Making Supper Safe: One Man's Quest to Learn the Truth about Food Safety

Food recalls have become so ubiquitous we hardly even notice them. The massive peanut salmonella contamination of 2008–2009 alone killed nine and sickened an estimated 22,500 people; only a few weeks later, contaminated frozen cookie dough sent 35 people to the hospital. These tragic, inexcusable events to which no one is immune are but a symptom of a broader food system malaise.

In Making Supper Safe, Ben Hewitt exposes the vulnerabilities inherent to the US food industry, where the majorit...