Food, Science, Policy and Regulation in the Twentieth Century: International and Comparative Perspectives

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ISBN: 9780415235327 | 0415235324
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 2/5/2001

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A range of important case studies from pasteurization in Britain to the E coli outbreak offers new material for those interested in science policy and the role of expertise in modern political culture. This book examines the twentieth century history of key aspects of this contemporary debate, including the relationship between food and science,the character of food policy, and the role of business in shaping or constraining new policies.

List of plates and captions

vii

List of contributors

viii

Acknowledgements

xii

Food policy and regulation: a multiplicity of actors and experts

(16)

David F. Smith

Jim Phillips

Compositional food standards in the United Kingdom: the case of the Willis Inquiry, 1929-1934

(20)

Mike French

Jim Phillips

The pasteurisation of England: the science, culture and health implications of milk processing, 1900-1950

(16)

Peter J. Atkins

Veterinary inspection and food hygiene in the twentieth century

(16)

Peter A. Koolmees

The People's League of Health and the campaign against bovine tuberculosis in the 1930s

(14)

L. Margaret Barnett

`Axes to grind': popularising the science of vitamins, 1920s and 1930s

(18)

Harmke Kamminga

The rise and fall of the Scientific Food Committee during the Second World War

101

(16)

David F. Smith

The food supply in The Netherlands during the Second World War

117

(18)

Gerard Trienekens

Vitamins win the war: nutrition, commerce, and patriotism in the United States during the Second World War

135

(16)

Rima D. Apple

The United Nations Protein Advisory Group

151

(16)

Josh Ruxin

Food standards in the United States: the case of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich

167

(22)

Suzanne Whit Junod

Departmental, professional, and political agendas in the implementation of the recommendations of a food crisis enquiry: the Milne report and inspection of overseas meat plants

189

(18)

Lesley Diack

T. Hugh Pennington

Elizabeth Russell

David F. Smith

Post-war nutrition science and policy making in Britain c. 1945-1994: the case of diet and heart disease

207

(16)

Mark W. Bufton

Virginia Berridge

Recent experiences in food poisoning: science and policy, science and the media

223

(16)

T. Hugh Pennington

Regulating GM foods in the 1980s and 1990s

239

(18)

David Barling

Index

257

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Food, Science, Policy and Regulation in the Twentieth Century: International and Comparative Perspectives

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