Food safety / Judeen Bartos, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011. - 99 p. ; 24 cm. - At issue. Health. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-94) and index.

Lack of food safety is an imminent threat to American families / Additional food regulation is not needed / Regulation is necessary for food safety / Local farmers need protection from excessive regulation / Congress must reform America's food safety system / Imported food is more likely to be contaminated than food grown in the U.S / More inspections and better labeling are needed to Chinese scandals / Genetically modified foods may cause allergic responses -- Jeffrey M. Smith -- Genetically modified foods provide safe and healthy choices for consumers / School lunch programs lag behind other industries in food safety / Andrew Kimbrell -- David E. Gumpert -- Nancy Scola -- Lynn Byczynski -- Caroline Smith DeWaal -- E.J. Mundell -- Food and Water Watch -- Agricultural Biotechnology Council -- Elizabeth Weise and Peter Eisler.

9780737751499 (hardcover) 0737751495 (hardcover) 9780737751505 (pbk.) 0737751509 (pbk.)


Food--Juvenile literature.
Food--Safety measures--Juvenile literature.

TX355 / .F57 2011