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Neoliberalizing food safety and the 2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak

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  • Ken Hatt
  • Kierstin Hatt

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This paper examines evidence regarding neoliberalization of the social organization of Canadian food safety from a series of documents produced in response to the Canadian listeriosis outbreak in 2008. The outbreak is described, then interpreted within a neoliberal context, where: (1) neoliberalism operates as an ideology (2) that enables a socio-political and economic strategy within (3) a project pursued by coalitions seeking to consolidate power through (4) a process of neoliberalization. Following Gramsci’s work on power, it is argued that food safety serves as an attractor, organizing consent within a neoliberal context. Testimony before a parliamentary subcommittee, official reviews, an independent investigation, food inspection records, and media reports have been examined to identify the key factors associated with the outbreak and the process of neoliberalization. The events associated with the outbreak are described first, as activities and practices in organizational settings (governance, sanitation, and production), and secondly, as components in a food production network where consent is organized around food safety. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

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  • Ken Hatt & Kierstin Hatt, 2012. "Neoliberalizing food safety and the 2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 29(1), pages 17-28, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:29:y:2012:i:1:p:17-28
    DOI: 10.1007/s10460-011-9317-y
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    1. Arunas Juska & Lourdes Gouveia & Jackie Gabriel & Kathleen Stanley, 2003. "Manufacturing bacteriological contamination outbreaks in industrialized meat production systems: The case of E. coli O157:H7," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 20(1), pages 3-19, March.
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