Safe Food_ Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism - Marion Nestle [231]
Toxoplasma gondii, 36
Traceability, 239, 246, 247, 253, 268, 273
Transportation
of food, 6, 43, 44, 45, 196, 214, 239
of radioactive materials, 126
Treasury, U.S. Department of the, 53, 56
Trichinosis, 52
Tricon Global, 8
Trudeau, Garry, 92, 93
Tryptophan, 185–86
Tufts University conference on biotechnology, 139–40, 152, 160
Turkeys. See Poultry
Turning Point Project, 243
“Two-culture” problem, 17–18
Typhoid fever, 28, 33
Tyson Foods, 44, 79–80, 101, 259
Uncooked food. See Raw food
Union of Concerned Scientists, 241
United Kingdom. See Great Britain
United Nations, 115, 116, 138, 236, 239, 260, 261
Universal Declaration on Human Rights, 260
University of California at Berkeley, 279
corporate control of plant biology at, 235, 244
Upjohn, 232
Uruguay, 237, 239
USA Today, 235, 294
USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
biotechnology regulated by, 4–5, 11, 12, 13, 191, 192, 195–96, 232–34
budget of, 59
and conflicts of interest, 63–64, 70, 79, 84, 291
foodborne microbes regulated by, 59, 61, 62, 65–67, 70, 71, 73–76, 79, 80–84, 284, 289–90
with HACCP, 63, 67–71, 75, 75, 76, 81, 84, 86–88, 89, 90–92, 94–97, 104–10, 205
food industry’s alliance with, 54, 63, 64–65, 66, 67, 70–71, 74, 84, 196, 289, 294
food industry’s influence on, 76, 77, 79–80, 232–33, 289–90
and food security, 264, 265, 269
and fragmentation of regulatory authority, 30, 48, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 57, 58, 59–61, 216
and imported foods, 114, 269
and inspection of industrial practices, 50, 52–54, 56, 57, 59, 65–66, 68–69, 70, 71–72, 73, 74, 79, 80–84, 87, 100, 101, 107–11, 289, 294
irradiation regulated by, 122, 123
and limitation of regulatory authority, 48, 52–53, 99, 101, 105, 123
and mad cow disease, 253–55, 289–90
meat processing regulated by, 52–54, 59, 61, 62–84, 86–88, 90–92, 94–97, 99–111, 289–90
and nutritional recommendations, 63–64
and organic foods, 232–34
origin of, 63
and relations with Congress, 52–53, 59, 63–66, 71–72, 91, 94, 95, 101, 107, 123, 265
and reorganization of safety oversight, 131–36
and responsibility, 66, 70, 73, 75, 129
and safe handling labels, 66, 76–78, 78
and safety education campaigns, 118–20, 119
and safety recommendations, 75, 118–20, 119
and “terminator” genes, 229, 230
and testing of industrial products, 80–84, 95, 97, 99, 102–4, 134, 135
Vaccines, 147, 256, 272
Value-added foods, 149, 303n5
Value-based approach, 17, 18, 20–22, 23, 25, 126, 128, 129, 281, 299
and biotechnology, 21, 25, 141, 142, 162, 170–71, 247
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 252–53, 255
Vatican, 170
Veal, 103
Vegetables, 29–30, 31, 39, 40, 42, 44, 48, 55, 56, 59, 98, 99, 113, 114, 157, 165
Veneman, Ann, 65, 134, 136
Veterinary medicine, 52, 54, 147, 200, 250, 252, 257
Vibrio, 36, 40, 114, 282–83
Vinegar, 35
Violence against government inspectors, 28, 72, 110–11
Viruses
foodborne, 28, 35, 36, 37
genetically modified, 139
Vitamins, 142, 143, 147, 151, 153, 156–57, 158, 159, 160, 162–65, 176, 265, 279, 325n5, 327n26
Voluntary adherence to food-safety practices, 38, 50, 53, 54, 56, 89–90, 91, 97, 100, 105, 175, 204, 209, 225, 283, 284, 285, 291, 293, 297
Wallace, Henry, 174
Wall Street Journal, 123
Walmart, 280
Walsh, James, 92, 94
Wambugu, Florence, 152
Warning labels, 66–67, 98–99, 218, 293, 309n1
See also Safe handling labels
Washing, 1, 36, 41, 42, 49, 75, 117, 119, 120
Washington Post, 2
Water
arsenic in, 136
chlorination of, 28, 33, 42, 48
pathogens transmitted by, 38, 41, 130, 165, 271
Waters, Alice, 277
Weapons of mass destruction, 265
Weeds, 180–81, 183, 184, 216, 221, 230, 265, 279
WestCo Fruit and Nut company, 291
Western Family Foods, 8
Weston Price Foundation, 281–82
What to Eat (Nestle), vii, 278
Wheat, 146, 172, 278
Whelan, Elizabeth, 24, 123
Whistle-blowers, 72, 74, 202
White House
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 96
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), 12, 192, 195
Whitten, Jamie, 64
Whole Foods, 280
Wildavsky, Aaron, 20, 268
Wiley, Harvey, 50, 54, 55, 312n40
Wine, 35, 56
Wingspread statement, 23
Workforce of food industry,