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Kessler, David, 21, 34, 114, 131, 201, 207
Kidney damage, 36, 41
King & Spalding law firm, 204, 205, 335n29
King Nut Companies, 291
Koch, Robert, 257, 344n23
Koch’s postulates, 257, 344n23
Korea, 4, 12
Kraft Foods, 4, 8, 9, 292–93
Kucinich, Dennis, 223
Kuru, 342n4
Labeling
of genetically modified products, 4, 13, 14, 16, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 169, 174–75, 193, 194, 197–98, 202–6, 204, 209, 211, 212, 214, 215, 221, 222–26, 224, 226, 234, 236, 238, 239–40, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 273, 274, 280–81
of irradiated foods, 122, 123, 124, 125
of pesticides, 218
required by Pure Food and Drugs Act, 53
for safe handling of meat, 66–67, 76–78, 78
Labor, Department of, U.S., 53
Labor relations, 30–31, 43, 49, 64, 117–18, 120, 126, 236, 237
Lamb, 62, 123, 124
Lancet, 188–89, 253, 271
Landraces, 232, 234
Leahy, Patrick, 71
Lectins, 186–89, 192
Legal proceedings
and biotechnology, 5, 9, 14, 16, 141, 186, 200, 202, 203, 209, 228, 232, 244
and corporate resistance to regulation, 27–28, 29, 53–54, 67, 77, 82–83, 104–7
and foodborne microbes, 27–28, 29, 39, 66–67, 76, 77, 98, 101, 104–10, 113, 129–30, 285, 288, 290
initiated by food industry, 27–28, 54, 77, 82–83, 104–10, 203, 228
initiated by government agencies, 53, 101
initiated by government employees, 108
initiated by public-interest groups, 16, 66, 76, 108, 244
and investigative journalism, 202
and lawsuits, 5, 9, 14, 16, 54, 76, 77, 82–83, 108, 130, 141, 186, 200, 202, 203, 205, 209, 228, 232, 244, 288, 290
and safe handling labels, 66–67, 76, 77, 83
Leonard, Rodney, 108, 124, 126, 132
Lettuce, 39, 57, 285, 286, 287
Lewinsky, Monica, 103
Lewis, Paul, 303n2
Lewontin, Richard, 241
Liability, 29, 30, 96, 99, 112, 113, 129, 130, 186
Libya, 239
Listeria, 36, 40, 87, 103, 127, 129, 134
Liver damage, 36
Lobbying
by food industry, 12, 25, 27, 60, 62, 64, 65, 71, 79, 80, 91, 118, 201, 212, 268, 270
by pharmaceutical industry, 46
Localized systems of food production, 43, 54, 213
Luxembourg, 238, 278
Mad cow disease, 25, 135, 138, 187, 248, 249, 250–55, 272, 286, 290
See also Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
human variant of, 252–53, 255
See also Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Maize, 146, 232, 234
Major, John, 252
Malaysia, 237
Malnutrition, 139, 142, 146–47, 149, 151–52, 261, 271, 280, 280
and vitamin A deficiency, 159, 162–65
Manure. See Fertilizer
Markers, genetic, 176–79, 212, 213, 227, 229, 238, 302, 302, 354n1
Marketing, 8, 16, 44, 63, 70, 84, 210, 211, 214, 215, 222, 322n23
See also Advertising
Marler, Bill, 285, 293–94
Martineau, Belinda, 212, 213
Mastitis, 199, 200, 202
McDonald’s restaurants, 245, 253, 259, 280–81
McGovern, George, 262
Meat-and-bone meal supplement, 251–55
Meat Inspection Act, 50–54, 66, 79, 81, 100, 102, 108, 312n42
Meat processing
and concentration of production, 44, 45
government inspection of, 50–54, 59, 65–66, 68–69, 70, 71–72, 73, 74, 79, 80–84, 86, 87, 100–101, 107–11, 134, 136, 289–90
government regulation of, 50–54, 61, 62, 63, 65–67, 74–76, 80–84, 283
by HACCP, 63, 67–71, 68, 69, 75, 75, 76, 81, 84–85, 86–88, 90–91, 94–99, 104–10, 112
and irradiation, 122–26, 136
and rendering, 251, 252
and reworking of leftover meat, 100
See also Beef industry; Poultry industry
Media. See Journalism
Melamine, 286, 288
Meningitis, 36, 40
Menu Foods, 286, 287–88
Mergers, corporate, 3, 7, 14, 260
Merrill, Richard A., 335n29
Methionine, 174
Mexico, 2, 6, 8, 44, 48, 114, 127, 221, 232, 234–36, 290
Microbes, foodborne
as adulterants, 82, 83, 102–3, 104, 106
antibiotic-resistant, 19, 41, 43, 45–47, 118, 127–28, 199
and consumer groups, 34, 76, 83, 108, 110, 124
and consumer surveys, 167
and corporate resistance to regulation, 16, 24, 27–28, 29, 63, 70, 71, 72, 76–77, 82–84, 86, 92, 94, 97, 103–7, 110–12, 120
deaths caused by, 27, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 73, 77, 83, 90, 97, 126, 127, 129, 130, 282, 283, 284, 286, 288
and demographic factors, 39, 43, 49
and dietary preferences, 43, 48–49
dread and outrage in response to, 29, 33, 127
economic costs of, 29, 284, 290, 293
and fragmentation of