Foreword / Charles Cockbill -- Governing food in the21st century: Globalization of risk analysis / Peter W.B. Phillips and Robert Wolfe -- Science: Risk assessment -- How well understood is the "science" of food safety? / George G. Khachatourians -- Trade: Risk management -- Food safety, trade policy and international institutions / Peter W.B. Phillips -- International efforts to label food derived through biotechnology / Anne A. MacKenzie -- Industry stewardship as a response to food safety concerns / Lorne H. Hepworth -- Risk, precaution and the food business / Neville Craddock -- Safety: Risk communication -- Consumer perceptions of food safety: Survey research in economics and social psychology / Spencer Henson -- Food labels as a method of risk communication at the retail level in the United Kingdom / Catherine Humphries -- Public perceptions of risk and the regulatory response in the United Kingdom / Patricia Mann -- Risk management and communication: Enhancing consumer confidence / Douglas A. Powell, Katija Blaine, Amber Leudtke, Shane Morris, and Jeff Wilson -- Genetic seeds of discord: the Transatlantic GMO trade conflict after the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety / Robert Falker -- Conclusion -- Governing food: Closing remarks / William Leiss -- Contributors.