisoning Germs Make You Ill.
SELF-ASSESSMENT.
Food Safety Quiz.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
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Jewish Eating and Identity Through the Ages
Author: David Charles Kraemer
This book explores the history of Jewish eating and Jewish identity, from the Bible to the present. The lessons of this book rest squarely on the much-quoted insight: 'you are what you eat.' But this book goes beyond that simple truism to recognise that you are not only what you eat, but also how, when, where and with whom you eat. This book begins at the beginning - with the Torah - and then follows the history of Jewish eating until the modern age and even into our own day. Along the way, it travels from Jewish homes in the Holy Land and Babylonia (Iraq) to France and Spain and Italy, then to Germany and Poland and finally to the United States of America. It looks at significant developments in Jewish eating in all ages: in the ancient Near East and Persia, in the Classical age, throughout the Middle Ages and into Modernity. It pays careful attention to Jewish eating laws (halakha) in each time and place, but it does not stop there: it also looks for Jews who bend and break the law, who eat like Romans or Christians regardless of the law and who develop their own hybrid customs according to their own 'laws', whatever Jewish tradition might tell them. In this colourful history of Jewish eating, we get more than a taste of how expressive and crucial eating choices have always been.
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