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

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 infl...

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Published in:Agriculture and human values 2006-07, Vol.23 (2), p.205-214
Main Authors: Ten Eyck, T.A, Thede, D, Bode, G, Bourquin, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agricultural communications
Beverage industry
Cancer
ciders
College professors
Communication
Constitutions
Culture
Disease prevention
Food safety
Food science
Hazard analysis for critical control points
Multinational corporations
Nutrition
Product management
Sociology
Studies
Toxicology
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Summary: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. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0889-048X
1572-8366
DOI:10.1007/s10460-005-6107-4