1.  Old Habits Die Hard

 

2.  Engineering Errors

 

3.  Recipes for Disaster

 

4.  See No Evil

 

5.  Cross-Contamination

 

6.  Birth of a Pathogen

 

7.  USDA, HACCP, and E. coli O157:H7

 

8.  Crossing Over

 

9.  When the Well Runs Dry

 

10. Mad Cows and Englishmen

 

11. The Politics of Prions -- BSE and World Trade

 

12. Asymptomatic Carriers and Captive Audiences

 

13. Deliberately Contaminated Food

 

14. The Impact of Imports

 

15. A Raw Deal

 

16. The Media and the Message

 

17. Changing Old Habits

 

Appendix I. A Microbial Who's Who

Appendix II. Glossary

Appendix III. Abbreviations and Acronyms