See the article in this 75th Anniversary issue (Doc. No. D09286). Special editions - Delta Farm Press, See article in pages 2-3 of this 75th Anniversary issue (Doc. No. D09286)
20 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, This article centered on the representation of food additives as a matter of key importance to the public's conceptualization of them. Findings from a systematic qualitative study of the magazines of two Belgian consumer organizations revealed that additives were seen as providing no benefits to consumers, for they could be used to reduce the quality of both the ingredients and the production process. They were perceived as a means of deceiving the public, with portrayal of consumers as powerless in the struggle for control over the types and amounts of additives they ingested. In turn, the limitations were seen as a failure of government and scientific institutions to provide the necessary protection.
Australia: Hamlyn Australia, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25291
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, 338 pages., History of the Weekly Times newspaper at the 125th anniversary of publication (1869-1994). Cited as "Australia's biggest-selling rural weekly newspaper widely recognized as the Bible of the Bush."
