9 Notes
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_Slaughter_FAR.pdf?MOD=AJPERES.
6 . it doesn’t make much sense: Claudia Feldman, “Food Activist Goes
to the Mat Again—This Time over a Chicken-in-China Tempest,” Hous-
ton Chronicle, February , 0 4 , http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/food
/article/Food-activist-goes-to-the-mat-again-this-time- 3 .php.
66. In 2016 , FSIS ruled that: FSIS, “Frequently Asked Questions—
Equivalence of China’s Poultry Processing and Slaughter Inspection Sys-
tems,” last modified June 6 , 0 7 , https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis
/newsroom/news-releases-statements-transcripts/news-release-archives-by
-year/archive/ 0 6 /faq-china- 0304 6.
67. privately owned chicken companies in China: Dan Flynn, “Deal
On: USDA Gives Green Light to China’s Poultry Inspections,” Food Safety
News, September 4 , 0 7 , http://www.foodsafetynews.com/ 0 7 / 09 /deal-on
-usda-gives-green-light-to-chinas-poultry-inspections.
68. “measures necessary for the protection: World Trade Organization
(WTO), “The WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phyto-
sanitary Measures (SPS Agreement),” accessed June 7 , 0 8 , https://www.wto
.org/english/tratop_e/sps_e/spsagr_e.htm.
69. Salmonella started on the West Coast: CDC, “Multistate Outbreak
of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to Foster
Farms Brand Chicken (Final Update),” July 3 , 0 4 , https://www.cdc.gov
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70. a genetic match was found: CDC, “Multistate Outbreak of
Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Heidelberg”; CDC, “Table . Estimated
Annual Number of Episodes of Domestically Acquired Foodborne Illnesses
Caused by 3 Pathogens, United States,” last modified December 0 , 0 ,
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7 . export chickens, ducks, and turkeys it raises: “Eligibility of the
People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Export to the United States Poultry Prod-
ucts from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC,” Federal Register 8 , no. ( June 6 ,
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-united-states-poultry-products.
7 . To no one’s surprise: Flynn, “Deal On.”
73. establishments to choose what they want: Amy Mayer, “Citing
Food Safety, USDA Proposes New Hog-Slaughter Rules That Give Industry
More Control,” Harvest Public Media, January 3 , 0 8 , http://harvestpublic