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Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser [221]

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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

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