The Emerging Global Food System: Public and Private Sector Issues

Partial 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.