Cheated not Poisoned? Food regulation in the United Kingdom, 1875-1938
Details:
- Author(s) French, Michael, & Jim Phillips
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2000
- Pages 213pp
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly account. Not about the history of food processing and distribution but provides contextual information for it. In three parts, viz: 1] provides background to the regulatory process by describing the structure of the food industry and the principal trends between 1870 and 1938 embracing farming, food processing and the wholesale and retail trades; 2] discusses evolution of food laws from 1875 Sales of Food & Drugs Act to the introduction of national standards for milk (1901) and butter (1907), subsequent regulation being stalled by war and its after effects; 3] adopts a thematic approach by examining key debates about food preservation, general food standards, and milk between the 1890s and 1938