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Tainted: Food, Identity, And The Search For Dignitary Redress, Melissa Mortazavi
Tainted: Food, Identity, And The Search For Dignitary Redress, Melissa Mortazavi
Brooklyn Law Review
The law recognizes a right to legal redress for exposure to food that is tainted in the sense of being toxic or poisonous, but what about exposure to food products individuals find socially, morally, or religiously repugnant? Jews eating “kosher” hot dogs containing standard non-kosher meats. Vegetarians fed beef. Muslims ingesting vitamins containing pork. Aren’t these food products also “tainted”? Despite the fact that the American legal system has long recognized the need to protect individual dignitary rights, the law provides little meaningful redress in these situations or other instances of offensive food taint. So why has food autonomy, an …