This book examines the development of food policy and regulation following the BSE (mad cow disease) crisis and traces the changing relationships between three key sets of actors: private interests, such as the corporate retailers; public regulators, such as the EU directorates and UK agencies; and consumer groups.

Preface. Methodological Note. Section 1: Exploring the Anatomy of the Food Crisis 1. The Anatomy of the Food Crisis: Regulating the Risk of Geographies of Agri-Food in the 21st Century 2. Handling Biosecurity Risk: The Foot and Mouth Outbreak 2001 3. Genetic Disorders: Resistance, Regulation and GM Food and Feed Section 2: The Evolving Hybrid Model 4. State Failures and Failures of the State 5. A New Regulatory Terrain: The Emerging Public/Private Model in Europe 6. Building Relationships in a New Phase of Contested Accountability in the UK: Incorporating the New Public-Private Model of Food Regulation Section 3: Operating the Hybrid Model: Case Studies of Regulatory Supply Chains 7. The Cutting Edge of Retail Grocery Competition: The Case of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Supply Chain 8. The Operation of the Hybrid Model: The Case of Red Meat Section 4: Key Contemporary Dynamics of Regulation 9. The New Institutional Fabric: The Public Management of Food Risks 10. Food risk and Precaution: The Precautionary Principle in Practice 11. From Europeanisation to Globalisation of the Public-Private Model of Food Regulation 12. Conclusions