I
think there are roughly three levels of food problem in the world. And what we
saw in the Food Inc is not bad compare to other two levels.
The
worst level is not enough food. In many poor countries like most countries in
Africa, a lot of people have not enough food to support their lives. A lot of
people starve to death. They have no chance to choose the types of food. What
they want is just something to eat or they will die. So this level is the worst
level of food problem in the world.
The
second worst level is no guarantee of food safety. I come from China, where the
food safety is a huge problem. So I feel extremely sensitive about this
problem. For example, some restaurants in China may use the same oil
many times to cook food. They may change oil once a week. And when the oil is
dumped some people will collect the oil from drains. Can you imagine how
disgusting it is? This is a hot issue in China recently. There are still many
other famous events about food safety in China. The Sanlu milk powder with
melamine make infants' heads huge; the China's KFC put Sudan red in their fried
wings to make it look good; the hugest pastry company in China called
Guanshengyuan used expired meat to process moon cakes...... Some places in the
world can not guarantee the safety of food yet, let alone the healthy problem
about food.
Compare
to previous levels, what the Food Inc reflects is not so bad. What Americans
consider is what food is healthy. At least they have enough food to eat and
their food is safety. I believe the current situation of America food is the
reasonable result of the development pf industrial society and capitalism. The
efficiency and profit are the most important values. Organic food is good. But
the production of organic food is inefficient, which cause it expensive. So
only the people rich enough can enjoy organic food.
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