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Drug Administration Policy on Genetically Engineered Food Violates Sound Science and U.S. Law (presentation to FDA hearing, Washington, DC, November 30, 1999), at www.biotech-info.net/druker.pdf.

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44. Brozan N. Genetically engineered foods? Not in their kitchens! NYT, July 30, 1992:B6. Chefs urge boycotting new foods. NYT, June 3, 1992:C6.

45. FDA. Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties Derived through Recombinant DNA Technology: Final Consultations under FDA’s 1992 Policy, July 2001, at www.foodsafety.gov/~lrd/biocon.html.

46. Putnam JJ, Allshouse JE. Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970–97 (Statistical Bulletin No. 965), USDA, 1999. Fisher LM. Developer of the new tomato expects a financial bonanza. NYT, May 19, 1994:B7. Hilts PJ. Genetically altered tomato moves toward U.S. approval. NYT, April 9, 1994:A7.

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49. Seabrook J. Tremors in the hothouse. New Yorker, July 19, 1993:32–41. O’Neill M. Tomato review: no substitute for summer. NYT, May 19, 1994:B7.

50. McMurray S. New Calgene tomato might have tasted just as good without genetic alteration. WSJ, January 12, 1993:B1. Fisher LM. Monsanto to acquire 49.9% of biotechnology company. NYT, June 29, 1995:D3.

51. Safeway. A Guide to Safeway Double Concentrated Tomato Puree Produced from Genetically Modified Tomatoes: Help and Advice. Kent, UK: Safeway, [undated, c. 1998].

52. Rogers D. Stores dodge GM food row. Marketing (London), June 18, 1998:14.

53. Whitney CR. Europe loses its appetite for high-tech food. NYT, June 27, 1999:D3. Michael A. “GM-free” food labels are value-free. Nature Biotechnology 1999;17:420.

54. EPA. Proposed policy: plant-pesticides subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. FR 59:60496—60518, November 23, 1994. EPA. Plant-pesticides subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: proposed rule. FR 59:60519–60535, November 23, 1994.

55. Rissler J, Mellon M. The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996. National Research Council. Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.

56. Miller H. A need to reinvent biotechnology regulation at the EPA. Science 1994;266:1815–1818. Wadman M. GM advisory panel is slanted, say critics. Nature 1999;399:7. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). EDF Cautiously Praises EPA’s Proposed Genetic Engineering Rule (press release). New York, November 16, 1994. Plan to regulate gene-modified plants draws fire. Illinois Agrinews, August 1, 1997:A4.

57. Hagmann M. EPA, critics soften stance on pesticidal plants. Science 1999;284:249.

58. EPA. Regulations under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act for plant-incorporated protectants (formerly plant-pesticides): final rule. FR 66:37771–37817, July 19, 2001. Quotation: 37781.

59. EPA. Biopesticides Registration Action Document: Bacillus thuringiensis Plant-Incorporated Protectants, October 16, 2001, at www.epa.gov/opp00001/biopesticides/pips/bt_brad.htm.

60. EPA. Pesticide labeling and other regulatory issues: final rule. FR 66:64759–64768, December 14, 2001.

CHAPTER 8. THE POLITICS OF CONSUMER CONCERN:

DISTRUST, DREAD, AND OUTRAGE

1. Zepeda L. Don’t ask, don’t tell: U.S. policy on labeling of genetically engineered foods. In: Buttel FH, Goodman RM. Of Frankenfoods

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