The Meaty Truth (33 page)

costs,
122
,
128

deaths of,
14
,
18
,
138
,
144

deforestation and,
140
–
41

dioxins in,
68

HCAs in,
41

manure deaths,
18
,
23
–
24
,
26
–
27

Pfisteria piscicida
,
27
–
28

flatulence,
145
–
46

flavorings,
55
–
56

Fleming,
67

Food and Drug Administration.
see
FDA

food pyramids,
47
–
48

The Food Revolution
(Robbins),
103

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS),
76

Food Safety Enhancement Act,
89

Food Safety Modernization Act,
87
,
110

fossil fuel,
144
–
45

Foster Farms,
60
–
61
,
81

Framingham Heart Study,
38

free radicals,
152

freedom of speech,
116
–
19

Frieden, Tom,
126

Friedlander, Lester,
108

FSIS (Food Safety and Inspection Service),
76

FTC (Federal Trade Commission),
98

fuel,
144
–
45

G

Gaibler, Floyd,
114

GAO (Government Accountability Office),
88
,
89

garlic,
152
–
53

GD Searle & Co,
114

General Mills,
48

GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration),
5

glyphosate,
55

Government Accountability Office.
see
GAO

Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA),
5

grains, animal feed,
6
–
7
,
83
,
139
–
140
,
141
–
42

grass,
6
–
7

Green Juice recipe,
162
–
63

Greger, Michael,
78

Griffin, Patricia,
72
–
73

growth hormones,
7
,
11
–
12
,
94
–
95

Guillain-Barré syndrome,
82
–
83

Gulf of Mexico,
23
,
28

Gurian-Sherman, Doug,
130

gutting,
85
–
86

H

H1N1.
see
swine flu

HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) program,
61
,
88
,
107

HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project (HIMP),
88

Hagen, Elizabeth,
53

Harkin, Tom,
89

Harvard University,
36
,
40
,
43
,
48
,
99
,
103

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point program.
see
HACCP

HCAs (heterocyclic amines),
41

health care costs,
124
–
26

heart disease,
37
–
39
,
99
–
100

hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS),
75

herbicides,
83
,
144

herbs,
152
–
53

heterocyclic amines (HCAs),
41

HIMP (HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project),
88

Hodges, James,
77
–
78

Humane Farm Animal Care label,
153

hunger,
141
–
42

HUS (hemolytic-uremic syndrome),
75

hydrogen sulfide,
16

hypobromous acid,
55

I

IBP,
85
–
86

IBS (irritable bowl syndrome),
80

IDSA (Infectious Diseases Society of America),
59

IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor 1),
41
,
94
,
96

Illinois River,
22

India,
138

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA),
59

insecticides,
83

Inskeep, Dave,
24

insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1),
41
,
94
,
96

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
137
,
138

International Journal of Health Services,
96

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund,
25

irritable bowl syndrome (IBS),
80

J

Jack in the Box,
75
–
76

Japan,
46
,
108

JBS,
3

job creation,
131
–
32

Johanns v. Livestock Marketing
,
127
–
28

Johns Hopkins University,
67
,
104

Juice, Green, recipe,
162
–
63

The Jungle
(Sinclair),
87

K

kale,
103
,
152

Kellogg’s,
48

Kelly, Gordon,
22

Kentucky Fried Chicken,
9

Keon, Joseph,
103

L

lactose intolerance,
43
,
99

lagoons.
see
manure, lagoons

Land O’Lakes,
113

legislation,
156
–
58

“Let’s Move” program,
42

libel laws,
6
,
47
,
118

Lincoln, Abraham,
105

Listeria
,
125

“Livestock’s Long Shadow” (UN study),
26

lobbyists

agribusiness, Congressional,
111
–
13

agribusiness, antitrust evasion,
4
,
5

dioxin report, blocking,
69

meat and dairy, dietary guidelines,
46
–
50

Loma Linda, California,
46

Lucas, Frank,
112

lunch recipes

burritos,
165

salad,
164
–
65

sandwiches,
165
–
66

M

Macaroon recipe,
173

mad cow disease,
84
,
107
–
8
,
115

manure.
see also
feces

air sprinklers,
19

amount produced,
15

antibiotics in,
59

Clean Water Act,
30
–
31

dead zones in oceans,
28
–
29

environmental costs,
129
,
132
–
33

factory farms,
15

in feed,
83

food recalls and,
86
–
87

health problems from,
19
–
20
,
77

lagoons,
15
–
16
,
20
–
21
,
146

land application,
17
–
19

leaks,
20
–
21

Pfisteria piscicida
outbreak,
27
–
28

pollution from,
25
–
27

regulations, lax,
20

in slaughterhouses,
85
–
86

spills,
23
–
25

toxins in,
16
–
17

unregulated,
17

water contamination,
18
–
19
,
21
–
22
,
25
–
26
,
29

marketing,
126
–
28

Marshall Islands,
45
–
46

Martin, Pamela,
145

The Maschhoffs,
25

mastitis,
11
–
12
,
94

McDonald’s,
8

McGovern, George,
46

meat.
see also
chickens; cows; fish; pigs

cancer,
40
–
41

consumption of,
150

costs, external,
121
–
23
,
123
–
24
,
133
–
35

diabetes,
43

dioxins in,
68

environmental impact,
138

fuel consumption,
144
–
45

heart disease,
38
,
39

inflammatory,
35

lobbyists,
46
–
50

longevity and,
46

marketing,
126
–
28

obesity,
45

substitutes,
153

unnecessary, nutritionally,
34
–
37

water depletion,
143

Meat Inspection Act,
87

Meat Institute, American,
5

methane,
145
–
46

milk.
see also
dairy

antibiotics in,
94
–
95

factory farms, cow’s treatment in,
11
–
12

growth hormones,
94
–
95

IGF-1 in,
96

pus in,
92
–
93

subsidies,
96
–
97

Milk Income Loss Contract Program,
97

Milk Producers Federation, National,
112

Milk: The Deadly Poison
(Cohen),
103

Miller, Gregory,
47

Miller, Margaret,
115

Minnesota,
108

Mississippi River,
28
–
29

monopolies,
4
–
6

monosodium glutamate (MSG),
40
,
54

Monsanto

lobbying efforts,
111
,
113

rGBH,
94
,
95
,
96

USDA influence,
47
,
114
–
15

Moore, Dale,
114

MRSA,
63

MSG (monosodium glutamate),
40
,
54

Mushroom Pecan Burgers recipe,
170
–
71

mustard greens,
152

MyPlate,
47

N

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association,
48
,
112
,
114
,
126
–
27

National Cheese Institute,
114

National Chicken Council,
69
,
128
–
29

National Dairy Council,
48
,
99
,
102

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board,
127

National Milk Producers Federation,
112

National Pork Producers Council,
63
,
112

National Resources Defense Council,
26

National School Lunch Program.
see
school lunches

National Turkey Federation,
113

natural flavorings,
55
–
56

NCBA.
see
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Nelson, Lori,
25

Nestle,
48

New York Times
,
121

nitrasone,
68

nitrates,
21
–
22

nitrogen,
26
–
27

Nivens, Jerry,
31
,
157

Nixon, Richard,
46

norovirus,
125

North Carolina University,
27

O

Obama, Barack

antitrust actions,
5

cabinet, corporate influence,
115
–
16

E. coli
strain adulterants,
76

Obama, Michelle,
42

obesity,
44
–
45
,
100
,
124

oceans,
141

Oceanview Farms,
23

Office of Field Operations,
60

Office of Water,
30

Ogallala Aquifer,
31
,
143

oil,
144
–
45

Okinawa,
46

onions,
152

Ornish, Dean, xi

osteoporosis,
102

oxytetracycline,
62

P

Pagan River, North Carolina,
27

Paleo Diet,
35

Pancakes, Blueberry, recipe,
163
–
64

Pâté recipe,
171
–
72

penicillin,
55
,
62
,
95

Perdue,
18

pesticides,
83
,
144

Peterson, Collin,
112

Pew Commission,
156

Pfisteria piscicida
,
27
–
28

Pfizer,
66

phosphorus,
18
,
26
–
27

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, xii

pigs.
see also
meat

factory farms, treatment in,
10

marketing,
127
–
28

MRSA on farms,
63

ractopamine used on,
64
–
65

salmonella
in,
72

swine flu,
7
,
58

Yersinia enterocolitica
in products,
61

Pilgrim’s Pride Chicken,
5