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April 2008, Vol 98, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 634-635
© 2008 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.124289

IMAGES OF HEALTH

Food Hygiene and Global Health

Liping Bu, PhD and Elizabeth Fee, PhD

Liping Bu is with the Department of History, Alma College, Alma, MI. Elizabeth Fee is with the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Liping Bu, Department of History, Alma College, 614 West Superior St, Alma, MI 48801 (e-mail: bulipi@alma.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

IS IT SAFE TO EAT? MEDIA reports of contaminated food imported from China have aroused concerns about food safety and public health in the United States and worldwide. The United States and China have recently moved to tighten the control of food inspection and enforcement of food laws. In the 21st century, the global economy ties local markets to international markets on an unprecedented scale. The process of food production, processing, and transportation frequently passes through many nations. Contaminated food is thus not restricted to Chinese imports, but involves a dozen countries in Asia, Europe, and Latin America.1

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