Package size, plate shape, lighting, socializing, and variety are only a few of the environmental factors that can influence the volume of food consumed far more than most people realize. While education and increasing awareness might appear to be the solution to environmentally-stimulated...

Using the federal food safety regulatory laws as examples, this chapter explores the significance of governmental function in understanding and prescribing centralized and decentralized authority. It begins by examining how recurrent criticisms of federal food safety regulation for excessive...