FOOD REGULATION HAS BUMPY RECENT HISTORY, LOW CREDIBILITY. “Several recent food scares such as BSE, dioxins and foot and mouth disease have highlighted … the practices it employs … These scandals have shattered consumer trust in the safety of the food supply and intensified concerns over the industrialization of food production.”
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