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and uniform standards, 53, 55, 137
and value-based approach, 21–22
Reilly, Donald, 210
Religion, 170, 229, 244
Rendering, 251, 252
Reorganization of government food safety authority, 113, 130–37, 137, 274, 296–97
Republican party, 91–92, 94, 107, 199, 223
Resistance, microbial, 19, 40, 41, 43, 126, 127, 176, 259
See also Antibiotics, resistance to
Resistance to safety measures. See under Food industry
Responsibility
borne by retail food preparers, 48, 49, 117–18, 120
food industry’s acceptance of, 98
food industry’s denial of, 1, 12–13, 14–15, 24, 30, 50, 53, 60–61, 63, 73–76, 86, 102, 103, 110, 112, 113, 124, 129, 136
governmental, 14, 28–29, 30, 50, 52–54, 56, 61, 66, 70, 75, 86, 108, 130–31
sharing of, 1, 28, 30, 42, 91, 129, 133
shifted to consumers, 30, 50, 66, 75, 75–76, 77, 82–83, 86, 90, 91, 103, 104, 112, 113, 120, 124, 272
Restaurants
and change in dietary preferences, 43, 48
and foodborne microbes, 1, 49, 117–18, 120, 287, 290
and genetically modified products, 209, 280–81
See also Fast-food outlets
Rhône-Poulenc, 6, 7
Rice
genetically modified, 142, 153–66, 154, 156, 158, 161, 279–80, 299–303, 302–3, 354n1
global demand for, 146
patented lines of, 228
Rifkin, Jeremy, 76, 213, 229, 244
Right of equivalency in imported foods, 114, 115
Riley, Janet, 77
Risk assessment
and acceptability of risk, 16–17, 18, 124
and bioterrorism, 267–68
and diet, 30
differing standards for, 14, 16, 17
dread and outrage as factors in, 17, 21, 22, 23–24, 140, 194
and foodborne microbes, 19, 21, 24, 27, 34–35, 37
and growth hormones, 198–200
and HACCP, 67–68
and mad cow disease, 254
and National Food Safety Initiative, 133
politics of, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 30, 215, 221
and precautionary principle, 22–24, 185, 194
and raw food, 30
science-based approach to, 1, 16–20, 24, 25, 27, 140, 141, 145, 170, 171, 177–79, 185, 189–92, 194, 201, 217, 242, 246–48
value-based approach to, 20–22, 140–41
See also Biotechnology, agricultural, risk assessment of
Rockefeller Foundation, 159, 163, 230
Rockman, Alexis, 243
Rose, Carl, 168
Roundup (herbicide), 151, 180, 181, 183–84, 216, 265, 279
Roundup Ready (herbicide-resistant) crops, 151, 173, 183, 184, 216, 220, 227–28, 331n35
Rowett Research Institute, 187–88
Royal Society of London, 188
Royal VanderHave, 8
Russia, 115, 256
Sabritas, 8
Saccharin, 34, 287n1
Safe Food Coalition, 83, 118
Safe handling labels, 66–67, 76–78, 78, 82, 83, 90
Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP), 83
Safety, assessment of. See Risk assessment; Testing
Safety as surrogate for social concerns, 16, 25, 141–42, 171, 176, 221–22, 243
Safety procedures, 31, 49, 117–20
See also Preventive measures; Testing
Safeway stores, 4, 8, 215
Safire, William, 325n2
Sainsbury stores, 214–15, 215
Salads, 29–30, 33, 39, 48, 49, 266
Salmonella, 19, 27, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 45, 49, 57–59, 66–67, 80, 95, 97, 101, 103, 104–7, 109, 115, 118, 127, 134, 259, 265, 266, 281, 284, 286, 290–93
Salt, 35
Sanders, Bernard, 205–6
Sandman, Peter, 22
Sandwiches, 39, 57, 57, 133
San Francisco Mime Troupe, 231
San Jose Mercury News, 285
Santos Linguisa factory, 110
Sara Lee company, 89, 129
Saudi Arabia, 238
Schering, 3, 7
Schlosser, Eric, 30, 110, 277, 287
School lunch programs, 104, 105, 136, 244, 294
Science (scientific journal), 234
Science-based approach
activists’ use of, 7, 9, 162–63
and allergenicity, 9, 16–17, 19–20, 142, 173, 176
and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, 46
corporate use of, 16, 24, 25, 30, 46, 47, 63, 86, 106, 123, 142, 186, 189–92, 223, 233, 235–36
and cost-benefit analysis, 17, 19
and economic self-interest, 16, 24, 30, 116, 142
and government regulation, 19, 21, 22, 25, 46, 60, 63, 71, 86, 95, 103, 132, 133, 134, 142, 176, 177–79, 191–92, 194, 207, 217, 247, 297
and government-sponsored safety campaigns, 120
and HACCP, 63, 68, 71, 81, 95, 96
and international trade, 115–16
and interpretation, 18, 19, 116
and irradiation, 123–24
and journalism, 1
and objectivity,