Food Inc. Documentary - Notes - 862 Words

Food Inc. documentary – notes Supermarkets and corn: †¢ Grocery store tomatoes are picked green and then ripened with ethylene gas †¢ Most people have no idea where their food comes from – food industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about what you are eating because if you did you might not eat it †¢ The average grocery store has 47,000 products which makes it look like there is a large variety of choice – but it is an illusion – there are only a few major companies and a few major crops involved †¢ Much of the processed food is just clever rearrangements of corn (eg. of the additives that are derived from corn: cellulose, saccharin, polydextrose, xanthan gum, maltodextrin, and high fructose corn syrup) †¢ 30%†¦show more content†¦with no windows †¢ Chickens, (with the help of growth hormones) grow from a baby chic to a 5.5 lb chicken in 7 weeks, the bones can’t keep up with growth – which means some can’t handle weight t hat they are carrying so when they try to take a few steps they fall down †¢ Corn is cheap (and also helps make the chickens fat quickly) allows low meat prices – over 200lbs of meat per person per year would not be possible without this diet of cheap grain †¢ Expensive with respect to the environmental and health costs Pork and hog processing plants: †¢ Those who work for a Smithfield hog processing plant say the company has the same mentality towards workers as they do the hogs †¢ They slaughter 32,000 hogs per day (2,000 hogs an hour) and employees get infections from handling the guts so much †¢ Meat packing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the US and it is done by a lot of illegal immigrants The government’s role: †¢ The Government is dominated by the industries it is supposed to be regulating †¢ 70% of processed foods have Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) – the food industry fought against having to label foods as GMO and won †¢ It is also against the law to criticize the food industry’s foods – thanks to the â€Å"Veggie Libel Laws† †¢ In Colorado you can go to prison for criticizing their foods †¢ The â€Å"Cheeseburger bills† make it difficult to sue them, but these companies have legions of attorneys and they may sue youShow MoreRelatedImpact Of Geography On China Ancient China1080 Words   |  5 Pagescivilizations from culturally diffusing into Chinese lifestyle and culture. 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