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Alar

By: Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues
Edited by: Ken Albala
Subject:Sociology of Consumption, Food & Nutrition
Keywords:pesticide

Alar is the trade name of a systemic plant growth regulator, daminozide, produced by Uniroyal Chemical Company beginning in 1963. It was banned in the United States in 1989 for use on food products. This entry discusses the properties of Alar and details the events leading up to the ban on Alar, including the current view on the “Alar scare.”

How Alar Affects Plants

Alar strengthens fibers in plants, especially the naturally weak joint between apple stems and branches, causing some apples that would otherwise have [Page 23]dropped from trees shortly after maturation to stay on trees for up to 2 weeks longer, allowing more time for picking the apples. This also caused the apples to be redder than they otherwise might be, making them more cosmetically ...

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  Crawford-Oppenheimer, C. (2015). Alar. In K. Albala (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of food issues (Vol. 1, pp. 23-25). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346304.n15
  
  Crawford-Oppenheimer, Christine. "Alar." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues, edited by Albala, Ken, 23-25. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346304.n15.
  
  Crawford-Oppenheimer, C. 2015. Alar. In: Ken Albala Editor, 2015. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 23-25 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346304.n15> [Accessed 17 Aug 2022].
  
  Crawford-Oppenheimer, Christine. "Alar." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues. Edited by Ken Albala. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015, pp. 23-25. SAGE Knowledge. 17 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346304.n15.
  
  Crawford-Oppenheimer, Christine (2015). Alar In: Albala, Ken (Ed.),Alar The SAGE encyclopedia of food issues Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2015:23-25. doi:10.4135/9781483346304.n15
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