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19. Tolchin M. Clinton orders hiring of 160 meat inspectors. NYT, February 12, 1993:A23.
20. Nugent RJ. Statement on Food Safety and Government Regulation of Coliform Bacteria. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry, and General Legislation of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 103rd Congress, 1st Session :34, February 5, 1993. Mr. Nugent was president of Jack in the Box (headquarters: San Diego, CA).
21. Pollack A. A battle-scarred burger warrior. NYT, October 3, 1999:A2. Schneider K. Clinton proposes to change the way meat is inspected. NYT, March 17, 1993:A1,A18.
22. Modernizing meat inspections (editorial). NYT, April 2, 1993:A32.
23. Altman LK. Lessons are sought in outbreak of illness from tainted meat. NYT, February 9, 1993:C3. Sullivan A. Machines speed testing of food for bacteria. WSJ, July 15, 1996:B1.
24. Wachsmuth IK. Escherichia coli O157:H7—harbinger of change in food safety and tradition in the industrialized world. Food Technology 1997;51(10):26.
25. Burros M. Agriculture dept. policy blamed for tainted food. NYT, March 3, 1993:C1,C4.
26. Quoted in Fox N. Spoiled: The Dangerous Truth About a Food Chain Gone Haywire. New York: Basic Books, 1997:256–57. Later quotation: 245.
27. Beyond Beef, USDA agree on meat handling labels. Nutrition Week, May 7, 1993:3.
28. Burros M. U.S. intends to require label on meat’s cooking. NYT, May 6, 1993:A18.
29. Burros M. Agriculture dept. unveils cooking labels for meat. NYT, August 12, 1993:A18. Most safety labeling on meat is postponed. NYT, October 10, 1993:25. DeWaal C. Remarks to the Association of Food Journalists, Washington, DC, September 7, 1997.
30. Sugarman C. Court blocks safety labels on meat products. Washington Post, October 15, 1993:A11.
31. Egan T. A year later, raw meat still lacks labels. NYT, December 20, 1993:A1,D10.
32. Baquet D, Johnston D. U.S. expanding scope in review of gifts to Agriculture secretary. NYT, August 7, 1994:A1,A24. Johnston D. Agriculture chief quits as scrutiny of conduct grows. NYT, October 4, 1994:A1,A16.
33. Greenhouse L. High court voids theory used to press independent counsel’s cases over gifts to Espy. NYT, April 28, 1999:A26.
34. Burros M. Agriculture dept. scraps poultry bacteria plan. NYT, October 27, 1994:A20.
35. Van Natta D, Lacey M. Access proved vital in last-minute race for Clinton pardons. NYT, February 25, 2001:A1,A14.
36. Cross HR. Testimony before Senate Agriculture Committee, February 5, 1993. Quoted in: Foreman CT. Hearing statement before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, 103rd Congress, 2nd Session, May 5, 1994:5.
37. Taylor MR. Change and opportunity: harnessing innovation to improve the safety of the food supply (speech). American Meat Institute annual convention, San Francisco, CA, September 29, 1994.
38. Beers A. FSIS expands E. coli O157:H7 adulteration policy. FCN, January 18, 1999:3,17,18.
39. American Meat Institute. Meat and supermarket industries say USDA “misleading consumers” (press release). Washington, DC, November 1, 1994.
40. Donnelly J. As E. coli sampling commences, lobbyists throw down gauntlet. Food & Drink Daily, October 25, 1994.
41. Food industry opposes food safety initiative. Nutrition Week, November 4, 1994:7.
42. The meat industry’s bad beef (editorial). NYT, November 20, 1994:A14.
43. Judge upholds USDA program to test meat. Archived: The Victoria Advocate, December 14, 1994 at http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19941214&id=sTMKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=
MUsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4778,2876108. Texas Food Industry Association, et al. v. Mike Espy, et al., 870 F. Supp. 143 (W.D. Tex. 1994).
44. Pratt, S. Some unsavory questions for meat industry group. Chicago Tribune, November 3, 1994:1,10.
45. Heersink M. Memo to Safe Food Coalition