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1 print : lithograph, printed in orange and black ; sheet 37.1 x 24.1 cm

A fly; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, 196-.

Food safety : information on foodborne illnesses : report to Congressional committees / United States General Accounting Office.

Europe on the move

22 pages : color illustrations, color map, portraits ; 23 cm.

From farm to fork : safe food for Europe's consumers / [European Commission, Directorate-General for Press and Communication].

96 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm

Clean food handbook / issued by the Borough of Romford Public Health Department.

COM (Commission of the European Communities)

COM (97) 509 final

Final consolidated report to the temporary committee of the European Parliament on the follow-up of recommendations on BSE / presented by the Commission [of the European Communities].

Food and public health : contemporary issues and future directions / edited by Wendy Wills, Alizon Draper and Ulla Gustafsson.

When food kills : BSE, E. coli, and disaster science / T. Hugh Pennington.

<p>"Ordinary white rice is nutrient poor, it consists of carbohydrates and little else.  About one million people who subsist on rice become blind or die each year from vitamin A deficiency.  Golden rice, which was developed in the hopes of combating that problem by a team of European scientists in the late '90s, was genetically modified to provide an essential nutrient that white rice lacks: beta carotene, which is converted into vitamin A in the body.  But twenty years later, this potentially sight- and lifesaving miracle food still has not reached the populations most in need, and tens of millions of people in India, China, Bangladesh, and throughout South and Southeast Asia have gone blind or have died waiting.  Supporters claim that the twenty-year delay in Golden Rice's introduction is an unconscionable crime against humanity.  Critics have countered that the rice is a "hoax", that it is "food's gold" and "propaganda for the genetic engineering industry".   Here, science writer Ed Regis argues that Golden Rice is the world's most controversial, maligned, and misunderstood GMO.  Regis tells the story of how the development, growth, and distribution of Golden Rice was delayed and repeatedly derailed by a complex but outdated set of operational guidelines and regulations imposed by governments, and sabotaged by anti-GMO activists in the very nations where the rice is most needed.  Regis separates hyperbole from facts, overturning the myths, distortions, and urban legends about this uniquely promising superfood.  Anyone interested in GMOs, social justice, or world hunger will find "Golden rice" a compelling, sad, and maddening true-life science tale"--Provided by publisher</p>

xvii, 234 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Golden rice : the imperiled birth of a GMO superfood / Ed Regis.

Arresting contagion : science, policy, and conflicts over animal disease control / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.3 x 41.9 cm

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A fly; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, 196-.

Food safety : information on foodborne illnesses : report to Congressional committees / United States General Accounting Office.

From farm to fork : safe food for Europe's consumers / [European Commission, Directorate-General for Press and Communication].

Clean food handbook / issued by the Borough of Romford Public Health Department.

Final consolidated report to the temporary committee of the European Parliament on the follow-up of recommendations on BSE / presented by the Commission [of the European Communities].

Food and public health : contemporary issues and future directions / edited by Wendy Wills, Alizon Draper and Ulla Gustafsson.

When food kills : BSE, E. coli, and disaster science / T. Hugh Pennington.

Golden rice : the imperiled birth of a GMO superfood / Ed Regis.

Arresting contagion : science, policy, and conflicts over animal disease control / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode.

Five keys to safer food in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by Pulp Pictures for World Health Organisation, ca. 2000.

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A fly; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, 196-.

Food safety : information on foodborne illnesses : report to Congressional committees / United States General Accounting Office.

From farm to fork : safe food for Europe's consumers / [European Commission, Directorate-General for Press and Communication].

Clean food handbook / issued by the Borough of Romford Public Health Department.

Final consolidated report to the temporary committee of the European Parliament on the follow-up of recommendations on BSE / presented by the Commission [of the European Communities].

Food and public health : contemporary issues and future directions / edited by Wendy Wills, Alizon Draper and Ulla Gustafsson.

When food kills : BSE, E. coli, and disaster science / T. Hugh Pennington.

Golden rice : the imperiled birth of a GMO superfood / Ed Regis.

Arresting contagion : science, policy, and conflicts over animal disease control / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode.

Five keys to safer food in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by Pulp Pictures for World Health Organisation, ca. 2000.

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