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complexity of, 195, 196
fragmentation of, 13, 14, 25, 30, 48, 52, 54, 55–61, 56, 57, 58, 62, 70, 142, 216
limitation of, 48, 52–53
reorganization of, 113, 130–37, 137, 274
and responsibility, 14, 28–29, 30, 50, 52–54, 61, 66, 73–74, 75
weakness of, 63, 142
See also Inspection; Regulation
Ownership, corporate, 3, 6, 7–8, 9, 11, 143, 214, 227, 260
Oysters, raw, 20, 280, 282–83
Pakistan, 271
Pandora’s Picnic Basket (McHughen), 242
Papaya, genetically modified, 152, 182, 278
Papua New Guinea, 320n4
Partnership for Food Safety Education, 118–20, 119
Pasteurization, 28, 33, 40, 42, 45, 49, 56, 89, 97–98, 113, 126–29, 249, 281, 282
as euphemism for irradiation, 123, 125
Patents, 151, 159, 160, 226–29, 247
Pathogenicity of microbes, 28, 35, 40
Pathogen reduction programs, 90, 91, 94–97, 99, 104–7, 112, 113, 119, 120, 128–29, 138, 269, 273, 274
performance standards for, 84–85, 90, 96, 97, 104–5, 113, 128, 134, 137
See also HACCP
Peanut butter, 286, 290–92
Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), 286, 291
Penicillin, 176, 177, 258
Peppers, 286, 290
PepsiCo, 8
Pesticides, 3, 4, 9, 19, 21, 33, 34, 56, 92, 146, 147, 151, 180, 181, 183, 184, 189, 191, 192, 216–19, 248, 278
euphemisms for, 196, 217–18
Pests, 3, 9, 56, 151, 180, 181, 189, 191, 195–96, 210, 214, 217
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), 280
Pet food, 253–54, 282, 286, 287–88
Pet Food Politics (Nestle), viii, 287, 288
Petrini, Carlo, 277
Pew Charitable Trust, 167, 168, 290
Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, vii, 295
Pharmaceutical industry, 46, 47, 195, 259–60
Pharmacia, 150, 232
Philip Morris, 8, 9
Philippines, 159, 238
Pillsbury Company, 67–68, 89
Pioneer Hi-Bred, 174, 227, 228
Pistachio nuts, 286, 292–93
Pizza, 57, 57, 133, 214
Pizza Hut, 8
Plant Genetic Systems, 3, 4, 6, 7
Plant Pest Act, 195–96
Plasmids, 177, 301–2, 302–3, 354n1
“Poke-and-sniff” method, 52, 65–66, 68, 70, 96
Political relations
and actions needed for food safety, 272, 273, 274–75
and animal antibiotics, 47
and antibiotechnology advocacy, 139, 140, 152, 160, 161–64, 189, 190, 200, 213, 240–45, 242, 243
and biotechnology, 2, 11, 12, 14, 16, 139–42, 153, 159–60, 170, 171, 185, 191, 193, 197, 215, 216, 219, 221, 222, 235, 240–45, 246
and campaign contributions, 65
and cattle diseases, 250, 251, 255
and consumer groups, 1–2, 11, 12, 16, 275
and foodborne microbes, 24, 29, 83, 92, 94, 95, 96, 107, 281, 291, 295
and food industry, 1–2, 11, 12, 14, 16, 31, 60, 65, 80, 92, 94, 95, 107, 142, 251
and food security, 262
and government regulation, 1–2, 11, 12, 16, 60, 80, 91–92, 94, 95, 96, 107, 133, 142, 191, 197, 216, 219
and international trade, 48, 115, 116–17, 137–38
and organic foods, 233
and patent rights, 228
and pharmaceutical industry, 47
and poverty, 142, 162
and public interest, 14
and reductionism, 142
and reorganization of government oversight, 113, 130–37, 137, 274
and risk assessment, 16, 18, 20, 23, 24, 30, 215, 221
and science-based approach, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 47, 60, 171, 222, 223, 233, 235–36, 242, 245, 247, 250, 304
and terrorism, 271
and value-based approach, 18, 21
Pollan, Michael, 277
“Pollution,” genetic, see Genetic “pollution”
Population growth, 139, 146, 149
Pork, 31, 44, 46, 52, 57, 59, 62, 95, 284
Potatoes, genetically modified, 187, 210, 245
Potrykus, Ingo, 157, 159–60, 162, 163, 166, 244, 327n26
Poultry
exported, 115
imported, 114
infected, 34, 37, 46, 54, 57–59, 95, 115, 134, 259
processing of, 44
by irradiation, 122, 125
slaughter of, 44, 59
treated with antibiotics, 47, 259
Poultry industry
accountability of, 129
government alliance with, 62, 63, 65
government influenced by, 79–80, 91, 92, 94
government inspection of, 54, 55, 56, 57–59, 66, 70, 79, 80–81, 108, 109, 134
government regulation of, 62, 63, 66, 79–81
and fragmentation of regulatory authority, 55, 57, 57, 58
by HACCP, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 96, 108
and safe handling labels, 76
largest producer in, 79, 101
and resistance to government regulation, 63, 65, 72, 79, 107, 120
responsibility denied