http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/gao-fda-must-do-better-on-produce-safety-and-food-labeling/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:07:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/gao-fda-must-do-better-on-produce-safety-and-food-labeling/comment-page-1/#comment-11573 Sheila Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:20:05 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/14/gao-fda-must-do-better-on-produce-safety-and-food-labeling/#comment-11573 Although I would LIKE to see improved safety activities, I worry that the food industry has a monopoly of sorts. That is, relatively few of us have the time/strength/land/knowledge/motivation to produce all our own food. Most of us rely on the convenience of going to the store and dumping a bunch of stuff in our cart and leaving with our haul in a matter of minutes. Thus, they know we will buy whatever they put out, and not boycott often enough or long enough to make a financial difference to them. So, I bet they reason we are a captive audience of sorts, thus why should they spend more time/effort/money to improve labeling or safety activities. Although I would LIKE to see improved safety activities, I worry that the food industry has a monopoly of sorts. That is, relatively few of us have the time/strength/land/knowledge/motivation to produce all our own food. Most of us rely on the convenience of going to the store and dumping a bunch of stuff in our cart and leaving with our haul in a matter of minutes. Thus, they know we will buy whatever they put out, and not boycott often enough or long enough to make a financial difference to them. So, I bet they reason we are a captive audience of sorts, thus why should they spend more time/effort/money to improve labeling or safety activities.

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