PERFECTLY SAFE TO EAT?
The Facts on Food
No one who cares about their health, the food they eat and the environment should miss
Perfectly Safe to Eat?
Despite constant assurances from the government and scientific sources, consumer concern about food continues to grow. And a six-fold increase in food poisoning in 15 years, the arrival on our shelves of genetically modified products, the BSE tragedy and heavy pesticide use all add to the consternation and confusion. Here at last is a book that asks how safe is the food we eat, and exposes the policies that support and promote the worst practices, rather than protecting the consumer. Vicki Hird explains the role of the key players &emdash; from the food industry and the agri-chemical business, to government and European policy-makers, and argues that they have got the recipe for healthy food wrong.
Perfectly Safe to Eat? suggests a radically new menu is needed for our daily diet and explores how we can achieve positive change to protect consumer health and the environment.
Vicki Hird
is the Policy Director of Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming, and has extensive experience in working for a new direction in policy and practice in the UK and world-wide. She has written and published widely on food, farming and the environment, organised campaigns on issues such as food miles (the dangers of long distance food transport), farm subsidies, organic farming and jobs in food production. She lives in London with her family
'FOOD IS A HOT POLITICAL ISSUE'