Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety (71 page)

corporate resistance to,
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as pesticides,
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as pests,
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public benefits of,
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and StarLink corn affair,
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testing of,
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transportation of,
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See also
Biotechnology;
names of specific crops

Genetic code,
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See also
DNA

GeneticID,
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Genetic “pollution,”
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and accidental dissemination of transgenes,
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Geneva Convention,
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Georgia’s Nut company,
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Gerber’s baby food,
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Germany,
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Giardia lamblia
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Giddings, Val,
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Glickman, Dan,
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Globalization,
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Golden Rice,
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Good manufacturing practices (GMPs),
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Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA),
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Grains,
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See also names of specific grains

Great Britain,
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foot-and-mouth disease in,
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mad cow disease in,
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Greece,
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Greenberg, Daniel,
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Greenpeace,
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Grocery Manufacturers of America,
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Groth, Edward,
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Growth hormones,
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Gruma S. A.,
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Guatemala,
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Guillain-Barré syndrome,
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Gummer, John,
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Haas, Ellen,
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HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point),
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and congressional action,
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criticized by consumer groups,
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criticized by government officials,
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and economic factors,
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FDA’s implementation of,
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food industry’s control of,
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food industry’s resistance to,
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food industry’s support for,
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and HACCP-based inspection models,
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and paperwork,
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and pathogen reduction,
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and science-based approach,
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and testing for pathogens,
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USDA’s implementation of,
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voluntary implementation of,
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Hallmark/Westland corporation,
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Hamburger,
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Handler, Philip,
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Hand washing,
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Harassment of government inspectors,
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Harkin, Tom,
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Harris poll,
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Harvard Center for Risk Analysis,
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Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of (DHHS),
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Health insurance,
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Hearn, Lafcadio,
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Heart disease,
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Heating, microbes controlled by,
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See also
Cooking; Pasteurization

Heinz baby food,
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome,
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Henderson, Donald,
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Henney, Jane,
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Hepatitis A,
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Herbicides,
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Hershey corporation,
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Hill, James,
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Hoechst,
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Hollander, Nicole,
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Home, food prepared in,
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Homeland security,
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See also
Office of Homeland Security

Horton, Richard,
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Hospitalizations caused by foodborne microbes,
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Hot dogs,
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Hudson Foods,
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Human rights,
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Hungary,
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Hunger, worldwide problem of,
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IBP corporation,
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Iceberg lettuce,
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Ice cream,
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Illinois Beef Forum,
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Illnesses caused by foodborne microbes

and bioterrorism,
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costs of,
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and demographic factors,
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and dietary preferences,
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linked to food processing practices,
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linked to food production practices,
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number of,
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organisms identified in,
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outbreaks of,
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surveillance of,
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See also
Food poisoning

Immigrants,
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Immune system,
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Importation of food,
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India,
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Individualism,
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Individual rights,
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Infants

harmed by foodborne microbes,
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mortality rate of,
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Influenza,
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Insecticides.
See
Pesticides

Inspection, government,
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and bribery of inspectors,
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discretionary,
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and HACCP,
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and harassment of inspectors,
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of imported foods,
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