Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24237
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From the New York Times via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Cites examples of cooperation between the Environmental Defense Fund and private firms in the food industry, chemical industry and others.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: C27548
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Via AgEcon Search. Presented at the International Association of Agricultural Economicsts Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, August 12-18, 2006. 17 pages.
Reports on a court action requiring the USDA to release information identifying persons with whom officials met before they loosened rules on testing meat for deadly bacteria. "The agency did an about-face on the Listeria regulations, and the Consumer Federation of America suspected the change was due to ex parte communications with industry representatives from the meat and poultry industries, CFA lawyer Jillian M. Cutler told the RCFP." (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)
