Spoiled: The Dangerous Truth about a Food Chain Gone Haywire

Table of contents

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• Spoiled *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Part I - News from the Front Lines *
• 1 - The Index Case 3
• 2 - Policing the Pathogens 26
• 3 - The Changing Nature of Foodborne Disease 48
• Part II - Living and Eating in a Material World *
• 4 - The Paradox of Change 71
• 5 - Trade: a Passport for Pathogens 99
• 6 - The Movable Microbial Feast 115
• Part III - Emerging Diseases and the Anatomy of Outbreak *
• 7 - Super Salmonella and the Bad Egg 137
• 8 - Campylobacter and the Poultry Connection 178

• Spoiled *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Part I - News from the Front Lines *
• 1 - The Index Case 3
• 2 - Policing the Pathogens 26
• 3 - The Changing Nature of Foodborne Disease 48
• Part II - Living and Eating in a Material World *
• 4 - The Paradox of Change 71
• 5 - Trade: a Passport for Pathogens 99
• 6 - The Movable Microbial Feast 115
• Part III - Emerging Diseases and the Anatomy of Outbreak *
• 7 - Super Salmonella and the Bad Egg 137
• 8 - Campylobacter and the Poultry Connection 178
• 9 - The Hamburger Bacteria 211
• 10 - New Pathogens and the Politics of Denial 264
• 11 - The Madness Behind Mad Cows 291
• Part IV - Our Just Deserts *
• 12 - Caught with Our Defenses Down 335
• 13 - A Reluctant Vegetarian and the Search for Clean Food 358
• Epilogue - The Andersons' Calves 381
• Appendix/Eating and Cooking Safely: Short-Term Defense Tactics 393
• Notes 397
• Glossary 417
• Index 421