food safety, Consumer concerns about food safety span the issues of pesticide and herbicide residues on agricultural products, additives and preservatives used in food processing, and antibiotics and hormones used in livestock feed. Apprehension about food safety seems to be on the rise. Yet, consumer information has not kept pace. California's Proposition 65, passed in November 1986, requires food labels to note toxic chemicals and is one example of how consumers are seeking to ameliorate this situation. It may be time to permit individual consumers to decide how much toxins they want to consume, i.e., permit the marketing of food products containing a range of toxins so long as the foods are labeled to indicate the level of "health hazard" associated with the toxins the food contains. The "health hazard" displayed on food labels might be calculated like statisticians determine the health hazards associated with automobiles. (original)
USA: University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23682
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California Studies in Food and Culture. 457 pages., Nutritionist examines "what I see as a central contradiction between nutrition theory and practice."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07119
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food safety, James F. Evans Collection, Washington, DC: National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future, 1990. (Discussion paper No. FAP90-06a) 20 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C07058
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James F. Evans Collection, Washington, D.C.: National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future, 1990. Discussion paper FAP90-05(b). 25 p., This paper examines food safety, public policy, and some contributions that economists can make in improving both. Recent food safety cases are reviewed, major proposed legislation is outlined, and six distinguishing characteristics and dilemmas of current U.S. food safety policy problems are discussed along with past and still needed contributions from economists. (original)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07112
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food irradiation; food safety, James F. Evans Collection, In: Charles W. Felix (ed), Food Protection Technology. Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publishers, Inc., 1987. p. 55-60
