1. Market Control by Top Four Firms
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Supermarket News, most recent data available.

2. Walmart and the Food System
U.S. Stores: 3,804
U.S. Employees: 1.4 million
2010 grocery sales: $140 billion
Annual beef purchases: 1 billion pounds
WM control >50 % grocery sales: 29
markets
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3. Top 4 Dinner Manufacturers
(2010)
Source: Grocery Headquarters 2011
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4. Share of U.S. Seafood Consumption
Source: Congressional Research Service; NOAA
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5. Chemicals Tested for by FDA
Chemical Year FDA Human Health Common
Started Hazards Aquaculture Fish
Testing
Chloramphenicol 2002 Aplastic anemia, Shrimp, crab,
(AB) potential carcinogen, crayfish
antibiotic resistance
Nitrofurans (AB) 2004 Potential carcinogen, Shrimp
antibiotic resistance
Quinolones (AB) 2003/2004 Antibiotic resistance Catfish, salmon,
shrimp, tilapia
Malachite Green 2005 Potential carcinogen Catfish, eel, salmon
(AF)
Gentian Violet (AF) 2006 Potential carcinogen Catfish, eel, salmon
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6. The New Food Inspector: You
Lacking Faith in Government, Shoppers Are
Educating Themselves As Never Before
Washington Post, 1/30/08
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7. What do consumers want to know?
Who?
What? Ingredients
Where? Country of Origin
When? Sell by/Use by dates
How? Processes & Technologies
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8. Which Labels to Believe?
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9. What makes a good food label?
Meaningful
Accurate
Credible/Transparent
Discrete
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