Is Our Food Safe?

If you watch the news or scroll social media, you should probably be in fear every time you eat. Between E. coli, Listeria, and Salmonella, the news media hypes up food-borne illness like never before. It only takes a couple minutes scrolling on Facebook before you find a new article entitled, "the hidden dangers behind your food" or some other fear-inspiring headline. The reality and irony to those is that, if you live in the United States, we live in a country where never before have so many food safety standards and education been in place in the history of our food system. We all remember the history of our food system, stories much like Upton Sinclair's The Jungle were commonplace. Today, the face of food safety is much different. Many who produce and market our food like to use this fact as a selling point. We have outplayed the reality of safe food so much; it has become a buzzword we carelessly toss out the window. In fact, I've actually seen some consumer research shows that "safe food" doesn't resonate as a selling point with consumers anymore. What!? If you ask me, it is pretty sad reality when we carelessly and thoughtlessly dismiss facts about the safety of our food and we can no longer find pride in the fact that what we put on our tables is indeed, safe. Even worse, as a public, we have become increasingly fearful and incessantly critical of the food we put on our tables. I've written about our addiction to fear before. But the worst part of it all is t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news