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.
Macdonald, June Fessenden, ed. (author / National Agricultural Biotechnology Council)
Format:
Conference proceedings
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06599
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection; see also c06114, c06115, and c06600; Proceedings of papers presented at the Third Annual National Agricultural Biotechnology Council Meeting, Ithaca, NY : National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 1991. 307 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26955
Notes:
Online from V-Fluence web site via PR Reporter. 3 pages., "Words like 'frankenfoods' and 'genetic engineering' scare consumers and deny them the facts about agricultural biotechnology and food safety, the author writes."
