From Label to Table

Regulating Food in America in the Information Age

Xaq Frohlich (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2023
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-29881-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Xaq Frohlich is Associate Professor of History of Technology at Auburn University. He works on issues relating to food and risk at the intersections of science, law, and markets.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	10.10.2023
Reihe/Serie	California Studies in Food and Culture ; 82
Zusatzinfo	23 b-w illustrations
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-520-29881-0 / 0520298810
ISBN-13	978-0-520-29881-1 / 9780520298811
Zustand	Neuware