Table of Contents:
  • Old habits die hard
  • Engineering errors
  • Recipes for disaster
  • See no evil
  • Cross-contamination
  • Birth of a pathogen
  • USDA, HACCP, and E. coli O157:H7
  • Crossing over
  • When the well runs dry
  • Mad cows and Englishmen
  • The politics of prions, BSE, and world trade
  • Asymptomatic carriers and captive audiences
  • Deliberately contaminated food
  • The impact of imports
  • A raw deal
  • The media and the message
  • Changing old habits.