{"product_id":"in-food-we-trust-courtney-i-p-thomas-9780803254817","title":"In Food We Trust: The Politics of Purity in American Food Regulation","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the great myths of contemporary American culture is that the United States' food supply is the safest in the world because the government works to guarantee food safety and enforce certain standards on food producers, processors, and distributors. In reality U.S. food safety administration and oversight have remained essentially the same for more than a century, with the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 continuing to frame national policy despite dramatic changes in production, processing, and distribution throughout the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Food We Trust\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive examination of the history of food safety policy in the United States, analyzing critical moments in food safety history from Upton Sinclair's publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle \u003c\/i\u003eto Congress's passage of the 2010 Food Safety Modernization Act. With five case studies of significant food safety crises ranging from the 1959 chemical contamination of cranberries to the 2009 outbreak of salmonella in peanut butter, \u003ci\u003eIn Food We Trust\u003c\/i\u003e contextualizes a changing food regulatory regime and explains how federal agencies are fundamentally limited in their power to safeguard the food supply.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Courtney I. P. Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803254814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803254817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.36w x 0.99d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Courtney I. P. Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120244322559,"sku":"9780803254817","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eb67313a-ee89-462a-bea2-9dc30b1ede12.jpg?v=1687413280","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-food-we-trust-courtney-i-p-thomas-9780803254817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}