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Upjohn,
232

Uruguay,
237
,
239

USA Today
,
235
,
294

USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

biotechnology regulated by,
4
–5
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13
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191
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192
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195
–96,
232
–34

budget of,
59

and conflicts of interest,
63
–64,
70
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79
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84
,
291

foodborne microbes regulated by,
59
,
61
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65
–67,
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73
–76,
79
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80
–84,
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–90

with HACCP,
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–71,
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–88,
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–92,
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–97,
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–10,
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food industry’s alliance with,
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–65,
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–71,
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,
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food industry’s influence on,
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,
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,
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–80,
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–33,
289
–90

and food security,
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,
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,
269

and fragmentation of regulatory authority,
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55
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59
–61,
216

and imported foods,
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269

and inspection of industrial practices,
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–54,
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–84,
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–11,
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irradiation regulated by,
122
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123

and limitation of regulatory authority,
48
,
52
–53,
99
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101
,
105
,
123

and mad cow disease,
253
–55,
289
–90

meat processing regulated by,
52
–54,
59
,
61
,
62
–84,
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–88,
90
–92,
94
–97,
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–111,
289
–90

and nutritional recommendations,
63
–64

and organic foods,
232
–34

origin of,
63

and relations with Congress,
52
–53,
59
,
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–66,
71
–72,
91
,
94
,
95
,
101
,
107
,
123
,
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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
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n5

Value-based approach,
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20
–22,
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25
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,
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,
299

and biotechnology,
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25
,
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,
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,
162
,
170
–71,
247

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
252
–53,
255

Vatican,
170

Veal,
103

Vegetables,
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–30,
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Veneman, Ann,
65
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136

Veterinary medicine,
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54
,
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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
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,
147
,
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–57,
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–65,
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n5,
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n26

Voluntary adherence to food-safety practices,
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–90,
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Wallace, Henry,
174

Wall Street Journal
,
123

Walmart,
280

Walsh, James,
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,
94

Wambugu, Florence,
152

Warning labels,
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–67,
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–99,
218
,
293
,
309
n1

See also
Safe handling labels

Washing,
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36
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41
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42
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49
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75
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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,
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,
54
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55
,
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n40

Wine,
35
,
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Wingspread statement,
23

Workforce of food industry,
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–31,
43
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49
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64
,
117
–18,
120
,
126

World Cancer Research Fund,
309
n1

World Food Programme,
261
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262

World Trade Organization (WTO),
116
,
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–37,
239
,
243

X-rays,
121

Yeast,
35

Yersinia
,
36
,
40

Yogurt,
35

Zeneca,
8
,
214
,
227

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