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Albright. McKibben B. Don’t be fooled. Seattle Weekly, November 25, 1999:9.

41. The global food fight. Time, July 31, 2000:44–45.

42. Pollack A. Setting rules for biotechnology trade. NYT, February 15, 1999:A8. U.S. sidetracks pact to control gene splicing (February 25, 1999:C1,C4). Genetically modified food: food for thought. Economist, June 19, 1999:19–21.

43. Pollack A. 130 nations agree on safety rules for biotech food. NYT, January 30, 2000:A1,A8. Micklethwait J. Europe’s profound fear of food. NYT, June 7, 1999:A22.

44. International Organisation of Consumers Unions (I.O.C.U.). Comments: Implications of Biotechnology for Food Labelling. Testimony to the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Codex Committee on Food Labelling, Ottawa, Canada, October 24–28, 1994. Food fights. Economist, June 13–19, 1998:113–114.

45. USDA/FSIS. Codex Committee on Food Labeling: U.S.A., at www.fsis.usda.gov/Codex_alimentarius/Codex_Committee_Food_

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46. Dorey E. EuropaBio unit created to boost agbio defense. Nature Biotechnology 1999;17:631. Hencke D, Evans R. How US put pressure on Blair over GM food: special report. Guardian (London), February 28, 2000, at www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2000/feb/28/food.freedomofinformation.

47. Citizens’ groups: the non-governmental order. Economist, December 11, 1999:20–21. Lagnado L. Raising the anti: for those fighting biotech crops, Santa came early this year. WSJ, December 14, 1999:A1,A8. Hodgson J. GM roundup. Nature Biotechnology 1999;17:939.

48. Environment-consumer coalition launches campaign for labeling, testing of biotech foods. FCN, July 24, 2000:10–11. Branch S. Kraft is criticized for genetically modified foods. WSJ, February 6, 2002:B18.

49. See, for example, information posted by Ag BioTech InfoNet, online at: www.biotech-info.net; and by the Turning Point Project, at http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.turnpoint.org.

50. Books not otherwise mentioned in these chapters are: Charles D. Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food. Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 2001. Hart K. Eating in the Dark: America’s Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food. New York: Pantheon, 2002. Lambrecht B. Dinner at the New Gene Café: How Genetic Engineering is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food. New York: St. Martin’s, 2001. Lappé M, Bailey B. Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food. Monroe, ME: Common Courage, 1998. Teitel M, Wilson KA. Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature. Rochester, VT: Park Street, 1999. Ticciati L, Ticciati R. Genetically Engineered Foods: Are They Safe? You Decide. New Canaan, CT: Keats, 1998.

51. Lewontin R. Genes in the food! New York Review of Books, June 21:2001:81–84.

52. McHughen A. Pandora’s Picnic Basket: The Potential Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

53. Nestle M. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002:120–122.

54. Brand W. FDA holds Oakland hearing to discuss genetic labeling. Media-NewsGroup, December 14, 1999. Pollack A. At U.S. hearing scientists back altered crops. NYT, December 14, 1999:A25.

55. Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. State legislative activity in 2001 related to agricultural biotechnology. Pew agricultural biotechnology is at www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=442. Grimm C. Current (February–March 2001) state GMO legislation in the United States. Ag BioTech InfoNet, March 2001, cached at www.biotech-info.net/current_state_legislation.html.

56. Greenberger RS. Motley group pushes for FDA labels on biofoods to help religious people observe dietary laws. WSJ, August 18, 1999:A20. Barboza D. Monsanto faces growing skepticism on two fronts. NYT, August 5, 1999:C1,C2. Nixon L. Consumers petition for GM food labels. Agweek, July 19, 1999:25. Economics could be key in biotech suit against Monsanto. Food Regulation Weekly, December 20, 1999:11.

57. Hoge W. Britons skirmish over genetically

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