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to keep Roundup effective. FCN, July 20, 2009:7. Gammon C. Weed-whacking herbicide proves deadly to human cells. Scientific Am, June 23, 2009. Online: www.scientificamerican.com. The “inert” ingredient is poly-ethoxylated tallowamine, or POEA.

7. Tang G, et al. Golden Rice is an effective source of vitamin A. Am J Clinical Nutrition 2009;89:1776–1783. Enserink M. Tough lessons from Golden Rice. Science 2008;320:468–471.

8. Martin A. Fighting a battlefield the size of a milk label. NYT, March 9, 2008:BU7. Horovitz B. Companies cut synthetic hormone from dairy products. USA Today, March 15, 2009. Online: www.usatoday.com. OTA appeals federal court decision on “rBST-free” labeling. FCN, June 3, 2009.

9. The Non-GMO Project is online at www.nongmoproject.org. Neuman W. Biotech-free, mostly. NYT, August 29, 2009:B1.

10. CDC. Norovirus activity—United States, 2006–2007. MMWR 2007; 56(33):842–846. Widdowson M-A, Monroe SS, Glass RI. Are noroviruses emerging? Emerging Infectious Diseases 2005;11:735–737. Hoffmann S. Knowing which foods are making us sick. Choices 2009;24(2):6–10. Online: www.choicesmagazine.org.

11. CDC. Surveillance for foodborne disease outbreaks—United States, 2006. MMWR 2009;58(22):609–615.

12. Weston Price Foundation. A campaign for real milk. Online: www.realmilk.com. Dewell GA, et al. Prevalence of and risk factors for Escherichia coli O157 in market-ready beef cattle from 12 U.S. feedlots. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 2005;2:70–76. Reinstein S, et al. Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in organically and naturally raised beef cattle. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009;75: 5421–5423 (doi:10.1128/AEM.00459–09). FDA. Questions and answers: Raw milk, March 1, 2007. Online: www.fda.gov/Food.

13. Drape J. Should this milk be legal? NYT, August 8, 2007:F1. CDC. Escherichia coli 0157:H7 infections in children associated with raw milk and raw colostrum from cows—California, 2006. MMWR 2008;57(23);625–628.

14. FDA. Backgrounder on measures to eliminate risk caused by Vibrio vulnificus infection from consumption of raw molluscan shellfish, October 17, 2009. Online: www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Speeches/ucm187014.htm.

15. Taylor MR. Remarks, ISSC biennial meeting, October 17, 2009. Online: www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Speeches/ucm187012.htm.

16. FDA. FDA Statement on Vibrio Vulnificus in raw oysters, November 13, 2009. Online: www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm190513.htm.

17. FDA recalls are listed online at www.fda.gov/safety/recalls/default.htm. USDA recalls are listed online at www.fsis.usda.gov/FSIS_Recalls/index.asp. The CDC Outbreaks and Incidents page is at http://emergency.cdc.gov/recentincidents.asp.

18. The FDA spinach recall page is at www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm179124.htm. California Department of Health Services and FDA. Investigation of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with Dole prepackaged spinach, March 21, 2007. Archived online: www.marlerclark.com/2006_Spinach_Report_Final_01.pdf and www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/Docs/Investigation _of_an_E_Coli_Outbreak_Associated_with_Dole_Pre-Packaged_Spinach.pdf. One year and millions of dollars later. ThePacker.com, September 7, 2007. USDA disappearance data are at www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodConsumption. Per capita availability of spinach was 2.2 pounds in 2005 and 1.8 pounds in 2008.

19. Jay MT, et al. Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feral swine near spinach fields and cattle, Central California coast. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2007;13(12):1908–1911. California Department of Fish and Game. Preliminary research results find less than one half of one percent occurrences of E. coli O157:H7 in wildlife in California Central Coast counties, April 7, 2009. Online: www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news09/2009040702.asp.

20. Solomon EB, Yaron S, Matthews KR. Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from contaminated manure and irrigation water to lettuce plant tissue and its subsequent internalization. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2002;68:397–400. Uhlich GA, et al. Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia

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