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EarthGrains, 89
Economic relations
and animal antibiotics, 48
and biotechnology, 141, 149–50, 183, 200, 206, 211, 213, 214, 228, 245–46
and cattle diseases, 250
and concentration of production, 44
and corporate ownership, 3, 6, 7–8, 11, 214, 260
and corporate self-interest, 1, 14, 24, 29, 60, 72, 142, 145, 149, 165, 206, 226, 240, 254, 272
and foodborne illnesses, 39, 74, 96, 99, 129
and food-industry workforce, 31, 43, 49, 64
and globalization, 44, 114, 137–38, 143, 236–40
and growth hormones, 200, 206
and HACCP pathogen reduction program, 96, 129
and irradiation, 125–26
and meat inspection, 50
and NAFTA, 234–35
and poverty, 142, 162, 271
and product recalls, 9, 29
and terrorism, 271
See also International trade
Ecoterrorism, 140, 166, 245
Education
of consumers, 66, 76, 77, 90, 91, 112, 113, 117–20, 119, 129
and government-sponsored safety campaigns, 118–20, 119, 179
Eggs, 29, 31, 37, 39, 40, 45, 55, 56, 57–59, 64, 89–90, 99, 172
Electron beams, 121
Endosperm, 155–57, 166, 302, 328n31
Enrofloxacin, 259–60
Ensuring Safe Food (NRC report), 132
Environmental Defense (organization), 241
Environmental impact of genetically modified products, 142, 166, 179–81, 183–84, 196, 216, 232–36, 243, 244
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
and Food Safety Initiative, 131
and fragmentation of regulatory authority, 56, 57, 216
and genetically modified products, 2–3, 4–5, 6, 9, 11–14, 16, 175–76, 180, 191, 192, 195, 196, 216–18
logo of, 122, 123
and pesticides, 196, 216–18, 279
Scientific Advisory Panel of, 9–11
Enzymes, 156, 157, 164, 166, 176, 177–78, 183–84, 197, 257, 300, 302, 331n35, 343n5
Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS), 185, 186
Escherichia coli, 27, 34, 36, 95, 99, 100, 281
O157:H7 variant of, 29, 36, 40–42, 47, 49, 73–74, 76, 77, 78, 80–84, 96–97, 99, 101–3, 105, 110, 114, 121, 127, 130, 301, 282, 284–85, 286, 287–89, 293–94, 295, 310n16
Espy, Mike, 74, 76, 77, 78–80, 81
Ethics of biotechnology, 141, 170, 229, 241
Euphemisms
for irradiation, 123, 125
for pesticides, 196, 217–18
European Commission, 22
European Parliament, 237
European Union, 23, 46, 138, 237, 238, 240, 246, 252, 256, 257, 278
Exportation of food, 50, 115, 237, 239, 240, 245, 256
Farm Advantage, 228
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, 125
Fast Food Nation (Schlosser), 30
Fast-food outlets, 1, 2, 73–74, 245, 280–81
Fat, 64, 78
Fecal contamination, 28, 41–42, 49, 72, 95, 97, 99, 107, 124, 126, 284
Federal government. See Congress; Oversight; Regulation; White House; names of specific agencies
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 196
Federal Register, 88, 103, 205, 208, 217, 224, 233
Federal Trade Commission, 56, 267
Fertilizer, 42, 44, 55, 97, 99, 147, 233, 285
Fiber in animal feed, 43, 47
Field trials. See Testing
Fight BAC!, 119, 119
First Fruit (Martineau), 212
Fischler, Claude, 20
Fish, 28, 29, 31, 35, 39, 56, 59, 89, 90, 131, 172
Fish, A. Joe, 105
Flavr Savr (transgenic tomato), 211–14
“Flesh-eating” bacteria, 282–83
Folic acid, 176
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 92, 196
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, 46, 199
biotechnology regulated by, 5, 9–14, 21, 22, 118, 146, 149, 174–75, 177–79, 185–86, 192, 195–214, 216, 222–25, 234, 243, 244
budget of, 59–60, 114
and conflicts of interest, 81, 199, 204–5
Food Advisory Committee of, 60, 178, 201, 202, 203, 213, 335n29
foodborne microbes regulated by, 58, 60–61, 71, 73, 74, 86, 282–85, 291–93
through HACCP, 63, 71, 86, 88–90, 97, 99
food industry’s alliance with, 199, 204–5
food industry’s influence on, 201–2, 204–6, 274
and food security, 264, 265, 268–70, 270
and fragmentation of regulatory authority, 30, 54, 56, 57, 57–61, 58, 296–97
and good manufacturing practices (GMPs), 285, 293
growth hormones regulated by, 118, 197–207
imported foods regulated by, 114–15, 265, 268, 269
and inspection of industrial practices, 50, 54, 56, 57–59, 88, 114, 131, 268
irradiation regulated by, 122, 123, 124, 125
and labeling of genetically modified products, 174, 202–6, 209,