Bibliograph

Pet food politics, the Chihuahua in the coal mine, Marion Nestle

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Pet food politics, the Chihuahua in the coal mine, Marion Nestle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-203) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pet food politics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

192045493

Responsibility statement

Marion Nestle

Sub title

the Chihuahua in the coal mine

Summary

From the Publisher: Marion Nestle, acclaimed author of Food Politics, now tells the gripping story of how, in early 2007, a few telephone calls about sick cats set off the largest recall of consumer products in U.S. history and an international crisis over the safety of imported goods ranging from food to toothpaste, tires, and toys. Nestle follows the trail of tainted pet food ingredients back to their source in China and along the supply chain to their introduction into feed for pigs, chickens, and fish in the United States, Canada, and other countries throughout the world. What begins as a problem "merely" for cats and dogs soon becomes an issue of tremendous concern to everyone. Nestle uncovers unexpected connections among the food supplies for pets, farm animals, and people and identifies glaring gaps in the global oversight of food safety

Table Of Contents

Introduction: -- 1: Recall to break all records -- 2: Brief historical digression -- 3: Sequence of events -- 4: What is Menu Foods? -- 5: Menu's muddled response: what, when, and where -- 6: Cat and dog body count -- 7: Toxic false alarm: Aminopterin -- 8: At last the culprit: Melamine -- 9: Melamine: a source of dietary nitrogen -- 10: Melamine: a fraudulent adulterant, but puzzling -- 11: How much Melamine was in the pet food? -- 12: Mystery solved: Cyanuric Acid -- 13: China connection -- 14: More Melamine: rice and corn proteins -- 15 More Melamine eaters: farm animals and people -- 16: FDA's Response -- 17: Repercussion 1: China's food safety system -- 18: Repercussion 2: the China backlash -- 19: Repercussion 3: the FDA in crisis -- 20: Repercussion 4: pet food politics -- Appendix: the Melamine recalls list -- Notes -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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