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government regulation of, 24, 27–28, 29, 50, 62, 63, 65–67, 70, 71, 73–76, 79, 80–84, 282–85, 288–90, 295–97
by HACCP, 63, 67–71, 68, 69, 75, 75, 76, 81, 84–85, 86–92, 94–99, 104–10, 112
hospitalizations caused by, 27, 36, 37, 38, 42, 130, 285, 286, 294
and international trade, 48, 114–16, 138
irradiation of, 21, 74, 112, 113, 121–26, 136, 283
and journalism, 34
and legal proceedings, 27–28, 29, 39, 66–67, 76, 77, 98, 101, 104–10, 113, 129–30, 285, 288, 290
and political factors, 24, 29, 83, 92, 94, 95, 96, 107, 281, 291, 295
prevalence of, 37, 39
and raw food, 21, 29–30, 35, 90, 127–28, 129, 281–83, 286, 293–94
and risk assessment, 19, 21, 24, 27, 34–35, 37
and safe handling labels, 66–67, 76–77, 82, 83, 90
spread by food processing practices, 48, 49, 50, 117–20
spread by food production practices, 28, 43, 43–45, 50
surveillance of, 37–39, 133
testing for, 80–84, 88, 89, 90, 95, 97, 102–4, 113, 121, 128, 134, 135
value-based approach to, 21, 281
virulence of, 40–42
See also Illnesses caused by foodborne microbes; Preventive measures
Milk, 28, 30, 33, 37, 42, 127–28, 147, 172, 197, 256, 257, 284
and bovine growth hormone (BGH), 197–207, 211, 280
raw, 21, 127–28, 281–82
Miller, George, 289
Miller, Margaret, 205
Minimum wage, 31, 120
Mission Foods, 4, 8
Molds, 176
Monarch butterflies, 181, 189–92, 216, 221
Monoculture, 184
Monsanto, 81, 118, 139, 150–53, 159, 160, 173, 180, 183, 188, 193, 227–28, 234, 235, 244, 245, 278, 279, 296, 326n13, 331n35
and bovine growth hormone (BGH), 197–207, 211, 280
and terminator genes, 230, 232
Moonen, Rick, 209
Morgan, J. P., 13
Mothers for Natural Law, 244
Mucklow, Rosemary, 82, 102, 103, 104–5
Mutations, 153, 184
Mycogen, 227
Nader, Ralph, 92
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 234–35
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), 67
National Academy of Sciences, U.S., 18
National American Wholesale Grocers Association, 77
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, 65, 254
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 267, 347n56
National Farmers Organization, 224
National Food Processors Association (NFPA), 133, 223, 269, 270
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 199, 206
National Library of Medicine, 347n56
National Marine Fisheries Service, 56
National Meat Association, 92, 102, 103, 104, 106
National Organic Standards Board, 232
National Research Council (NRC), 18, 46, 70, 71, 72, 130, 132
National Restaurant Association, 161
Natural Selection Foods, 284
Nature (scientific journal), 189, 235, 279
Nervous system, 36, 251
Neomycin. See Kanamycin
Nestlé corporation, 256, 286, 293–94
Netherlands, 8, 113, 256
New England Journal of Medicine, 46
News media. See Journalism
Newsweek, 34
New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, 252–53, 255
New York Daily News, 135
New Yorker, 154, 168, 210
New York Times, 13, 74, 75, 76, 83, 92, 94, 105, 106, 107, 154, 191, 225, 243, 277, 263, 277, 287, 289, 325n2
New Zealand, 238
Non-GMO Project, 280
Novartis, 227, 235, 236, 244
Nowlin, James, 77, 83
Nucleic acids, 176
See also DNA
Nugent, Robert J., 73–74
Nutrition, 29–30, 48, 63–64, 78, 159, 162–65, 220
Nutrition Week, 108
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration (Price), 281
NW Rage (Northwest Resistance against Genetic Engineering), 241
Obama, Barack, 277, 292
Objectivity, scientific, 19, 242
Odwalla, 97–99, 126, 130
Office of Homeland Security, 263, 264, 265
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 96
Office of Public Health Preparedness, 265
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), 12, 192, 195
Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), 168, 201
Omnivore’s Dilemma (Pollan), 277
The Onion, 291, 292
Opines, 301
Organic farming, 2, 3, 216, 232, 246, 247, 285
Organic Food Production Act, 232
Organic foods, 206, 223, 232–34, 245, 280
Osterholm, Michael, 121
Outbreaks of foodborne illness, 27, 37–40, 41–42, 45, 56, 73–74, 76, 77, 86, 97–102, 114, 116, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 136, 266–67, 281–85, 286, 287–95
Outrage. See Dread and outrage
Oversight, government