From Label to Table (eBook)

Regulating Food in America in the Information Age

Xaq Frohlich (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
312 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-97081-6 (ISBN)

Infos

How did the Nutrition Facts label come to appear on millions of everyday American household food products? As Xaq Frohlich reveals, this legal, scientific, and seemingly innocuous strip of information can be a prism through which to view the high-stakes political battles and development of scientific ideas that have shaped the realms of American health, nutrition, and public communication. By tracing policy debates at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Frohlich describes the emergence of our present information age in food and diet markets and examines how powerful government offices inform the public about what they consume. From Label to Table explores evolving popular ideas about food, diet, and responsibility for health that have influenced what goes on the Nutrition Facts label—and who gets to decide that.

Inhalt

Contents

Acknowledgments 
A Note on Primary Sources 

Introduction: Food and Power in the Information Age 
1. An Age of Standards 
2. Gatekeepers and Hidden Persuaders 
3. Malnourished or Misinformed? 
4. The Market Turn 
5. A Government Brand 
6. Labeling Lifestyles 
Conclusion: The Informational Turn in Food Politics 

Chronology 
Notes 
Selected Bibliography 
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.10.2023
• Reihe/Serie: California Studies in Food and Culture
• Reihe/Serie: California Studies in Food and Culture
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Themenkochbücher
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Consumer Protection • diet • FDA • Food and Drug Administration • Food Marketing • fortified foods • gmo labeling • Health Claims • history of nutrition facts label • individual choice • Industry • Legislation • Market • personal responsibility • Politics • Public Health • Regulation
• ISBN-10: 0-520-97081-0 / 0520970810
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-97081-6 / 9780520970816