The meat processing industry in America has changed. Back during the Industrial Revolution with Upton Sinclair exposing the treatment of animals to the fairly new meat processing system. I have noticed that there is a common trend to all the issues with the food industry in the US; and the main problem is that for the US. They do not concern about the health of the customer, they just want to cut production cost to a minimum so they can make money. The government gives these big corporations subsidized money to overproduce food. So the government is the main responsible for the problems. I do not know who to blame and what action to take. Some companies like McDonalds states that their McChicken has been approved by the USDA how would we know? And if it is, why aren't other companies looking at this as an example. Or is this a business plan to make the customer think that the company cares. Ever wonder why the government gives FREE food? Well its because you get what you pay for. How many companies provide the basic foods that are covered under Food Stamps regulations that are being inspected? In my opinion I would eat free food, food is food and as long as its not going to kill me I have no problem with eating the provided food. It's either eating or starving and I'm at least thankful that this country provides free food government programs. Food Stamps provide citizens with money to buy some type of food. You want to eat Healthy? The choice is yours.
McDouble: 1.09$
Caesar Salad: 7.99$
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/06/spam-factory-conditions
http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/food_quality/see_what_we_are_made_of/meet_our_suppliers/keystone_foods.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1403460/
Disclaimer: (Food Stamps does not cover McDonalds) only basic groceries such as bread or milk, etc...
Uri,
ReplyDeleteWhat is the reason these companies receive subsidies? Does the government offer up an explanation for this?
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The reason, in my opinion, that these companies are receiving subsidies has to do with their popularity among customers and their ability to supply the demand of the people. I also think that it has to do with what the majority in certain areas are able to afford. It's really all about survival of the fit. "All junk food is subsidized (through farm subsidies): White flour, sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, etc. This is because industrial farms growing wheat, corn, sugarcane, soybeans, etc. get huge subsidies. Even the red meat scraps (I refuse to call it beef) that goes into the burgers is subsidized because the feed of the animals is subsidized. On the other hands, growers of fruits and vegetables get no financial help." What this means is that the ingredients are being processed in huge quantities so what do you do? You make it more easily available to big time corporations, (like McDonald's) that are doing well. It's very much like having a lot of the parts for a Nissan Altima. You produce a lot of the cars. There is a dealership that does really well selling their cars and so you give them the cars so that they can make money and you can make a profit. If there were only a few parts for the car, you'd only make a few. You'd have to charge the dealership more to accommodate for the price you paid to have the cars manufactured.
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DeleteAgain the main problem with the society that we live on, is the fact that this society that we live in is totally based on Capitalism, whatever sells will sell, no regrets. Regulating how big corporations sell the merchandise would not do good to the economy unfortunately, we can't blame the country's corporations for the society's demise in nutrition and obesity. like Uri said in his post "It's either eating or starving and I'm at least thankful that this country provides free food government programs. Food Stamps provide citizens with money to buy some type of food. You want to eat Healthy? The choice is yours."
ReplyDeleteCan we blame the corporations for doing what they were taught? At least like Uri said we still have way of buying some type of food, only those who are in a high socio economy class are able to buy organic or healthy food.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/23/health-minister-poor-families-obesity.