Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety (72 page)

and testing for microbial pathogens,
80
–84,
88
,
89
,
90
,
92
,
95
,
97
,
99
,
102
–4,
121
,
134
,
135
,
136

and violence against inspectors,
28
,
72
,
110
–12

Institute of Food Technologists,
217

Institute of Medicine (IOM),
38

Insulin, genetically engineered,
196
–97

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1),
199
,
205

Intellectual property rights,
143
,
159
,
160
,
226
–29

International Food Information Council (IFIC),
167
,
169

International Forum on Globalization,
241

International trade,
113
–17,
236
–40

and cattle diseases,
250
,
252
,
253
,
255
,
256
,
257

and corporate ownership,
3
,
6
,
7
–8
,
11

and foodborne microbes,
48
,
114
–16,
138

and food safety standards,
48
,
50
,
114
,
115
,
116
,
137
–38

and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade),
237

and genetically modified products,
2
,
3
,
4
–5
,
6
,
7
–8
,
9
,
11
,
23
,
138
,
224
,
235
,
236
–40,
238
,
245
–46

and globalization,
44
,
114
,
137
–38,
143
,
220
,
236
–40

and growth hormones,
23
,
237

and meat processing,
50

and NAFTA,
234
–35

and political relations,
48
,
115
,
116
–17,
137
–38

and right of equivalency,
114
,
115

and World Trade Organization (WTO),
116
,
236
–37,
239

International treaties,
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–35,
237
,
273
,
274

Internet,
165
,
168
,
191
,
202
,
233
,
235
,
241
,
266
,
347
n56

Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC),
282
–83

Iran,
239

Iraq,
277

Ireland,
138

Irradiation of food,
21
,
74
,
112
,
113
,
121
–26,
136
,
233

Irrationalism,
22
,
140
,
142

Isomedix,
122
–23

Italy,
128
,
238
,
253
,
280

Jack in the Box,
73
–74,
76
,
77
,
130

Japan,
4
–5
,
8
,
9
,
12
,
185
–86,
234
,
237
,
238
,
245
,
253
,
255

John Paul II,
170

Joint ventures,
3
,
7
–8

Jones, Delmer,
72

Journalism

and foodborne microbes,
34
,
134
–35,
135

food industry’s influence on,
202

and genetically modified products,
187
,
191
,
240

and growth hormones,
202

and meat processing,
50
,
134
–35,
135

and science-based approach,
1

Journal of Rheumatology
,
186

Journal of the American Dietetic Association
,
165

The Jungle
(Sinclair), vii,
50
–52,
137

Justice Department, U.S.,
232

Kanamycin,
177
–78,
212

Keene, William,
127

Kellogg,
4
–5

Kentucky Fried Chicken,
8

Kenya,
151
–52

Kessler, David,
21
,
34
,
114
,
131
,
201
,
207

Kidney damage,
36
,
41

King & Spalding law firm,
204
,
205
,
335
n29

King Nut Companies,
291

Koch, Robert,
257
,
344
n23

Koch’s postulates,
257
,
344
n23

Korea,
4
,
12

Kraft Foods,
4
,
8
,
9
,
292
–93

Kucinich, Dennis,
223

Kuru,
342
n4

Labeling

of genetically modified products,
4
,
13
,
14
,
16
,
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,
141
,
142
,
143
,
145
,
169
,
174
–75,
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,
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–98,
202
–6,
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,
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,
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,
214
,
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,
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,
222
–26,
224
,
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,
234
,
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,
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,
239
–40,
242
,
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,
244
,
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,
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,
273
,
274
,
280
–81

of irradiated foods,
122
,
123
,
124
,
125

of pesticides,
218

required by Pure Food and Drugs Act,
53

for safe handling of meat,
66
–67,
76
–78,
78

Labor, Department of, U.S.,
53

Labor relations,
30
–31,
43
,
49
,
64
,
117
–18,
120
,
126
,
236
,
237

Lamb,
62
,
123
,
124

Lancet
,
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–89,
253
,
271

Landraces,
232
,
234

Leahy, Patrick,
71

Lectins,
186
–89,
192

Legal proceedings

and biotechnology,
5
,
9
,
14
,
16
,
141
,
186
,
200
,
202
,
203
,
209
,
228
,
232
,
244

and corporate resistance to regulation,
27
–28,
29
,
53
–54,
67
,
77
,
82
–83,
104
–7

and foodborne microbes,
27
–28,
29
,
39
,
66
–67,
76
,
77
,
98
,
101
,
104
–10,
113
,
129
–30,
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,
288
,
290

initiated by food industry,
27
–28,
54
,
77
,
82
–83,
104
–10,
203
,
228

initiated by government agencies,
53
,
101

initiated by government employees,
108

initiated by public-interest groups,
16
,
66
,
76
,
108
,
244

and investigative journalism,
202

and lawsuits,
5
,
9
,
14
,
16
,
54
,
76
,
77
,
82
–83,
108
,
130
,
141
,
186
,
200
,
202
,
203
,
205
,
209
,
228
,
232
,
244
,
288
,
290

and safe handling labels,
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–67,
76
,
77
,
83

Leonard, Rodney,
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,
124
,
126
,
132

Lettuce,
39
,
57
,
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,
286
,
287

Lewinsky, Monica,
103

Lewis, Paul,
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n2

Lewontin, Richard,
241

Liability,
29
,
30
,
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,
99
,
112
,
113
,
129
,
130
,
186

Libya,
239

Listeria
,
36
,
40
,
87
,
103
,
127
,
129
,
134

Liver damage,
36

Lobbying

by food industry,
12
,
25
,
27
,
60
,
62
,
64
,
65
,
71
,
79
,
80
,
91
,
118
,
201
,
212
,
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,
270

by pharmaceutical industry,
46

Localized systems of food production,
43
,
54
,
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Luxembourg,
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,
278

Mad cow disease,
25
,
135
,
138
,
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,
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,
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,
250
–55,
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,
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,
290

See also
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

human variant of,
252
–53,
255

See also
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Maize,
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,
232
,
234

Major, John,
252

Malaysia,
237

Malnutrition,
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,
142
,
146
–47,
149
,
151
–52,
261
,
271
,
280
,
280

and vitamin A deficiency,
159
,
162
–65

Manure.
See
Fertilizer

Markers, genetic,
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–79,
212
,
213
,
227
,
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,
238
,
302
,
302
,
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n1

Marketing,
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,
16
,
44
,
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,
70
,
84
,
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,
211
,
214
,
215
,
222
,
322
n23

See also
Advertising

Marler, Bill,
285
,
293
–94

Martineau, Belinda,
212
,
213

Mastitis,
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,
200
,
202

McDonald’s restaurants,
245
,
253
,
259
,
280
–81

McGovern, George,
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Meat-and-bone meal supplement,
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–55

Meat Inspection Act,
50
–54,
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,
79
,
81
,
100
,
102
,
108
,
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n42

Meat processing

and concentration of production,
44
,
45

government inspection of,
50
–54,
59
,
65
–66,
68
–69,
70
,
71
–72,
73
,
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,
79
,
80
–84,
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,
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,
100
–101,
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–11,
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,
136
,
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–90

government regulation of,
50
–54,
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,
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,
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,
65
–67,
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–76,
80
–84,
283

by HACCP,
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,
67
–71,
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,
69
,
75
,
75
,
76
,
81
,
84
–85,
86
–88,
90
–91,
94
–99,
104
–10,
112

and irradiation,
122
–26,
136

and rendering,
251
,
252

and reworking of leftover meat,
100

See also
Beef industry; Poultry industry

Media.
See
Journalism

Melamine,
286
,
288

Meningitis,
36
,
40

Menu Foods,
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,
287
–88