Food-Borne Illnesses
Food-Borne Illnesses | Irradiation Helps Improve Food Safety
Randall Lutter is a fellow with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)– Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies. The American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution established the AEI–Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies to provide analyses of existing regulatory programs and new regulatory proposals.
Summary: Food irradiation can help reduce food-borne illnesses. All major international public health organizations have endorsed food irradiation as a risk-free, practical method for improving food safety, yet the U.S....
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Table of Contents
- Food-Borne Illnesses: An Overview
- Mad Cow Disease Is a Threat to American Meat
- The Threat of Mad Cow Disease in the United States Has Been Exaggerated
- America’s Food Supply Is Threatened by Terrorism
- Food-Borne Illnesses Are Declining in the United States
- Food-Borne Illnesses Are a Threat to Europe
- Food-Borne Illnesses Are Costly
- Genetically Modified Food Causes Food-Borne Illnesses
- Genetically Modified Foods Do Not Cause Food-Borne Illnesses
- Irradiation Helps Improve Food Safety
- Food Irradiation Is Dangerous and Ineffective
- Federal Inspection Makes America’s Meat Safe
- Federal Inspection Does Not Adequately Ensure Meat Safety
- Private Inspection Would Improve Meat Safety
- Too Much Responsibility for Food Safety Is Placed on Consumers
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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