REGULATING FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS

This book draws on substantial empirical research into the response to
food-borne illness. Qualitative data was gathered through interviews with
actors involved in the response to food-borne illness and from documents
created during and after the response to food-borne illness, both publically
available and held by network actors. The analysis of this data provides the
basis for many of the conclusions drawn. Data referred to in the text and
footnotes is identifi ed through a series of alpha-numeric designators which
anonymise the source, whilst allowing the reader to ascertain the source of
the data. Three types of designator appear, and are explained in turn below.
A designator in the form EHO-A1 identifi es a person interviewed as part
of the research. The code before the dash identifi es the individual ’ s role in
the response to food-borne illness, in this case as an Environmental Health
Offi cer; the fi rst letter following the dash identifi es the local authority that
employs the individual.