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The First Systematic Survey of Restaurant Hygiene in Paris, 1908 (2020)

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Science and society Kitchens Food safety Restaurants Hygiene 20th century, early Paris (France)

In 1908, an unpublished investigation by the French government discovered a number of commercial kitchens that violated the 1903 law regarding hygiene and security in the workplace. A linear-probability model shows that restaurants in tourist neighborhoods were 12 percentage points more likely to transgress sanitary regulations than those in non-tourist areas. Many of the kitchens in the expensive restaurants of central Paris were in basements where they lacked fresh air, sunlight, and efficient waste evacuation. Clientele also mattered as a determinant of insalubrity. Local repeat customers whose loyalty depended on constant restaurant standards tended to exert more pressure on sanitation than did tourists who based their choices on culinary reputation, such as recommendations in Baedeker’s travel guide.

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Authors & Contributors
Levidow, Les
Park, Sun-Young
Charles Ludington
Alexander I. Parry
Landweber, Julia
Aizenberg, Lila
Journals
Science as Culture
Social History of Medicine
Journal of Social History
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology
Historische Zeitschrift
Publishers
The University of North Carolina Press
Penguin Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Chicago Press
Oxford University Press
Island Press
Concepts
Food safety
Science and society
Public health
Hygiene
Food and foods
Food industry and trade
People
Heinz, Henry J.
Wiley, Harvey Washington
Sinclair, Upton Beall
Chirac, Jacques
Bouchardat, A. (Apollinaire)
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
17th century
Places
United States
Paris (France)
Europe
Americas
Argentina
Netherlands
Institutions
United States. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)
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