Fixing Food

An FDA Insider Unravels the Myths and the Solutions

Fixing Food
Richard A Williams
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26 Oct 2021
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9781637580127
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An FDA economist discovers that solutions for food safety and nutrition lie in the hands of entrepreneurs--not government regulation and education. With about half of the U. S. population expected to be obese by 2030 and one out of six Americans getting sick every year, why is the Food and Drug Administration spending years trying to figure out if almond milk should be called "milk"? As a twenty-seven-year veteran of the FDA' s Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, Dr. Richard A. Williams poses this question. Dr. Williams also questions the accuracy of more than thirty years of food labeling, coupled with consumer education on diet/disease relationships and failed attempts to get consumers to track intakes. It is time for the American people to look elsewhere for solutions, rather than relying on the FDA. Fixing Food takes you inside the FDA and explores the inner workings that drove failed strategies. Following his tenure at the FDA, Dr. Williams spent more than a decade investigating new sciences--including genetic and microbial sciences--that are leading to innovative foods and products. With one of the greatest public health crises in American history ongoing, this research aims to solve our issues with food--once and for all. In this book, you will learn: - How FDA controls Congress, the Courts, and the Executive Branch and others who might be a threat to their resources and growth of power - How the FDA misuses risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis - How the FDA' s most recent innovation to keep food safe is fifty years old - Why food labeling has been a disaster - How entrepreneurs are remaking foods to be safer and healthier - How new medical devices will ultimately make nutrition as easy as using a cell phone - How trying to educate consumers through food labeling has been a public health disaster Ultimately, the role of the FDA in the new world of food safety and nutrition must change if the agency is to stay relevant.
"The Food and Drug Administration, established in 1906, was the first federal regulatory agency devoted to health and safety. So why, after more than a century, have foodborne illnesses-per-capita remained unchanged and has obesity increased? In Fixing Food: An FDA Insider Unravels the Myths and the Solutions, Richard Williams addresses those questions with a tell-all account of the dysfunction and misaligned incentives of the agency where he worked for almost three decades. With amusing anecdotes and war stories of battles he lost and won, Williams reveals the bureaucratic infighting, political maneuvering, and interest group influence that he concludes undermine food policies today. He then offers a path forward, abandoning the tired approaches of the last century and embracing new technologies and practices that can usher in a healthier future. "--Susan E. Dudley, Director, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, Distinguished Professor of Practice, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration
Dr. Richard A. Williams was at the FDA' s Center for Food Safety and Nutrition for twenty-seven years. He ended up as the Director of Social Science and received the agency' s highest honor: the Award of Merit. Since leaving the agency, he has continued to study and write about food safety issues and has written professional articles in the Risk Analysis, the Journal of Food Science and Technology, Regulation magazine, and the Dickinson Law Review. He has written op-eds for the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. He has appeared on television (CNN, C-SPAN) and radio (The Diane Rehm Show, NPR). Dr. Williams has given presentations throughout the U. S. , Europe, South Korea, Australia, and China on food safety and nutrition issues. He regularly gives talks at the Society for Risk Analysis and Arizona State Universities Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science conference, in addition to the food industry and various academic settings.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781637580127
Published: 26 Oct 2021
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Imprint: Post Hill Press
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 157mm
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 476g
Pages: 256

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