In POISONED, Jeff Benedict delivers a jarringly candid narrative of the fast-moving disaster drawing on access to key documents and exclusive interviews with the real-life characters at the center of the drama - the families whose children were infected, the Jack in the Box executives forced to answer for the tragedy, the physicians and scientists who identified E. coli as the culprit, and the legal teams on both sides of the historic lawsuits that ensued. This is the story of the permanent transformation of our food supply chain, and the young maverick lawyer, Bill Marler, who staked his career on bringing the victims justice without compromise. Fast Food Nation meets A Civil Action in this riveting account of how we learned the hard way to truly watch what we eat.
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"A fast-paced narrative and a cautionary tale about how public health policy, corporate practices and public relations, and lawyers' chutzpah and frenzy for fees can converge in a place we all know well."
"A new, thriller-style account of the horrors of that E. coli outbreak and the subsequent events, including the groundbreaking rulings making O157:H7 an "adulterant".
--Mark Bittman, The New York Times"Spartan prose delivers a chilling, page-turning lesson in food safety." --Kirkus Reviews
"Movie-like ...Benedict does a dramatic public service by showing us what happened behind the scenes."
--Christian Science Monitor"Part thriller, part investigative expose, and all human, "Poisoned" lays out in rich, untold detail the tragic yet ultimately inspiring story behind the largest deadly E. coli outbreak in history."
--Armen Keteyian, CBS News
About the Author
Jeff Benedict is an award-winning writer and is considered one of America s top investigative journalists. He has published nine critically acclaimed books, including Little Pink House, Without Reservation, Pros and Cons, Out of Bounds, and The Mormon Way of Doing Business. He is a columnist and feature writer for SI.com and a contributor to Sports Illustrated. His essays and articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and the Hartford Courant. His stories have been the basis of a documentary on the Discovery Channel, as well as segments on 60 Minutes, 20/20, Dateline, and HBO s Real Sports. He is a frequent guest on network news programs and cable television talk shows, as well as a popular public speaker. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at Southern Virginia University, where he teaches Writing and Mass Media, a course he designed.
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By Jean Morgan
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was really taken by this book. I finished it in one day because it's such a quick read and so hard to put down. This story takes you behind an outbreak and sees it through the eyes of the doctors, lawyers, parents, and even the company executives. I don't like fast food and don't eat much of it. But it seems to me after reading this book that any kind of food could be tainted, even what you buy at the grocery store.
My heart goes out to the victims of the poisoning outbreak. Hopefully, we'll learn the food safety lessons from books like Poisoned so that others won't suffer this type of tragedy. This is an important book.
My heart goes out to the victims of the poisoning outbreak. Hopefully, we'll learn the food safety lessons from books like Poisoned so that others won't suffer this type of tragedy. This is an important book.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have read most of the books written by Jeff Benedict. I have found them all to be engaging. I confess, however, that Poisoned was the best yet. As a lawyer, law professor, former law school dean, and college president, I would recommend this book to any person considering law school and to all who care about issues related to our consumption of mass produced food products. I will never see a hamburger in quite the same way after having read this wonderful book. It is a captivating story, told ever so well and with balance, about a case that had an enormous impact on life and law.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Diana Keeler
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Poisoned is a true story that reads like Michael Crichton mixed with John Grisham mixed with Eric Schlosser that offers an engrossing and illuminating look at fast food and the legal and medical implications of food poisoning.
I highly, highly recommend this book to anyone interested in food safety and also those who like legal or medical procedurals.
I highly, highly recommend this book to anyone interested in food safety and also those who like legal or medical procedurals.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
We need more from Jeff
Great book, reads like a novel but is factual. My wife and I both enjoyed it. I have read several of his other books and they are all similarly great reads. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Hugh Bouchelle
5.0 out of 5 stars
a must read!
Everyone needs to read this book and be aware of what goes on behind closed doors! I was amazed! It could change your life forever.
Published 1 month ago by Mary Seabert
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly Recommended and Easy to Understand
I've read a few of the books out there about food safety, and I thought at first this would just be a boring account of legal proceedings and a negligent food chain that held no... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Shari
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must read
Excellent read about history of one specific food poisoning agent. More of a biography of Bill Marler but if you have any interest in food safety this book gives a great overview... Read more
Published 2 months ago by T. Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Interesting
I just started this book but it is so interesting that I will probably read it within the month. I bought this for a class presentation. It's amazing to read about this epidemic.
Published 3 months ago by G. Padda
4.0 out of 5 stars
An eye opener
If you are interested in the topic, you will learn so much from this treatment about the American food system and what it took to produce a measure of safety in one sector.
Published 4 months ago by MCC
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book
Loveeee the story and very cheap :-) useful for my english class . Great purchase! this s better than buying the actual paperback book
Published 4 months ago by Jean Torres
5.0 out of 5 stars
reads like a thriller fiction novel
Finally made time to pick this one up and I'm so glad I did. Lots of names and facts are a bit more difficult to keep track of at times when compared to fiction, but that is the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael J
5.0 out of 5 stars
Informative
These books were purchased to give to our department personnel to give them a consumer's perspective of the importance of sqfe quality foods. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Admin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging, informative and fun to read
As a food industry professional, I enjoyed this book from both the well researched technical aspects of food poisoning outbreaks to the shear 'thriller' of the novel. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Nathan
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