Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety (76 page)

Schlosser, Eric,
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School lunch programs,
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Science
(scientific journal),
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Science-based approach

activists’ use of,
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and allergenicity,
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and antibiotic-resistant bacteria,
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corporate use of,
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and cost-benefit analysis,
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and economic self-interest,
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and government regulation,
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and government-sponsored safety campaigns,
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and HACCP,
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and international trade,
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and interpretation,
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and irradiation,
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and journalism,
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and objectivity,
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and pharmaceutical industry,
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politics of,
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and probability,
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and risk assessment

of biotechnology,
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of foodborne microbes,
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and “two-culture” problem,
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value-laden aspects of,
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Scientific Advisory Panel.
See under
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Scientific American,
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Scientific method,
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Scrapie,
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Seafood,
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Seeds,
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Segregation of crops,
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Setton Pistachio company,
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Shakespeare, William,
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Sheep,
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Shelley, Mary,
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Shellfish,
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Shigella
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Showa Denko,
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Sierra Club,
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Sierra
magazine,
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Sinclair, Upton, vii,
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Single food agency, proposal for

and ensuring food security,
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and reorganization of government oversight,
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Slaughter

of cattle,
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of chickens and turkeys,
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of hogs and pigs,
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Slovic, Paul,
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Slow Food,
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Smallpox,
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Snow, C. P.,
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Social relations

and biotechnology,
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and cattle diseases,
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and food consumption,
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and food-industry workforce,
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and growth hormones,
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and irradiation,
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and malnutrition,
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and poverty,
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and reductionism,
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and spread of foodborne illnesses,
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and terrorism,
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Socrates,
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Soil ecology,
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Soups,
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Soviet Union,
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Soybeans, genetically modified,
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Spain,
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Species jumps,
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Spinach,
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per capita
use of,
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Spiritas, Steve,
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Spongiform encephalopathy,
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See also
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Mad cow disease

Sri Lanka,
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Staphylococcus
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StarLink corn,
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State Department, U.S.,
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State government

and antibiotic-resistant bacteria,
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and foodborne microbes,
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and fragmentation of regulatory authority,
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and genetically modified products,
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and inspection of industrial practices,
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Steiner, Peter,
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Stillbirth,
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Storage,
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Substantial equivalence,
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Sugar,
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Supermarkets

and concentration of food production,
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and foodborne microbes,
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and genetically modified products,
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“Superweeds,”
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Supreme Beef,
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Supreme Court, U.S.,
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Surveillance

of allergens,
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of foodborne microbes,
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Sweden,
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Sweet potatoes, genetically modified,
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Switzerland,
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Syngenta,
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Taco Bell,
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Taiwan,
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Takeout foods,
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Taylor, Michael,
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“Terminator” technology,
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Terrorism,
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root causes of,
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See also
Bioterrorism; Ecoterrorism

Testing

and allergenicity,
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and antibiotic residues in food,
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and foodborne microbes,
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and mad cow disease,
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Thailand,
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Thompson, Tommy,
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Time
magazine,
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Tissue culture,
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Tithing program to benefit developing countries,
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Tobacco,
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Tomatoes

genetically modified,
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Salmonella
outbreak,
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Toxins

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
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lectins,
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tryptophan contaminated by,
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Toxoplasma gondii
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Traceability,
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Transportation

of food,
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of radioactive materials,
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Treasury, U.S. Department of the,
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Trichinosis,
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Tricon Global,
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Trudeau, Garry,
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Tryptophan,
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Tufts University conference on biotechnology,
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Turkeys.
See
Poultry

Turning Point Project,
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“Two-culture” problem,
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Typhoid fever,
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Tyson Foods,
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Uncooked food.
See
Raw food

Union of Concerned Scientists,
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United Kingdom.
See
Great Britain

United Nations,
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Universal Declaration on Human Rights,
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University of California at Berkeley,
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corporate control of plant biology at,
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