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Crawford, Cindy, 237
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, 202
Crime: in fast food industry, 83–87, 292n, 293n;
and meatpacking industry, 154–55, 164–66, 179–81, 206, 305n;
and migrant workforce, 162;
organized crime in meatpacking industry, 154–55, 305n;
sexual harassment, 176. See also Injuries
CrissCut Fries, 130
Cross, Russell, 207
Cryptosporidium parvum, 196
Cudahy, 137
Cumulative trauma injuries, 163, 185, 310n
Cuomo, Mario, 105
Cyclospora cayetanensis, 196
Cywinski, John, 48
Dachau concentration camp, 39, 233–34
Dairy Queen, 162
Dare to Discipline, 63
Davidson, Osha Gray, 147
Dawn of Better Living, 38
DCS Sanitation Management, Inc, 177, 178
DD Marketing, 51–52, 56
Dear, Joseph, 85
Deaths: and food poisoning, 197;
and obesity, 241–42;
and OSHA penalties, 311n;
of workers, 178, 179, 311n
DeBolt, Don, 101
Decision Earth, 55
DeGette, Cara, 57
DeLuca, Frederick, 100
Democratic Party, 64
Denmark, 244
Denny’s, 48
Denver Post, 56–57
DeRose, Dan, 51–53
Dickey, Jay, 85
Disassembly lines, 153–54, 169–71, 173–75. See also Assembly lines
Disfiguring injuries, 185
Disney, Walt: as anti-socialist, 36–37, 38;
and brand loyalty, 43;
development of Disneyland, 18–19;
and fast food industry, 6;
as FBI informant, 37;
former Nazis as employees of, 38–39;
and House Un-American Activities Committee, 36–37;
and Kroc, 33–37, 49;
and licensing agreements, 40;
and “synergy,” 40. See also Disneyland; Walt Disney Company
Disney Channel, 46
Disneyland, 6, 18–19, 33, 39. See also Walt Disney Company
Disneyland (TV series), 40
Disneyland University, 33
Disney World, 40
Dobbins, Kenny, 187
Dobson, James, 63
Doerfler, Ernst, 229
Doherty, James C., 87–88
Dole, Elizabeth, 239
Domino’s, 2, 23, 56, 69
Donley, Nancy, 200
Dora-Nordhausen concentration camp, 39, 282n
Dresden, 227, 229
Drive-in banks, 17
Drive-in churches, 19
Drive-in restaurants, 17
Dropouts, 79–80
Dr Pepper, 53, 54
Drug abuse, 174, 310n
Dunkin’ Donuts, 22, 92, 95
Dunlap, Ray, 114
Dupree, Clarence, 182
E. coli (Escherichia coli) 0157:H7: and antibiotics, 200;
cattle infection statistics, 203;
and children, 198–99;
and contagion, 201–4;
definition of, 193, 199;
and grass-fed cattle, 257;
history of, 196;
and Jack in the Box, 198–99, 207, 214, 221, 263;
and McDonald’s, 199;
and meat recalls, 211–14, 220;
and meatpacking industry, 9, 194–96, 202–4, 263;
and National School Lunch Program, 219;
and Shiga toxins, 199–200, 221–22;
and SIS-C sys-tem, 207;
strength of, 200–201;
testing for, 209–10, 215, 263;
and USDA, 203–4, 207, 263;
and Wendy’s, 212
East Germany, 227, 228, 229, 249–52. See also Germany
Eat Your Heart Out (Hightower), 5
Eggs, 264
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 22
Elders Company, 230
Electro-Hop, 24
Employment. See Labor practices;
Workforce
Encroachment, 99–101
England. See United Kingdom
Engler, Paul, 138
Environmentalism, 133–35, 146, 261–62, 268
Erikson, Erik, 44
Escherichia coli 0157:H7. See E. coli (Escherichia coli) 0157:H7
European Court of Human Rights, 249
European Union (EU), 142, 243, 264
“Everything of Zig’s” (Ziglar), 105
Excel, 137, 143, 158, 174, 178
Exxon, 55, 56
Exxon Education Foundation, 55
Fair Labor Standards Act, 73, 82
Falwell, Jerry, 63
Farm industry, 8–9, 118
Fast food industry:
and American diet, 3–4;
and Americanization of the world, 239–40, 243–44;
and assembly lines, 20, 69;
and awards for employees, 88;
boycotts of, 269–70;
and Chain Operators Exchange, 236–39;
clustering of, 60;
competition in, 24, 71, 78, 229, 258;
and conformity, 5–6;
consumer spending on, 275n;
and corporate-sponsored teaching materials, 55–56;
and crime, 83–87, 292n, 293n;
and deliberate food contamination, 222;
and drive-in restaurants, 17;
and E. coli, 198–99, 207, 214, 221, 263;
and emotional connections, 49–51;
employee turnover in, 72–73, 83, 276n;
exportation of, 9–10;
and federal subsidies, 72;
and fixed costs, 78;
and flavor additives, 120–29;
and foodtechnology, 6–7;
founders of, 5–6, 13–28;
and french fries, 115–17;
government regulation of, 264;
and