How A Lettuce Recall Happens

Investigative accounts of how industrial produce sourcing, corporate consolidation, and thin regulation turn ordinary greens into multistate outbreaks.

Optimized for books about Understand why large produce suppliers keep triggering foodborne outbreaks and recalls, and how supply chains and regulation shape food-safety risk..

6 books. Added August 10, 2026.

  1. The Secret Life of GroceriesBenjamin Lorr, Blackstone PublishingAn investigative account of the grocery and produce industry that explains the corporate practices and logistics behind...Shelf signal: The Food Business
  2. The Meat RacketChristopher LeonardA deep exposé of corporate consolidation and its consequences in the meat and broader food industry that illuminates...Shelf signal: The Food Business
  3. The Fate of FoodAmanda LittleA reporting-driven look at the sustainability and fragility of the food system that helps readers understand...Shelf signal: Agriculture & Food Systems
  4. Bottle of LiesKatherine EbanAn investigative investigation into manufacturing and regulatory failures in the pharmaceutical supply chain that...Shelf signal: Pharma & Biotech Industry
  5. Stuffed and StarvedRaj PatelA global analysis of how food systems and market structures produce inequality and unsafe practices, offering context...Shelf signal: Agriculture & Food Systems
  6. Cultivating Food JusticeAlison Hope Alkon, Julian AgyemanA policy- and infrastructure-focused look at food distribution networks that helps explain how routing, processing...Shelf signal: Agriculture & Food Systems