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  • prole
    65·
    3 days ago

    A whole bunch of libertarians are about to find out what the unregulated “free market” for food is like.

    And when they get sick and/or die, someone make sure that they know its their own fault for not doing enough research before eating.

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      29·
      3 days ago

      They knew this over a hundred years ago when Upton Sinclair reported on it and motivated the government to found the FDA. It made everyone more disgusted about what was in their food rather than the cost of human misery workers paid to produce it. Why do people forget the lessons of the past?

      • Fredthefishlord
        5·
        2 days ago

        A lot of those types don’t forget. They just think that now that the issue is gone(even when it isn’t) the organizations are “government overreach” now.

        And that it’ll be idiots who die from not being safe etc not them

      • Ænima@lemm.ee
        9·
        3 days ago

        Why do people forget the lessons of the past?

        All the people that would normally slap them upside their head die off.

      • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        If people don’t see the direct benefit of something in their everyday lives, it’s easy to convince them they don’t need it.

  • brianary@startrek.website
    12·
    3 days ago

    The FDA was already fucking worthless. I got severe food poisoning from some grocery store pre-boiled eggs some years ago, and when I asked them to look into it to prevent other people getting sick, they just connected me with the grocery store lawyers who were just useless and defensive.

  • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.eeEnglish
    33·
    3 days ago

    … what are we supposed to fucking do? I can stop eating meat but it’s not like I can stop eating altogether. Am I just going to get food poisoning a few times over the course of this nightmare administration? Do I have to wait 4 fucking years to enjoy eating without worrying about getting sick?

    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

    • Fredthefishlord
      6·
      2 days ago

      Actual answer is that many brands will still uphold a level of quality. The decay and race downward is not immediate, even though the ramifications will be long felt, so you will be mostly safe for the next 4 years from food poisoning. Just don’t try the lowest quality brands after a year if we stay on this course…

  • Theo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    3 days ago

    I gotta grow my own food now. It is time to break out the off-grid post-apocalyptic survival books for me, I guess. Can’t be too hard, rightttttt!?

  • SaltSong@startrek.websiteEnglish
    11·
    3 days ago

    I don’t belive the headline is accurate, based on my reading of the article.

    It looks line they area going to continue reading the food for safety. What they have stopped doing is making sure the tests are run properly.

    I’m not suggesting that this is a noteworthy improvement, nor am I 100% sure my reading is correct. But I prefer the accurate information to the inaccurate.

    • uienia@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 days ago

      He was big on massive deregulation in favour of the industry oligarchs in his previous administration as well. So this one was kinda easy to predict.