Context was the idea of a government banning certain popular foods

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    I like the government to force companies to meet certain regulations for production of various food items so that they’re safe for everyone, but then let me pick at the grocery store from what’s then produced.

    • AceSLive@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      I feel a reply I made to someone else addresses my side of this:

      “Context was the idea of a government banning meat” says the original post.

      I agree that you can’t possibly be fully informed on every part of everything you buy or consume, there’s too much info and for a lot of it you need a good understanding of biology, science and food science to even grasp what some ingredients are for and how they work.

      I am not against the governments telling people the dangers of certain foods (such as increased cardiovascular issues with overconsumption of red meat, or risk of stroke due to smoking) but as long as the consumer is informed of such, it should be up to them - not up to the government banning something like meat

      And I’m against the abuse animals suffer and the whole meat industry, by the way. I hate what happens to the animals, but thats a whole other can of worms…