Is HACCP Nothing? A Disjoint Constitution between Inspectors, Processors, and Consumers and the Cider Industry in Michigan (original) (raw)

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The transmission of a product or idea from one culture or point of origin to another and the maintenance of control outside the new locality has been referred to as the distribution and maintenance of “nothing.” This perspective has been used to describe the global marketplace and the influence of large multinational corporations on the politics and cultures of host countries. This paper uses this concept, but within a much smaller context. Using the sensitizing concept of a “disjoint constitution,” we interviewed health inspectors and apple cider producers in Michigan to determine if the implementation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) program designed to ensure food safety was characterized by a power differential that would favor the inspectors. In addition, a larger survey of processors and an internet survey of apple cider consumers was conducted to supplement this data. It was found that HACCP had characteristics of both “nothing” and “something” and that better communication is needed between these groups to move it further along toward the something end of the continuum.

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  1. Department of Sociology and the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Michigan State University, 316 Berkey Hall, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
    Toby A. Ten Eyck
  2. Nutrition & Regulatory Affairs, Kellogg Company, Michigan, USA
    Donna Thede
  3. Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Gerd Bode
  4. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, and Food Safety Policy Center, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA
    Leslie Bourquin

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  1. Toby A. Ten Eyck
  2. Donna Thede
  3. Gerd Bode
  4. Leslie Bourquin

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Correspondence toToby A. Ten Eyck.

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Toby A. Ten Eyck is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and affiliated with the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center at Michigan State University. His work focuses on the development, dissemination, and interpretation of mass media risk messages.

Donna J. Thede completed her Ph.D in Food Science partially through this research project and is now a Senior Scientist in Nutrition & Regulatory Affairs with the Kellogg Company.

Gerd Bobe conducts research on nutrition and cancer as a fellow in the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland). Previously, he evaluated food safety policies for the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center at Michigan State University.

Leslie D. Bourquin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and is affiliated with the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center and Food Safety Policy Center at Michigan State University. His research examines factors influencing the effective implementation of food safety standards and the ultimate impacts of these standards on public health.

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Eyck, T.A.T., Thede, D., Bode, G. et al. Is HACCP Nothing? A Disjoint Constitution between Inspectors, Processors, and Consumers and the Cider Industry in Michigan.Agric Hum Values 23, 205–214 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-005-6107-4

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