Notes 9 .pdf; FSIS, “Pathogen Reduction—Salmonella and Campylobacter Performance
Standards Verification Testing,” April 8 , 0 7 , 6 - 9 , https://www.fsis.usda.
gov/wps/wcm/connect/b 0790997 - e 74 - 48 bf- 9799 - 8 8 4 bac 9 ceb/ 8 _IM_PR
_SalCampy.pdf?MOD=AJPERES.
. For ground poultry: FSIS, “Pathogen Reduction,” 6 - 6 , 6 - 9.
6. FSIS advises consumers: FSIS, “Washing Food: Does It Promote
Food Safety?” last modified July , 0 3 , https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal
/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/safe
-food-handling/washing-food-does-it-promote-food-safety/washing-food.
7. Calls for a single food-safety agency: GAO, “Food Safety—A Na-
tional Strategy Is Needed to Address Fragmentation in Federal Oversight,”
GAO 7 - 74 , January 0 7 , https://www.gao.gov/assets/ 690 / 68 09 .pdf.
8. Acme [Meat] Packing Company: Alexandra Silver, “Top 0 Things
You Didn’t Know About the Green Bay Packers,” TIME, February 4 , 0 ,
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/ 0 , 8804 , 046390
046393 046466 , 00 .html.
9. higher line speeds with few complaints: Ted Genoways, The Chain:
Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food (New York: HarperCollins, 0 4 ).
60. cut hourly compensation: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), “Em-
ployment and Earnings December 983 ,” vol. 30 , no. , December 983 , 84 ,
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/employment/ 980 s/empl
983 .pdf; BLS, “Employment and Earnings December 984 ,” vol. 3 , no.
, December 984 , 88 , https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/em
ployment/ 980 s/empl_ 984 .pdf.
6 . Over 90 percent of the seafood: National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, “Fisheries of the United States, 0 6 Fact Sheet,” October 3 ,
0 7 , 4 , https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/outreach-and-education/fish
eries-united-states- 0 6 -fact-sheet.
6 . cut by half through mostly immigrant labor: BLS, “Occupational Em-
ployment and Wages, May 0 6 , - 30 3 Slaughterers and Meat Packers,” last
modified March 3 , 0 7 , https://www.bls.gov/oes/ 0 6 /may/oes 30 3 .htm.
63. hourly compensation in China: “‘Made in China’ Isn’t So Cheap
Anymore, and That Could Spell Headache for Beijing,” CNBC, February
7 , 0 7 , https://www.cnbc.com/ 0 7 / 0 / 7 chinese-wages-rise-made-in-china
-isnt-so-cheap-anymore.html; Tim Worstall, “Chinese Wages Are Showing
Paul Krugman Is Right Once Again,” Forbes, March , 0 7 , https://www.forbes
.com/sites/timworstall/ 0 7 / 03 / 0 /chinese-wages-are-showing-paul-krug
man-is-right-once-gain/# 7 bd 8 a 3 3 fea.
64. Chinese plants were equivalent to United States standards: FSIS,
“Final Report of an Audit Conducted in the People’s Republic of China,