TY  - JA
AU  - Mulvaney,D.
AU  - Krupnik,T.J.
TI  - Zero-tolerance for genetic pollution:  Rice farming, pharm rice, and the risks of coexistence in California
SN  - 0306-9192
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London (United Kingdom)
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Commodity chain analysis
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Transgenic plants
KW  - Rice
KW  - Genetically modified organisms
KW  - United States of America
N1  - Peer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0306-9192; Peer review
N2  - California’s Rice Certification Act (RCA) requires specific planting and handling protocols for rice, including genetically engineered (GE) rice that could pose commercial risks to rice growers. Based on interviews with growers, marketers, activists, and other stakeholders, as well as secondary sources, this paper describes this policy’s emergence and evolution using a global commodity chain approach. Several studies suggest that GE herbicide tolerant rice would yield profits for California growers struggling with rising weed control costs. Instead, GE rice was greeted with scrutiny by the California industry and legislators because Asian export markets had zero-tolerance for GE rice contamination. This paper examines how nature’s agency—the “unruly” qualities of agro-ecosystem functions, the movement of wildlife, seeds, and pollen across space—strengthened narratives about risk and industry consensus around zero-tolerance rules for GE rice. In addition to recounting the origins of zero-tolerance demands and containment regulations for California rice, this research explores how calls for food safety and zero-tolerance rules are mobilized as surrogate for wider political economic aims
T2  - Food Policy
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.06.012
ER  -