Description
Book SynopsisRepresenting the proceedings of the 2nd Ceres Conference on Food and Nutrition, held in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, USA in 1991, this volume discusses such topics as the international regulation of food, the acceptance of bioengineered food and international tariffs for food products.
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
THE ROLE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CHANGING THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM (R.Goldberg).
The Paradox of Need vs.
Overabundance (J. Taylor).
REGULATING THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM: HARMONIZATION AND HURDLES (C.Jackson).
Regulating Biotechnological Products (R. Tsugawa).
INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL FOOD ISSUES.
Changes in the European Common Agricultural Policy (R.Jackson).
DIET AND CANCER: THE POLITICS OF RISK COMMUNICATION (D.Nelkin).
Nutrition and Cancer: An Historical Scientific Perspective (J.Higginson).
RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK PERCEPTION.
Food Safety as an Element of Risk Assessment and Management (D.Bromley).
THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM: INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVES.
Government Regulation of Health Messages (A. Langbo).
THE EMERGING GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM: CONCLUSIONS (G. Gaull & R.Goldberg).
Biographies of Contributors.
Identities of Discussants.
Index.
