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Kosher

Private Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food

Timothy D. Lytton

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$45.00 • £36.95 • €40.50

ISBN 9780674072930

Publication Date: 04/01/2013

240 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

12 graphs, 2 tables

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Timothy D. Lytton is Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law.

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On the Heritage Radio Network podcast Eating Matters, listen to Timothy Lytton discuss rabbinical supervision as a way to “personalize” complex global systems of food production
Watch Lytton discuss the kosher food industry on the JBizTechValley web series, The Jewish View
At Moment Magazine, read responses from Lytton and other experts (including chef Yotam Ottolenghi and former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl) who were asked about the relationship between Judaism and food
Listen to Lytton discuss the $12 billion kosher food industry on WAMC’s The Roundtable and Academic Minute and on the south Texas public radio program Good Books Radio
At Fooducate, read Lytton’s explanation of why kosher food labeling is so reliable compared to other food label terms (like “natural”)
At Food Safety News, read Lytton’s thoughts on how the kosher certification process is a model for improving industrial food safety generally
At What Is Your Food Worth?, read a Q&A with Lytton about recent food safety scandals and his goals in writing Kosher

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