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A collection of studies of agri-food standards in the modern economy, this work addresses these and helps to define the scope of the emerging study of the politics of standards setting. It contains an overview essay dealing with the multiple ways of thinking about, approaching and defining food and agricultural standards.

Suggests that American environmental public policy is attempting to assess danger with an incomplete notion of utility, and to eliminate the hazards of society with an inadequate contractual justification of political authority. This work is suitable for environmental scientists, philosophers, public policy planners, applied ethicists, and others.