Food, Consumers, and the Food Industry

Food, Consumers, and the Food Industry Catastrophe or Opportunity? - CRC Series in Contemporary Food Science

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Publisher's Synopsis

During the past, there have been many changes in food availability, production and selection around the world. These changes, such as genetically modified foods, raise questions about their long-range implications. How will they affect the worldwide economics and management of agriculture? food legislation? the environment? the determination of food safety and quality? nutrition and health? Food, Consumers, and the Food Industry: Catastrophe or Opportunity? describes the major changes and answers the questions concerning them. It presents information that decision-makers in the field can utilize on such topics as:

  • Consumers and consumerism
  • Marketing and the marketplace
  • Retailing
  • Nutrition and health
  • Impact of new technologies


    Food, Consumers, and the Food Industry encourages you to set aside the "truth" of science to consider how political, economic, social, and cultural institutions can work to avoid a possible crisis.
  • Book information

    ISBN: 9780849323263
    Publisher: CRC Press
    Imprint: CRC Press
    Pub date:
    DEWEY: 363.8
    DEWEY edition: 21
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 295
    Weight: 740g
    Height: 235mm
    Width: 156mm
    Spine width: 23mm