fast food nation blog 3: its all about the money

In the last part of fast food nation it is clearly pointed out that the fast food industry are corrupt people that only car about how much money they cane make at the fastest way possible to do it. there is a lot that goes into every Burger that is sold and every french fry that is fried. form the farm, because of the stress that the food industry puts on farmer it is very hard for them to be able to sell a quality product and still make a profit- its hard enough to not sell a quality product. however because the legislator has its hands in the pocket of these corporations its hard for farmers to do anything about it. for that reason the most questionable beef comes form the united states. strikes and protest ave been held in foreign countries protest the import of u.s. meats they believe that feed any thing to our cows, pump them with devastating hormones, and because of that they are infected with the mad cow disease. which is not entirely false. in spite, more often than not these poor malnutrition animals are the one that are chosen by the fast food industry and the same meats that are distributed in the school cafeteria. because these cows are bigger and cheaper. which and lead to an pandemic outbreak of E.coil diseases, even animals that appear to be health could have come in contact with a the disease. between contents of manure, during slaughter, or subsequent processing, there is no telling what is really in the meat. Laws have been made to attempt to keep food safe, however the legislator of these laws receives payoffs by the food industry. as a effect many times meat cane go by infected. for example if there is a sick cow on the farm that may be infected, that cow cannot be tested until it has been slaughtered- probably because they don't want the news to leak out to the rest of the world that U.S. cows are in fact infected. processes like this make it hard to keep clean safe meat at the dinner table and behind the counter. However in the past when problems have presented its self, and customer step up and said something about it. the corporation did some thing about it and fast. like when McDonald's USED to sell there food in cardboard boxer that were bad for the environment and activists step up and made it an issue. McDonald's made it there business; thus we have the paper bags that are biodegradable, they have today. as long as there money is protected big corporations like McDonald's will do nothing to change the quality of the food helping the farms or anybody else for that reason. as long as their money is safe...

The spread of BSE(mad cow disease) in Europe has revealed how secret alliances between agribusiness and government can endanger the public health. "the desire for profit can over rule every other consideration." how dose this make you feel about the safety of the foods that you eat? what can you do to pressure the big food corps. to ensure better quality and cleanliness of the product, and provide better treatment for worker? What are you willing to do for the safety of the food for you and your family?

Do you believe that in spite of the high cost of raising "health cows" that the farm industry could and would find/make away to do it; IF the demand was high enough?