Abstract This paper explores how transnational food supply chains are governed and secured through examining the 2013 horsemeat scandal, during which processed beef products were adulterated with horseflesh. Drawing on theories of governmentality and ignorance studies, it argues that the apparent ignorance among food businesses about their supply chains which this event exposed arises in response to a regulatory apparatus which renders businesses responsible for taking precautions only against foreseeable threats to food safety and authenticity. Limiting their knowledge of their supply chains therefore enables food businesses to control their ability to anticipate (and their liability for) crises. This paper highlights the role of strategic ignorance in rendering future events unforeseeable and ungovernable, and in mediating the politics of accountability and responsibility within anticipatory governmental apparatuses.

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战略无知和信任危机：马门阴影下的意外未来和食品供应链管理

摘要 本文通过考察 2013 年马肉丑闻，其中加工牛肉产品掺有马肉，探讨了跨国食品供应链是如何治理和保障的。借鉴政府管理和无知研究的理论，它认为食品企业对其供应链的明显无知是对监管机构的回应，监管机构使企业负责仅针对可预见的食品安全和真实性威胁采取预防措施。因此，限制他们对供应链的了解使食品企业能够控制他们预测（及其责任）危机的能力。本文强调了战略无知在使未来事件不可预见和无法控制方面的作用，