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2001, at http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/newsletters/foodproc/dec01/art2dec.html. McGinley L. FDA asks the food industry to review safety procedures in the wake of attacks. WSJ, October 3, 2001:A3.

61. Mermelstein NH. Terrorism spurs renewed call for single food safety agency. Food Technology 2001;55(11):32–36.

62. Cady J. Federal Food Safety and Security: Can Our Fractured Food Safety System Rise to the Challenge? Hearing before the Senate Governmental Affairs Oversight Subcommittee. 107th Congress, 1st Session. Alliance for Food Security, October 10, 2001.

63. Pianin E. Food industry resists anti-terror proposals: lobbyist says protections adequate. Washington Post, December 6, 2001:A49.

64. Carroll J. FDA issues guidelines to protect food. WSJ, January 8, 2002:A2. FDA. Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance: Importers and Filers, and Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance: Food Producers, Processors, Transporters, and Retailers, January 9, 2002, at www.foodsafety.gov/~lrd/fr020109.html.USDA/FSIS. FSIS Security Guidelines for Food Processors, April 2002, at www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/topics/SecurityGuide.pdf.

65. Pear R. Food industry’s resistance stalls bill to protect food. NYT, April 16, 2002:A22.

66. Acord D. “Improved” bioterrorism bill sails through Congress. FCN, May 27, 2002:1,13–15.

67. Horton R. Public health: a neglected counterterrorist measure. Lancet 2001;358:1112–1113.

68. Yach D, Bettcher D. The globalization of public health. I. Threats and opportunities. II. The convergence of self-interest and altruism. Am J Public Health 1998;88:735–738, 738–741. McMichael AJ, Beaglehole R. The changing global context of public health. Lancet 2000;356:495–499.

69. American Public Health Association. Guiding Principles for a Public Health Response to Bioterrorism, October 2001. Online: www.apha.org.

70. Garrett L. Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health. New York: Hyperion, 2000. Quotation: 558.

EPILOGUE

1. Nestle M. Writing the food studies movement. Food, Culture, and Society 2010;13(2):162–70. Martin A. Is a food revolution now in season? NYT, March 21, 2009:BU1.

2. Monsanto is at www.monsanto.com. Paarlberg R. Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009. Lotter D. The genetic engineering of food and the failure of science—Part 1: The development of a flawed enterprise. International J Sociology of Agriculture and Food 2009;16:31–49. Gurian-Sherman D, Robinson E. Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops. Union of Concerned Scientists, April 2009. Online: www.ucsusa.org. Many controversial issues related to GM foods are addressed in National Research Council. Impact of Biotechnology on Farm Economics and Sustainability. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2010.

3. FDA. Completed consultations on engineered foods, updated December 31, 2009. Online: www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/fcnNavigation.cfm?rpt=bioListing.USDA/ERS. Adoption of genetically engineered crops in the U.S., July 1, 2009. Online: www.ers.usda.gov/Data/BiotechCrops.USDA/ERS. Briefing room: Sugar and sweeteners: background, updated August 6, 2009. Online: www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/sugar/background.htm.

4. Developing countries boost spread of GM crops. Nature 2009;457:949. Germany joins in with maize moratorium. Nature 2009;458:958. Cameron D. Monsanto revives plans to develop wheat seeds. WSJ, July 14, 2009.

5. Dyer GA, et al. Dispersal of transgenes through maize seed systems in Mexico. PLoS One 2009;4(5):e5734. Online: www.plosone.org. Dalton R. Modified genes spread to local maize. Nature 2008;456:149. Stokstad E. Embattled Berkeley ecologist wins tenure. Science 2005;308:1239. Waltz E. Battlefield: papers suggesting that biotech crops might harm the environment attract a hail of abuse from other scientists. Nature 2009;461:273–2.

6. Caulcutt C. “Superweed” explosion threatens Monsanto heartlands. France 24, April 19, 2009. Online: www.france24.com. Clapp S. Herbicide diversity called critical

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