The Meaty Truth (34 page)

pink slime,
53
–
54

pork.
see
pigs

Pork Producers Council, National,
63
,
112

Pot Pie recipe,
166
–
67

potassium hydroxide,
55

poultry.
see
chickens; turkeys

Prairie Grove, Arkansas,
66

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act,
63

Pritikin Research Foundation,
41

Prosilac,
94
,
95

prostate cancer,
39
,
41
,
96

Pure Food and Drug Act,
87

pus in milk,
12
,
92
–
93

R

ractopamine,
10
,
64
–
65

rainforests,
7
,
140
–
41

Rancho Feeding Corp,
109

rBST (recombinant bovine somatotrophine),
94

Real Food Challenge,
155

recalls,
86
–
87
,
108
–
9
,
119

recombinant bovine growth hormone (rGBH),
94
–
95
,
95
–
96

recombinant bovine somatotrophine (rBST),
94

Reddout, Helen,
19

Reich, Robert,
119

“revolving door,”
113
–
16

rGBH (recombinant bovine growth hormone),
94
–
95
,
95
–
96
,
115

RNA,
56

Robbins, John,
103

roxarsone,
66
,
67

Rumsfeld, Donald,
114

Russia,
65

S

SAD.
see
Standard American Diet

Safe Drinking Water Act,
111

salad recipe,
164
–
65

salmonella

antibiotic-resistant,
60
–
61
,
80

in feces,
71
–
72

in feed,
83

in food,
79
–
82

health costs from,
125

health problems, long term,
80

infection rates,
73
,
74
,
79
–
80

legal status,
80
–
81

in meat,
72

outbreaks,
80
,
81

in pink slime,
53

in water,
29

sandwich recipes,
165
–
66

SCC (somatic cell count),
92
–
93

Schlosser, Eric,
85
,
113

school lunches,
53
–
54
,
81
,
97
,
127
,
129

Scramble, Tofu, recipe,
161
–
62

Seventh-Day Adventists,
46

Sherman Antitrust Act,
4

Sinclair, Upton,
87

Slaughter, Louise,
62
–
63

slaughterhouses,
85
–
86
,
87
,
89

Smith DeWall, Caroline,
60
–
61

Smithfield,
3
,
27
,
64

smoking,
49

sodium hydroxide,
55

sodium nitrate,
40
,
55

soil erosion,
139
–
140

somatic cell count (SCC),
92
–
93

soybeans,
7
,
141
–
42

spices,
152
–
53

Stabenow, Debbie,
112

Standard American Diet (SAD),
41
,
45
–
46

starvation,
141
–
42

Stockman, David,
98

Stockyard and Packers Act,
5

students, eating habits,
154
–
55

subsidies

costly,
110

dairy,
96
–
97
,
123
–
24
,
129
–
130
,
134
–
35

FARRM Act,
111
,
112

feed,
129

meat,
123
–
24
,
129
–
130
,
134
–
35

sugar,
42
–
43
,
100

sulfuric acid,
55

Sundlof, Stephen F.,
95

superbugs.
see
bacteria

Supreme Beef,
81

swine flu,
7
,
58

T

taco recipe,
165

tapeworms,
83

Taylor, Michael,
110
,
115
,
115
–
16

technology,
6
–
7

terrorism,
118

Texas Food Industry Association v. Espy
,
76

Thai Curry Stew recipe,
169
–
170

Thomas, Clarence,
114

Thu, Kendall,
18

Tofu Scramble recipe,
161
–
62

toxoplasma,
125

Tufts University,
129

Turkey Federation, National,
113

turkeys.
see also
chickens; meat

antibiotic-resistant bacteria,
60

arsenic used on,
66
,
68

health costs from,
125

inspection standards,
88

ractopamine used on,
64

salmonella
in,
72

turmeric,
152

Tyson

antitrust rules, resistance,
5

meat, large market share,
3

Prairie Grove arsenic levels,
66

ractopamine use,
64

USDA influence,
114

U

UN.
see
United Nations

Union of Concerned Scientists,
130
,
138

United Nations (UN)

changes, suggested by,
156
–
58

environmental damage from meat consumption,
137
,
139
–
140

hunger,
142

“Livestock’s Long Shadow” study,
26

rGBH ban,
95

rGBH studies,
94

wars over food,
138

United States Department of Agriculture.
see
USDA

University of Arizona,
73

University of Chicago,
145

University of Florida,
125

University of Maryland,
72

University of Missouri-Columbia,
4

University of Northern Iowa,
18

University of Wisconsin-Extension,
24

urinary tract infections (UTIs),
59
,
78
–
79

USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)

antibiotics, inaction on,
58

antitrust actions, none,
5

chicken bailout,
128
–
29

Clean Water Act,
30

corporate influence,
113
–
16

dietary guidelines, lobbyist influence,
47
–
48
,
49

E. coli
in water,
29

E. coli
regulations,
76

FDA, division of labor,
109

Food Safety and Inspection Service,
76

founding of,
105

inspection standards,
88
–
89
,
107
–
8

mad cow disease, not testing for,
84
,
107
–
8
,
115

marketing,
127
–
28

messages, conflicting,
105
–
6

milk ads,
98

pus in milk regulations,
12
,
92
–
93

recalls,
86
–
87
,
108
–
9

salmonella
outbreak, Foster Farms,
60

salmonella
regulation,
81

swine flu propaganda,
63

toxins, allowed,
54
,
56
–
57
,
109
–
10

Yersinia enterocolitica
, not tested for,
61

UTIs (urinary tract infections),
59
,
78
–
79

V

vegetables,
152
–
54

veggie libel laws,
6
,
118

Veneman, Ann,
107
–
8
,
114

Vilsack, Tom,
47
,
63
,
114
–
16

vitamin K,
103

W

war,
31
–
32
,
138

water

Clean Water Act,
30
–
31

depletion,
142
–
43

manure, contamination from,
21
–
22
,
25
–
26
,
29

wars over,
31
–
32

Waterkeeper Alliance,
18
–
19
,
19

Waxman, Harris,
62
–
63

weight,
44
–
45

Westland/Hallmark Meat Company,
119

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy,
29

White Sauce recipe,
172

Whitewash
(Keon),
103

WHO (World Health Organization)

antibiotics, on use of,
60

cancer rates, projected,
41

changes, suggested by,
156
–
58

food-bourne outbreaks, ignorance,
74

rGBH studies,
94

swine flu,
63

Willet, Walter,
43
,
91

Winfrey, Oprah,
6
,
118

World Bank,
138

World Cancer Research Fund,
40

World Health Organization (WHO),
41

Y

Yakima Valley,
18
,
19
,
19
–
20

Yakima Valley County Health Department,
22

Yersinia enterocolitica
,
61

yogurt.
see
dairy

Z

Zoetis,
62
,
67