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and pharmaceutical industry, 46, 47
politics of, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 47, 60, 95, 171, 222, 223, 233, 235, 242, 245, 247, 250, 304
and probability, 18–19
and risk assessment
of biotechnology, 16–17, 19–20, 21, 25, 140, 141, 145, 170, 171, 177–79, 185, 189–92, 201, 217, 242, 246–48
of foodborne microbes, 19, 21, 24, 27, 133
and “two-culture” problem, 17–18
value-laden aspects of, 17, 19, 20, 22
Scientific Advisory Panel. See under Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Scientific American, 154
Scientific method, 18–19
Scrapie, 251
Seafood, 28, 29, 31, 35, 39, 56, 59, 89, 90, 99, 131, 172
Seeds, 4, 5, 6, 9, 228, 229–30, 232, 234, 245
Segregation of crops, 3, 239, 245, 246, 247
Setton Pistachio company, 286, 292–93
Shakespeare, William, 266
Sheep, 251, 252, 253, 255
Shelley, Mary, 325n2
Shellfish, 35, 89, 90, 172
Shigella, 27, 36, 40, 41, 266
Showa Denko, 185, 186
Sierra Club, 241
Sierra magazine, 14–15, 15, 234
Sinclair, Upton, vii, 50–52, 72, 88, 110, 112, 137
Single food agency, proposal for
and ensuring food security, 260, 268–70
and reorganization of government oversight, 130–37, 137, 273, 274
Slaughter
of cattle, 24, 28, 41, 44, 45, 47, 50–53, 59, 73, 102, 289
of chickens and turkeys, 44, 59
of hogs and pigs, 44, 59
Slovic, Paul, 20
Slow Food, 277
Smallpox, 265, 267
Snow, C. P., 17
Social relations
and biotechnology, 140–43, 162, 165, 170–71, 194, 200, 207, 221, 226, 236, 243, 244, 246–48
and cattle diseases, 249
and food consumption, 20
and food-industry workforce, 30–31, 43, 49, 120
and growth hormones, 200
and irradiation, 124, 126
and malnutrition, 139, 142, 146–47, 149, 151–52, 165, 280
and poverty, 142, 162, 271
and reductionism, 142
and spread of foodborne illnesses, 48
and terrorism, 271
Socrates, 266
Soil ecology, 181, 183, 184
Soups, 57
Soviet Union, 258
Soybeans, genetically modified, 116, 136, 139, 151, 173, 174, 180, 182, 183, 184, 210, 220, 227–28, 237, 278, 331n35
Spain, 253
Species jumps, 252
Spinach, vii, 284–85, 286
per capita use of, 349–50n18
Spiritas, Steve, 106–7
Spongiform encephalopathy, 251–55
See also Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Mad cow disease
Sri Lanka, 238
Staphylococcus, 36, 40, 114
StarLink corn, 2–17, 19–20, 21, 22, 25, 30, 43, 139, 142, 173, 175–76, 194, 218, 234, 260, 306n4
State Department, U.S., 12
State government
and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, 34
and foodborne microbes, 34, 73
and fragmentation of regulatory authority, 57
and genetically modified products, 244
and inspection of industrial practices, 87
Steiner, Peter, 168
Stillbirth, 36
Storage, 49, 69, 117, 239
Substantial equivalence, 207, 209
Sugar, 35
Supermarkets
and concentration of food production, 43
and foodborne microbes, 1, 29, 46, 49, 99
and genetically modified products, 2, 8, 9, 43, 146, 198, 213, 214, 215, 221
“Superweeds,” 279
Supreme Beef, 104–7, 136
Supreme Court, U.S., 227, 228
Surveillance
of allergens, 173
of foodborne microbes, 37–39, 133
Sweden, 58, 113
Sweet potatoes, genetically modified, 152–53
Switzerland, 157
Syngenta, 227
Taco Bell, 2, 4, 8, 9, 13, 286, 287
Taiwan, 245, 259
Takeout foods, 43
Taylor, Michael, 81–82, 136, 205, 283, 296
“Terminator” technology, 229–30, 232, 244
Terrorism, 1, 25, 260, 263, 270–72
root causes of, 271
See also Bioterrorism; Ecoterrorism
Testing
and allergenicity, 10–11, 13, 19–20, 173, 174
and antibiotic residues in food, 199
and foodborne microbes, 80–84, 88, 89, 90, 95, 97, 102–4, 113, 121, 128, 134, 135
and genetically modified products, 2, 4, 10–11, 12, 13, 142, 166, 173, 174, 190, 191, 192, 236, 244
and mad cow disease, 254
Thailand, 114, 238
Thompson, Tommy, 295–96
Time magazine, 34, 160, 237
Tissue culture, 303, 303
Tithing program to benefit developing countries, 247
Tobacco, 60, 267
Tomatoes
genetically modified, 177, 210, 211–15, 212, 215, 220, 222, 225, 227, 303n2
and Salmonella outbreak, 286, 290
Toxins
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), 3, 6, 151, 180–81, 183, 189–91, 196, 207, 216–19, 220, 301
lectins, 186–89
tryptophan contaminated by, 185