Food safety : a matter of taste? Food safety policy in England, Germany, the Netherlands, and at the level of the European Union Paul, K.T.

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1 UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Food safety : a matter of taste? Food safety policy in England, Germany, the Netherlands, and at the level of the European Union Paul, K.T. Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Paul, K. T. (2009). Food safety : a matter of taste? Food safety policy in England, Germany, the Netherlands, and at the level of the European Union General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam ( Download date: 01 Dec 2018

2 367 Appendix C: Discursive clusterings in policy discourse 159 C.1 Chapter four: England 160 Document title Term Word count (total) Frequency James, P. (1997). Food Standards Agency report - Consumer 2265 (19 pages) 42 An Interim Proposal by Professor Philip James. London, MAFF. Transparent/transparency 8 Confidence/trust 4 Open(ness) 3 Food safety 47 Independence/independent 30 Protection 19 Food chain 5 Phillips, L., J. Bridgeman, and M. Ferguson- Smith (1998). The BSE Inquiry. (excluding Vol 16: reference materials; and volume 9: Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) Policy Commission on the Future of Food and Farming (excl. appendix) Transparent/transparency (340 pages) 12 Openness 30 Consumer 470 Risk 2066 Trust/confidence (confident) 99/346 Independence (independent) 220 Food chain 483 Stakeholder 2 Consumer 141 pages In all documents, the occurrence of the specified terms in, for instance, the names of governmental agencies or legal acts, was excluded from the count. 160 No electronic version of the White Paper The Food Standards Agency: A Force for change is available. The selection presented here constitutes examples, while I employed this device for other major documents, too, in the early stages of this research project.

3 368 (Policy Commission 2001) Trust/confidence 10/20 Transparency 6 Choice 13 Stakeholder 16 Food chain 45 C.2 Chapter five: Germany Document title Term Word count (total) Frequency Von Wedel, H. (2001). Organisation des gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutzes (Schwerpunkt Consumer [Verbraucher] (138 pages) 211 Lebensmittel). In: Schriftenreihe der Bundesbeauftragten für Wirtschaftlichkeit in der Verwaltung (Volume 8). Stuttgart/Berlin/Köln: Kohlhammer. Wissenschaftsrat (2001). Übergreifende Empfehlungen zu Bundeseinrichtungen mit Forschungsaufgaben im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit. Cologne, Deutscher Wissenschaftsrat. Consumer right [Verbraucherrecht/Recht des 0 Verbrauchers or der Verbraucherin] Consumer protection [Verbraucherschutz] 139 Risk(s) [Risiko, Risiken] 24 Risk management [Risikomanagement] 29 Risk communication [Risikokommunikation] 27 Risk assessment [Risikobewertung] 46 Trust [Vertrauen] 5 Food chain [Lebensmittelkette, 5 Herstellungskette] stakeholder 0 Consumer [Verbraucher] 5879 (20 pages) 7

4 369 Consumer right [Verbraucherrechte/Recht des 0 Verbrauchers or der Verbraucherin] Consumer protection [Verbraucherschutz] 8 Risk [Risiko, Risiken] 0 Trust [Vertrauen] 0 Food chain [Lebensmittelkette, 0 Herstellungskette] Public health [Gesundheit] 9 C.3 Chapter six: Netherlands Document title Term Word count (total) Frequency of term Berenschot (1999). Voedselveiligheid: Waar borgen en waar zorgen. Policy consultancy report. Utrecht, Berenschot Consultancy. Consumer [consument] 56 pages 84 Trust [vertrouwen] 26 Crisis [crisis] 136 Citizen [burger] 42 Transparency [transparantie] 4 Control [controle] 30 Food chain [keten/voedselketen] 10/28 Wijffels, H. (2001). Rapport Commissie Wijffels. Toekomst voor de veehouderij. Agenda voor een herontwerp van de sector. (Public) health [gezondheid] 35 Stakeholder 1 Consumer [consument] 18 pages 8

5 370 Trust [vertrouwen] 3 Crisis [crisis] 0 Citizen [burger] 5 Transparency [transparantie] 7 Control [controle] 5 Food chain [keten/voedselketen] 9 (Public) health [gezondheid] 4 Nature [natuur] 7 Research, teaching, and information 4 [onderzoek, voorlichting, en onderwijs] C.4 European Union (EU) Document title Term Word count (total) Frequency EP (1997). Report on alleged contraventions or Consumer (49 pages) 24 maladministration in the implementation of Community law in relation to BSE, without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Community and national courts. [Medina Report].Brussels, Strasbourg, and Luxembourg, EP. Green Paper on the general principles of food law in the European Union (COMM 1997b) Transparency/transparent 20 (Public) health 111 Environment(al) 5 Consumer right 0 Consumer protection 12 Consumer (72 pages) 55 Consumer protection 11 Consumer right 1 Scientific 88 BSE 5

6 371 Risk 64 Transparent/transparency 19 (Public) health 94 Environment(al) 17 White Paper on Food Safety (COMM 1999/2000) Consumer (52 pages) 52 BSE 10 Risk 69 (Consumer) confidence 18 Stakeholder 7 (Public) health 74 Environment 11 Food chain 18 Consumer protection 6 Consumer right 3 Stakeholder General Food Law (Regulation EC 178/2002) (EC 2002) James, P., F. Kemper and G. Pascal (1999). A European Food and Public Health Authority: The Future of Scientific Advice in the EU. A report commissioned by the Director General of DG XXIV Brussels, European Commission. Consumer (24 pages) 34 Scientific/science 184 Transparent/transparency 14 Independent/independence 29 BSE 0 Risk 104 Stakeholder 2 Food chain 9 (Public) health 76 Environment 7 Consumer protection 4 Consumer right 0 Consumer (74 pages) 62

7 372 Consumer protection 14 Consumer right 0 Science/scientific/scientist 335 Food chain 10 Transparent/transparency 46 Expert/expertise 97 Health 160 Environment 60 Stakeholder 43