RRP: £9.99
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Publication Date : 06/05/2004
Paperback
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Guardian Bookshop Notes:
Controversial and horrifying expose of the food industry. Felicity Lawrence travelled around the world discovering the truth about food production, including why beef waste ends up in chicken and why prawns are grown in rice paddies. Lawrence is consumer affairs correspondent of the "Guardian" and has acted as an advisor to "Panorama". A huge serial deal has been agreed and there will be massive promotions and author appearances on TV and radio.
Publisher's description:
Discusses the state of the food production industry in Britain. This title takes a look at popular foods we eat at home to show how the food industry in Britain causes ill health, environmental damage, urban blight, starving smallholders in Africa and Asia, and illegal labourers smuggled and exploited in Britain.
ISBN: 9780141015668