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2. Is the future of meat palatable? Perceptions of in vitro meat as evidenced by online news comments
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Laestadius, L. (author) and Caldwell, Mark (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-03-15
- Published:
- United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Box 204 Document Number: D12466
- Journal Title:
- Public Health Nutrition
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 18, Issue 13
- Notes:
- 11 pages., Objective To understand current public perceptions of in vitro meat (IVM) in light of its potential to be a more environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional meat. Design A qualitative content analysis of the comments made on online news articles highlighting the development of IVM and the world’s first IVM hamburger in August 2013. Setting News article comment sections across seven US-based online news sources (The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Cable News Network and National Public Radio). Subjects Four hundred and sixty-two commenters who made eight hundred and fourteen publicly available online comments addressing IVM. Results Key themes in commenter perceptions of IVM included environmental and public health benefits, but also negative themes such as IVM’s status as an unnatural and unappealing food. Overall, the tone of comments was more negative than positive.
3. Opportunities to address the failure of online food retailers to ensure access to required food labelling information in the USA
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Pomeranz, Jennifer L (author), Cash, Sean B (author), Springer, Morgan (author), Del Giudice, Inés M (author), and Mozaffarian, Dariush (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-24
- Published:
- UK: Cambridge University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12843
- Journal Title:
- Public Health Nutrition
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 25, Iss. 5
- Notes:
- 9 pages, The rapid growth in web-based grocery food purchasing has outpaced federal regulatory attention to the online provision of nutrition and allergen information historically required on food product labels. We sought to characterise the extent and variability that online retailers disclose required and regulated information and identify the legal authorities for the federal government to require online food retailers to disclose such information.