Imaginer des consommateurs, constituer les sujets : l’étiquetage nutritionnel aux états-Unis, 1945-1995

Frohlich, Xaq

doi:10.4000/sds.634

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“…In the 1970s debates on labelling, knowledge of food quality was considered as something that had been unfairly taken away from the British consumer, as in Oppenheim's comparison with the French and in campaigns by the then-new consumer organizations. In contrast, by the 2000s, a lack of knowledge about food has become the consumer's responsibility, while the role of the state is to provide the information required for the exercise of responsible citizenship and effective self-governance (see Draper and Green, 2002; Frohlich, 2011; Watson and Meah, this volume).…”

Section: Waste and Uncertaintymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Food labelling is a key instrument of food policy, and sits between production, retailing and consumption. Labelling is the site at which the roles and responsibilities of governments, the food industry and consumers in contemporary food systems are defined and distributed (Morgan et al , 2006; Frohlich, 2011). However, labels exist in a diverse and rapidly evolving array of forms.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the proliferation of labelling and its potential culpability in the production of waste, it has been subject to little research attention. Building on the work of Frohlich (2011) and others (eg Eden et al , 2008), who have started to ‘open the black box’ of food labelling, this paper explores the evolution of the expiry date labelling system in the UK. It situates concerns about the role of date labelling in the production of food waste in relation to shifting understandings of the role not only of the label itself but also of the consumer, and of knowledge associated with the ‘end of food’.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This is evident in the evolution of food labelling. For example, Frohlich (2011) considers how the nutrition label represents changing understandings of the consumer within the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). He describes how US regulators in the 1950s and 60s concentrated on the ‘ordinary consumer’ – embodied by the quality-concerned housewife – and represented in an institutional focus on standardized, quality products.…”

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Arbiters of Waste: Date Labels, the Consumer and Knowing Good, Safe Food

Milne¹

2012

The Sociological Review

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The importance of date labelling in informing both retailers and consumers how long a food will remain edible, safe and of sufficient quality makes it a prime site for the identification of, and intervention in, food waste. This paper examines the historical and spatial evolution of the date labelling system in the UK. The paper shows how reforms to date marking have occurred in response to shifting concerns about food quality, safety and latterly waste. It distinguishes four periods during which labels moved from an internal stock control mechanism to a consumer protection mechanism, a food safety device and recently emerged as a key element in the fight against food waste. Contributing to recent sociological studies of food labelling, the paper charts changing understandings of the role of the label in mediating between consumers, the food industry and regulators. It shows how regulatory objects such as date labels materialize societal concerns about food and situates contemporary efforts to reform date labelling in relation to prior articulations of consumer, government and industry interests.

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Section: Waste and Uncertaintymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Arbiters of Waste: Date Labels, the Consumer and Knowing Good, Safe Food

Milne¹

2012

The Sociological Review

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“…Functional foods (as products that bear a health claim) and health claims in a broad sense (including nutrition claims) have received attention from a variety of disciplinary angles, including consumer perception and use (Weiner and Will, 2015;Jauho and Niva, 2013); the imagination or configuration of the consumer (Frohlich, 2011;Weiner, 2010); the process of product development (Lehenkari, 2003;Penders and Nelis, 2011); the politics of labeling (Schleifer, 2012;Frohlich, 2017); advertising (Davis and Schneider, 2008); the question whether claims are misleading or not (Jauho and Niva, 2013;Mariotti et al, 2010;Williams, 2005); and critical approaches to industry and reductionism in nutrition science (Nestlé, 2003;Scrinis, 2008Scrinis, , 2013.…”

Section: Analytical Perspectives: Information and Materialitymentioning

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The Political Space between Words and Things: Health Claims as Referential Displacement

Hendrickx

2018

Science as Culture

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In the EU today, health claims on food labels are regulated as a form of information. Before the 2000s, statements referring to health on packaged food were subject to different national regulations across the EU, with different perspectives on where the boundary lies between food and drugs. The turn to more horizontal legislation in EU food law and increased emphasis on the role of information for the functioning of the Single Market does not in itself explain why, and especially how, health-related statements on food products have been turned into information and what consequences this has produced. Construction of such a European 'technological zone', where health claims circulate as a form of information, can be understood as 'information's constitutive outside' (Barry, 2006(Barry, , 2013. This outside hinges on technopolitical discussion, lobbying and decisions where the boundary between health and disease is at stake, along with food's materiality. The concept of referential displacement shows how decisions in the regulatory process have transformed controversial references to human health on food labels into 'health claims' as an informational category by shifting the relation between the health claim and its material referents: food itself, health and the body. Referential displacement produces a new kind of information that implies similar efficacy to pharmaceutical drugs, without interfering with the zone or market of pharmaceuticals.

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La bataille cognitive des logos nutritionnels

Benamouzig,

Blanck

2023

l'Année Sociologique

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Cet article aborde la controverse sur le Nutri-Score, de son élaboration à sa mise en œuvre, en montrant comment elle est survenue et comment elle oppose acteurs publics et privés dans le secteur agroalimentaire. Il analyse les conditions dans lesquelles le ministère de la Santé a suscité une expérimentation en conditions réelles d’achat, avec un nouveau ressort cognitif, pour dépolariser cette controverse et légitimer le choix de ce logo. La notion de motif cognitif, comme la bataille du Nutri-Score dont l’objet même est cognitif, offrent ici une occasion remarquable de saisir avec précision les connaissances mobilisées dans le cours de l’action et leur rôle : le logo coloriel, d’emblée conçu pour agréger des connaissances et des informations, organisées de manière bien définie et selon des principes explicites revendiquant un fondement scientifique, vise à produire des conclusions fondées et à favoriser, sur ces bases, des comportements d’achat et des effets plus larges, à l’échelle de filières alimentaires tout entières.

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Imaginer des consommateurs, constituer les sujets : l’étiquetage nutritionnel aux états-Unis, 1945-1995

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Arbiters of Waste: Date Labels, the Consumer and Knowing Good, Safe Food

Arbiters of Waste: Date Labels, the Consumer and Knowing Good, Safe Food

The Political Space between Words and Things: Health Claims as Referential Displacement

La bataille cognitive des logos nutritionnels

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