Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: C24782
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Meatingplace.com via Food Safety Network, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 2 pages., Calls for efforts to educate the media and public about the how and why of reproductive cloning.
Among other findings, this study revealed "that public education efforts by an individual grocery story chain can have an important effect on knowledge of irradiated food."
ACDC has abstract, Findings reveal that consumer interest is generally low for traceability, moderate for origin and high for direct indications of quality like a quality guarantee seal or expiration date.
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)
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.
Radhakrishnan, Bharathi (author / ABC News Medical Unit)
Format:
News article
Publication Date:
2006-06-14
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24247
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Retrieved June 16, 2006, Via ABC News. 2 pages., A lawsuit by the Center for Science in the Public Interest against KFC for fat levels in fried chicken raises questions about limitations on what Americans eat and about appropriateness of "press conference" law suits meant to attract media attention. Cites results of a nonscientific survey on ABCNEWS.com.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C24073
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From Meatingplace.com via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Author suggests that the meat industry can learn lessons in marketing communication from the cotton industry.
Five core values cited: respect for each discussion partner, context sensitivity, respect for arguments including emotions, shared picture of the situation and relating theory to practice.
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.
Examines controversy over the use of carbon monoxide as a "pigment fixative" for meat - to keep "the product's pink and rosy color in an effort to make it look fresh even as it approaches, or even passes, its expiration date."
International: Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25577
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153 pages., Comprehensive analysis that involved more than 150 industry, government and academic leaders involved in animal agriculture in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
5 pages., Reactions from researchers about consumer acceptance of cultured or in vitro meat. "Their goal is to develop an industrial version of the process in five years."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23820
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Meatingplace.com via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Summarizes new research by the American Meat Institute and the Food Marketing Institute about factors influencing shoppers' meat purchases.
Soule, Alexander (author / Boston Business Journal)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2006-03-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23752
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Boston Business Journal via MSNBC.com. 2 pages., A firm is "developing food labels that change color to signal the freshness of packaged meat in the local supermarket, detecting spoilage right through the wrap."
Addresses consumer concerns about the safety and freshness of meat after the Washington Post reported that a growing proportion of prepackaged meats in the United States are "spiked with carbon monoxide - a gas that keeps even rotten meat looking red and fresh."
Author questions the value of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and identifies ways in which it threatens the traditional freedoms associated with the rural way of life.
Miraldi, Robert (author) and Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24428
Notes:
Retrieved July 7, 2006, 2 pages., Comments on the high cost Oprah Winfrey incurred in defending against the defamation suit by beef interests. "When an industry can haul a speaker into court for merely discussing food safety, the result, inevitably, is silence of the next speaker."
