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and limitation of regulatory authority, 124
and mad cow disease, 253
and meat processing, 50, 54, 61
origin of, 50, 54, 60
and relations with Congress, 59–60, 114, 115, 124, 125, 132, 201, 204, 205, 265, 268, 269, 270, 273, 274, 296–97
and reorganization of safety oversight, 131, 133, 134, 296–97
and safe handling instructions, 90, 117
Science Board of, 60
and substantial equivalence, 207, 209
and testing of industrial products, 88, 89, 90, 199, 244
and warning labels, 99, 124
Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act, 124
Food industry
campaign contributions by, 65
deregulation of, 199, 251
government alliance with, 2–3, 16, 30, 54, 60, 62, 63, 64–65, 66, 67, 70–71, 74, 84, 196, 199, 204–5, 221, 253, 255, 272
government influenced by, 1, 25, 31, 46, 71, 76, 77, 79–80, 91–92, 94, 201–2, 204–6, 212, 232–33
and government regulation
of animal antibiotics, 46
of biotechnology, 2–3, 9, 11–14, 16, 19, 21, 22, 25, 81, 118, 140, 141, 142, 145, 149, 173–80, 185–86, 191–219, 222–25, 232–34
of foodborne microbes, 24, 27–28, 29, 65–67, 70, 71, 73–76, 79, 80–84, 282–85, 288–90, 295–97
by HACCP, 63, 67–71, 68, 69, 70, 75, 75, 76, 81, 84–85, 86–92, 94–99, 104–10, 112
lobbying by, 12, 25, 27, 60, 62, 64, 65, 71, 80, 91, 118, 201, 212, 268, 270
news media influenced by, 202
and ownership, 3, 6, 7–8, 9, 11, 260
and political relations, 1–2, 11, 12, 14, 16, 31, 60, 92, 94, 95, 107, 142, 206, 235, 251
public distrust of, 22, 74, 139, 169, 179
and resistance to labeling of genetically modified products, 140, 142, 193, 194, 198, 202–3, 206, 222–23, 225, 226
and resistance to safety measures, 15, 16, 53–54, 60, 63
for animal antibiotics, 46, 47
for foodborne microbes, 16, 24, 27–28, 29, 30, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 76–77, 82–84, 86, 92, 94, 97, 103–7, 110–12, 283, 295
for food security, 268–70
in legal proceedings, 27–28, 29, 53–54, 67, 77, 82–83, 104–7
responsibility accepted by, 98
responsibility denied by, 1, 12–13, 14–15, 24, 30, 50, 53, 60–61, 63, 73–76, 86, 102, 103, 110, 112, 113, 124, 129, 136, 287
and safety education campaigns, 120
and science-based approach, 16, 24, 25, 30, 46, 47, 63, 86, 106, 123, 142, 186, 189–90, 223, 233, 235–36
self-interest of, 14, 16, 29, 30, 31, 60, 63, 72, 142, 165, 206, 226, 240, 255, 272
and value-based approach, 22, 25
whistle-blowers in, 72
workforce of, 30–31, 43, 49, 64, 117–118, 120, 126
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Food Marketing Institute, 82, 125, 130, 270
FoodNet, 38–39
Food poisoning, 1, 24, 27, 33, 35, 37, 67, 71, 73–75, 77, 126, 129
Food Policy Institute, 118
Food Politics (Nestle), 53, 62, 63
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), 54, 56, 58, 70, 81–82, 90, 95, 109, 111, 120
Food Safety Initiative, 131–33
Food Safety magazine, 161
Food security, 249–50, 260–65, 264, 268–70, 270, 273, 275
and public health, 268, 270–72
Foot-and-mouth disease, 25, 135, 138, 248, 249, 250, 255–57
Foreman, Carol Tucker, 71, 118–19, 124
Fortune, 3
Foundation for Deep Ecology, 241
Fox, Nicols, 29
Fox Television, 202
France, 3, 6, 7, 114, 237, 238, 253, 278
“Frankenfoods,” 1, 140, 210, 325n2
Freedom of Information Act, 5, 186
Freeze-drying, 35
Fresh Samantha, 98
Fried foods, 64
Friends of the Earth, 6–7, 12, 13, 234
Frito-Lay, 245
Fruits and fruit juices, 30, 31, 35, 39, 40, 42, 44, 48, 55, 56, 59, 89, 113, 114, 116, 157, 165
genetically modified, 152, 182, 278
irradiation of, 122
and Odwalla outbreak, 97–99, 126, 130
Gajdusek, Carleton, 342n4
Gamma rays, 121, 124
Gaps, regulatory
and bioterrorism, 272
cultural, 97, 110–12
and imported food, 114
legal, 104–10
and products, 97–99
and recall authority, 97, 99–102, 269, 273
and testing, 102–4, 134, 180, 199
Garrett, Laurie, 272
Garst Seeds, 6, 8, 13
Gates Foundation, 280
GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), 237
Geertz, Clifford, 17–18
General Accounting office (GAO), 55, 67, 70, 96, 109, 114, 131, 132, 136, 192, 199, 204–5, 254–55, 268
General Mills, 89, 280
Genes, 3, 41, 139,