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Bureaucracy, Bacteria, And Blame: Risk Based Inspection Systems And The Modern Food Saftey Scheme, Educating Americans To Just Do It Well Done, Heather N. Sutton
Bureaucracy, Bacteria, And Blame: Risk Based Inspection Systems And The Modern Food Saftey Scheme, Educating Americans To Just Do It Well Done, Heather N. Sutton
Heather N. Sutton
This comment focuses on the recent implementation of the risk based inspection system (RBIS) by the United States Department of Agriculture. A discussion of food safety evolution and consideration of the impact of the system, pre-RBIS and post-RBIS, concludes that consumer savviness is not adequately taken into account and that education as to food safety and risk is the most efficient and necessary component to government efforts to address consumer health as related to food consumption.
Loco Labels And Marketing Madness: Improving How Consumers Interpret Information In The American Food Economy, Margaret Sova Mccabe
Loco Labels And Marketing Madness: Improving How Consumers Interpret Information In The American Food Economy, Margaret Sova Mccabe
Margaret Sova McCabe
America's current food labeling scheme, as illustrated by the example of salt, is flawed when examined from the consumer and public health perspective. While the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act has sound scientific standards, those standards as currently applied to labels do not efficiently signal health information to consumers. Without better information on labels, consumers will continue to make poor choices at the grocery store. However, there are promising new ways to label. Both the United Kingdom and the domestic supermarket chain Hannaford’s have implemented simple health labeling on food packaging or grocery shelves to improve the amount and location …
The Last Stand Of The Wild West: Twenty-First Century Water Wars In Southern California, Shannon M. Baker-Branstetter
The Last Stand Of The Wild West: Twenty-First Century Water Wars In Southern California, Shannon M. Baker-Branstetter
Shannon M Baker-Branstetter
In 2003, the Imperial Irrigation District of California agreed to transfer water from rural Imperial County to urban Southern California cities as part of a quantitative settlement agreement (QSA). The Colorado River water that the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) transferred to the wealthy coastal cities was held in trust for the residents of the Imperial Valley, the poorest county in the State. The following paper asserts that the IID Board of Directors breached its trust to the residents and farmers of Imperial County when it sold water rights to municipal districts in Southern California, thus acerbating the poor economic conditions …
Advancing Freshwater Conservation In The Context Of Energy And Climate Policy: Assessing Progress And Identifying Challenges In The Western United States, Adell L. Amos
Adell L. Amos
This article critically evaluates freshwater conservation efforts in light of energy and climate policy in the western United States. Many, if not all, governmental entities today are facing tough and controversial questions involving energy demand and consumption. In the western United States, these energy questions are often inextricably linked to water resource availability and demand issues. With increased population and development pressure the challenges involving energy and water are likely to increase. Moreover, as the impacts from changes to climate and weather patterns increase various areas of the country will see changes to precipitation patterns, increased drought cycles, increased storm …
A Meating Of The Minds: Possible Pitfalls And Benefits Of Certified Organic Livestock Production And The Prodigious Potential Of Brazil, Adam C. Schlosser
A Meating Of The Minds: Possible Pitfalls And Benefits Of Certified Organic Livestock Production And The Prodigious Potential Of Brazil, Adam C. Schlosser
Adam C. Schlosser
Certified organic food represents the fastest growing segment of food production in both the United States and throughout the entire world. This article examines the issues and opportunities facing both large and small scale farmers wishing to engage in organic livestock production. Organic regulations cover everything involved in production, starting with the organic certification process and concluding with slaughter and the subsequent shipping and sale of the end organic product. The final section of this article addresses the unique ability of Brazil – described alternatively as “the world’s warehouse” and the “world’s [future] source of food” – to increase the …