Comments on: How Safe Is Our Food Supply?

By: OvenAversion

OvenAversion — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:08:38 +0000

I definitely think there should be better regulation and routine checks that establishments are honoring the requirements. I have bought expired headache medicine once by accident (which was shocking considering the expiration dates are usually at LEAST a year out!) and caught expired yogurt in the refrigerated case. I walked all over the store to find somebody to inform about it, and he looked at me like I was crazy! Obviously I didn’t buy it, but I thought they should remove it from the shelves to prevent anyone else from getting it.

I think this also brings to light the need to consider further labeling. Maybe meat packages should clearly state all the different countries from where it came. Just a start on one of the more dangerous items in our food chain.

By: Ryan Boudreaux

Ryan Boudreaux — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:42:17 +0000

Clarie, I do wish to see “Food, Inc.” however it never played near us, I may have to purchase or rent the DVD when it becomes available. I saw trailers for it and visited their website often when I heard about it’s release a few months ago. Thank you for bringing it back into the forefront of my memory.

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:20:41 +0000

Have you seen the movie “Food Inc.”? It is eye opening! It makes you realize the monopoly of the food industry. Since seeing that movie, I’ve pushed towards buying only organic and local produce/products as often as possible.

By: BeFoodie

BeFoodie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:27:43 +0000

Ohh I didn’t know that I had that much to say about it lol another thing about chosing the local.

Human dna is same in human-being as species. However every member of different geographic area has his own genetic codes.

There was an article about this in Geo. They simply say this : eat what your ancestors were eating. For example if you are a native of America eat what Americans have been eating (or were eating) there for ages. Or if you’re a Nordic, eat what your ancestors were eating along the ages. Because nature gives you what you really need to have to live right “there… where you live”.

Of course there is nothing wrong to eat healthy products of any part of the world. Variety of nature is endlessly on use of human. But here then the second ‘must’ comes: Just have the ones natural and fresh. The thing which you feed your body must be a product of nature not industrial…

By: BeFoodie

BeFoodie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:16:06 +0000

I forgot to add. Food is a very important item of political tricks which gets you confused. You sometimes can’t decide who to trust.

As in the melamine issue of China, here was another topic about coca-cola drinks which are sent to Turkey. Some organizations say that Coca Cola is using a kind of cheaper sweetener which causes brain damage and illnesses in colas they send to Turkey.

This can be a political saying or a scientific truth. They show you scientific proof of their argument however I cannot really know who tells the real truth as an individual.

If we go back to first comment of mine as food is the most important part of our lives it’s better to chose products which we know better, which we can control easier… means which is local (as much as possible)

By: BeFoodie

BeFoodie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:05:28 +0000

I guess I’m a bit away from this topic as we have mostly our own products in Turkey. However because of some international politics issues agricultre is under risk of foreign attack here, too. Our main problem is how much the seeds are changed/rotten in dnas. As organic products are much more expensive than any other products it’s inevitable to use products grown with ‘too much’ hormons.

Although such problems I guess we’re still lucky to living in Turkey as we mostly have our own fresh products. Also we do not use Chinese products of food here. Not much I guess. Tea is an exception, and I’m not sure if they can add any melamine or any other things to tea. (And as I know scented/flavoured teas are mostly proceeded in Europe or in the States.)

I jumped from topic to topic. To sum up I can say that we should mostly use daily/fresh products and mostly from local producers if possible.

Human of earlier era was in balance with nature. They were following the specialities of the seasons. In my opinion we’d rather sign a peace agreement with nature, and listen to it. The start of the global economical crisis is also another signal of the mistakes we’ve been doing towards nature and history.

By: gregb

gregb — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:47:31 +0000

Our area has online restaurant inspection reports, so we can view them whenever we consider visiting a restaurant.

I am concerned about the food supply. So much so that I have a garden plot out back to grow my own vegetables. They taste better and I don’t have to worry about what the Chinese put into them.

By: LDGourmet

LDGourmet — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:39:57 +0000

Food safety, the safety of our “foodshed” is increasingly scary. Between melamine in Chinese foods (do I have to worry about all the tea I drink? if not melamine, what else are they allowing the food to be tainted by?)
or the Irish pork now…just seems we need to be closer to our food sources and demand transparency from our FDA/USDA screeners. Instead of allowing frankenfoods, why don’t they inspect more of the foods coming into our food supplies and get off the backs of our small farmers and producers here?

Okay, ’nuff ranting…