FOOD POLITICS TEST 1

Food Justice

The idea that food is a basic human right; food and the risks and benefits of the way it is grown and produced should be distributed fairly

Food Security

For a household, it means access by all members at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life

Food Pyramid

Illustrates a dietary pattern in which most daily food servings are to be derived from the grain, vegetable, and fruit groups, with fewer servings from the milk and meat groups, and even fewer from foods high in fat and sugar

Softball methods

Friends, Checkoffs, PR

Hard Ball Methods

Litigation and Price Fixing

Lobbying

Any legal attempt by individuals or groups to influence government policy or action

Political Action Committees (PACs)

Purpose of collecting and allocating voluntary campaign contributions

Revolving Door

Transformation of government officials into lobbyists and vice versa

Disclosure

Does the author of a study have any connections to conflicts of interest from outside groups for funding

Check-offs

Laws that require the producers of certain commodities to deduct a fee from sales to be used for generic advertising and promotion

Pouring Rights

Large payments from soft drink companies to school districts in return for the right to sell that company’s products - and only those products - in every one of the district’s schools

Two Cultures

Science-based approach: Agency requires products to be proven safe and effective according to commonly accepted standards of scientific evidence

Belief-based approach: Supplement makers argue that adults have the right to decide for themselves, based on their own personal beliefs and experience, whether a product is worth taking and is effective

Techno Foods

Foods and beverages that have been constructed to confer health benefits beyond the nutritive value of the foods themselves

Functional Foods

Products developed by adding desirable components or other ingredients that might reduce disease factors, or by reducing undesirable components

Supplements

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Enrichment

The restoration of nutrients to their original level in the unprocessed food

Fortification

Any addition of vitamins or minerals to food

Friends

Knowing people in government and influencing them, networking

PR

Tactic used by food companies to divert criticism and convince people that their products promote health/are harmless

Litigation

Force government regulatory agencies to develop policies more well-suited to their interests

Price Fixing

Producers get together to collude and decide a set price so they all benefit, but consumers don’t have the benefits of competition