Apparently there is now so
much fiddling the food by makers and retailers and the rest that a lot of what
we might buy is not what we think it is or ought to be.
Inevitably, the government
has declared war on "food crime" and threatens those responsible with
the full power of the state and dire consequences.
In the meantime those who
have been burgled or battered are being invited to conduct their own crime
investigations. If this allowed me to be
judge, jury and wielder of a cat o' nine tails it might be worth it.
There is nothing new in food adulteration
or the like as the poem says in the link, "The Song Against Grocers"
by GK Chesterton. It has just moved on,
become more rampant, and now has the full weight of modern marketing behind it
as well as the power of science.
Of course, the old
fashioned grocers are all long gone. Now
we are lucky enough to have the supermarkets.
One problem with supermarket food is that although the labels are quite informative, people just don't read them.
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