Whats the Beef or Chesapeakes Bounty II

What's the Beef?: The Contested Governance of European Food Safety

Author: Christopher Ansell

A series of food-related crises--most notably mad cow disease in Britain, farmer protests in France against American hormone-treated beef, and the European Union's banning of genetically modified food--has turned the regulation of food safety in Europe into a crucible for issues of institutional trust, legitimacy, and effectiveness. What's the Beef? examines European food safety regulation at the national, European, and international levels as a case of "contested governance"--a syndrome of policymaking and political dispute in which not only policy outcomes but aso the fundamental legitimacy of existing institutional arrangements are challenged.

The discussions of European food safety regulation in What's the Beef? open into consideration of broader issues, including the growing importance of multilevel regulation (and the possibility of disagreements among different levels of authority), the future of European integration, discontent over trade globalization, the politicization of risk assessment and regulatory science, the regulation of biotechnology, the shifting balance between public and private regulation, agricultural protectionism, and the "transatlantic divide." After addressing the historical, social, and economic context of European food safety regulation, the book examines national efforts at food safety reform in France, Britain, and Germany and such regional efforts as the creation of the European Food Authority. The book also looks at the international dimensions of European food safety regulation, discussing the conflicts between EU safety rules and World Trade Organization rulings that occur because EU rules are more riskaverse ("precautionary") than those of its trading partners, including the United States.

Table of Contents:

1	The contested governance of European food safety regulation	3
2	Taste, traditions, and transactions : the public and private regulation of food	35
3	Contentions over food safety : the significance of consumer trust	61
4	Food safety and the structure of the European food industry	81
5	Protesting food : NGOs and political mobilization in Europe	97
6	Is it just about trust? : the partial reform of French food safety regulation	125
7	From precautionary bans to DIY poison tasting : reform of the UK food safety regulation regime	153
8	Governance reform of German food safety regulation : cosmetic or real?	181
9	Regulating food safety risks in the European Union : a comparative perspective	213
10	Food safety and the single European market	237
11	The creation of the European food safety authority	259
12	Protection or protectionism? EU food safety and the WTO	281
13	Compatibility or clash? EU food safety and the WTO	307
14	The asymmetries of governance	329

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Chesapeake's Bounty II

Author: Katie Moos

This cookbook with almost recipes, contains history of food from along the Chesapeake Bay, dining and inns, and recipes from the author, her family, and friends.