Chapter 9 starts with an story about histories largest recall of food. In 1997 about 35 million pounds of ground beef was recalled by Hudson Foods because of E Coli found in the meat . At the time of the recall, almost 25 million pounds were already eaten. Schlosser discusses the new ways people our experiencing food poisoning . Before the rise of the large meatpacking plants, most cases seen of tainted food localized in small arenas. But because of meat now being distributed in large quantie across the nation, an account of food poisoning in one small town may indicate a epidemic. In the United States 200, 000 people are sickened by a food borne disease everyday.
Is this one of the first signs that the government is slowly losing more and more power to big corporations ?
The old saying is the costumer is always right, so if this is the case if we demand better food products would we get it ?
How come these large food corporations are reviving government subsides and write offs, while their killing and making Americans sick at the same time?
Is their a rate of change (leaning towards increasing) in just the last 10 years of people being affected with E Coli ?
Is this one of the first signs that the government is slowly losing more and more power to big corporations ?
The old saying is the costumer is always right, so if this is the case if we demand better food products would we get it ?
How come these large food corporations are reviving government subsides and write offs, while their killing and making Americans sick at the same time?
Is their a rate of change (leaning towards increasing) in just the last 10 years of people being affected with E Coli ?
Chapter 10 discusses about Plauen, Germany. Schlosser makes point to mention that everyone he talked with about Plauen was shocked to learn he wanted to visit this town of all towns. Schlosser notes the history of the city from 1923 when it was one of the first places to subscribe to Nazism, until 1990 when it was the first in East Germany to accept a McDonald’s restaurant.
Schlosser makes a point to show the the United States in a global context and to point out the role of the consumer. So I wonder how much power does the consumer really have ? If we were more informed could we make a differences? At the end of the day if the people we send to represent us aren't but yet representing large food companies whats the point? It appears to me the fist thing we need to control in the money. If we take the lobbyist money out of politics, maybe we could see true sweeping reforms but until that day its going to be more of the same. In the words of Barrack Obama , you can slap make up on a pig but its still a pig.
In the Epiloge Schlosser discusses a bout a surreal experience he had , while researching this book .It took place in 1999 in Las Vegas. Schlosser describes Las Vegas as “the fulfillment of social and economic trends now sweeping from the American West to the farthest reaches of the globe.” While in Las Vegas, Schlosser heard Mikhail Gorbachev ones leader of the former Soviet Union speak at the Twenty-sixth Annual Chain Operators Exchange about Russia in the aftermath of the Cold War. Schlosser saw Gorbachev’s being their something like an American version of a Roman circus, displaying the leader of a captured land.
Is Fast food being a chief American export, a key example of how the United States engages the rest of the world ?
Schlosser makes a point to show the the United States in a global context and to point out the role of the consumer. So I wonder how much power does the consumer really have ? If we were more informed could we make a differences? At the end of the day if the people we send to represent us aren't but yet representing large food companies whats the point? It appears to me the fist thing we need to control in the money. If we take the lobbyist money out of politics, maybe we could see true sweeping reforms but until that day its going to be more of the same. In the words of Barrack Obama , you can slap make up on a pig but its still a pig.
In the Epiloge Schlosser discusses a bout a surreal experience he had , while researching this book .It took place in 1999 in Las Vegas. Schlosser describes Las Vegas as “the fulfillment of social and economic trends now sweeping from the American West to the farthest reaches of the globe.” While in Las Vegas, Schlosser heard Mikhail Gorbachev ones leader of the former Soviet Union speak at the Twenty-sixth Annual Chain Operators Exchange about Russia in the aftermath of the Cold War. Schlosser saw Gorbachev’s being their something like an American version of a Roman circus, displaying the leader of a captured land.
Is Fast food being a chief American export, a key example of how the United States engages the rest of the world ?
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