Safe Food_ Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism - Marion Nestle [219]
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), 212, 217, 235
Bioterrorism, 1, 14, 16, 25, 48, 59, 138, 248, 249–50, 274, 296
and anthrax, 25, 33, 126, 248, 249, 250, 257–60, 265
and food as a biological weapon, 260, 265–68
and food security, 249–50, 260–65, 264, 268–70, 270, 271
and foot-and-mouth disease, 256
Blackley, Ronald, 80
Blame. See Responsibility
Blindness, 159, 160, 162
Block, John, 77
Blood-brain barrier, 343n5
Blood cells, 41, 185, 188, 202
Bohlen, Larry, 6
Botulism, 33, 70
Bovine growth hormone (BGH), 197–207, 211, 280
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 251–55, 289
See also Mad cow disease
Bran layers, 155–56, 156
Brazil, 237, 238
Brazil nuts, 174–75
Bread, 35, 57, 89
Bribery, Graft and Conflicts of Interest Act, 79
Broth, 57, 58
Brown, George, 92
BSE. See Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Bt toxin. See Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), 56
Burger King, 100, 102, 133
Burke, Derek, 170
Burros, Marian, 75
Bush, George W., 80, 107, 134, 258
Calgene, 177–78, 211–14, 222, 226, 227
Campaign contributions, 65
Campbell Soup, 89
Campylobacter, 27, 36, 37, 40, 46, 259
Canada, 2, 4–5, 23, 109, 138, 202, 237, 238, 239
Cancer, 29, 34, 199, 287n1
Cannibalism, 342n4
Canning, 33, 70
Caplan, Arthur, 200
Carcinogens, 92, 199
Cargill corporation, 286, 289, 294
Carter, Jimmy, 118
Cattle
government inspection of, 50–54, 59, 289–90
infected, 28, 40, 41, 44–45, 84, 102
with foot-and-mouth disease, 25, 135, 138, 248, 249, 250, 255–57
with mad cow disease, 25, 135, 138, 187, 248, 249, 250–55, 289–90
with mastitis, 199, 200, 202
and raw milk debate, 281–82
slaughter of, 24, 28, 41, 44, 45, 47, 50–53, 59, 73, 102, 289, 294
transportation of, 44–45
treated with growth hormones, 23, 118, 197–207, 220, 237
CDC. See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Center for Food Safety, 5
Center for Public Integrity, 65
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), 34, 78, 78, 92, 127, 128, 268
Center for Technology Assessment, 241
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
and foodborne microbes, 37–38, 116, 287, 290
and fragmentation of regulatory authority, 56
and genetically modified products, 5, 10, 11
Chapela, Ignacio, 235, 279
Charles, Prince of Wales, 170–71
Cheese, 30, 35, 40, 55, 56, 57, 57, 89, 114, 127–28, 197, 257
Chicago Tribune, 136
Chicken. See Poultry
Children
and food allergies, 172, 173
harmed by foodborne microbes, 40, 41, 73, 83, 97, 98, 129, 130, 136, 282
and vitamin A deficiency, 159–60, 162–65, 327n26
Chile, 239
Chilling. See Refrigeration
China, 150, 228, 237, 238, 277, 288
Chlorination, 28, 33, 42, 48
Cholera, 28, 33
Cholesterol, 64
Chymosin, 197
Cipro (ciprofloxacin), 258–59
Class-action lawsuits, 5, 9, 14, 16, 244
Clinton, Bill, 74, 78, 80, 90, 103, 131, 132, 133, 223, 237
Clostridium, 36, 40
Coca-Cola, 98
Codex Alimentarius Commission, 115–16, 138, 236, 239–40
Cohen, Jerry, 200
Cohen, Robert, 200
Cold War, 258
Commerce, U.S. Department of, 53, 56, 133
Community Nutrition Institute (CNI), 34, 108, 124
Compost, 44
ConAgra, 89, 101, 120
Conflicts of interest, 63–64, 70, 79, 81, 84, 115, 199, 204–5
Congress, U.S.
and biotechnology, 189, 195, 201, 202, 204, 217, 223, 224, 227
and Bribery, Graft and Conflicts of Interest Act, 79
and control of animal antibiotics, 46, 47, 295
and control of foodborne microbes, 27, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 50, 55, 59, 65–66, 71–72, 73, 132, 136, 137, 137, 295
by HACCP, 91–92, 94, 95, 96
and control of growth hormones, 201, 202, 204
and Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, 125
and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 196
and Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 92, 196
and Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act, 124
food industry’s alliance with, 30, 63, 64, 65, 84
food industry’s influence on, 31, 71, 91–92, 94, 202, 295
through lobbying, 27, 71, 79, 91, 212, 270
and fragmentation of regulatory authority, 55, 59–60, 296–97
and funding of food safety measures, 114, 132
and Genetically