Friday, August 26, 2005
Save us, mommy!
Haha. That's funny. AG Lockyer, one of the biggest gun-sellers in California, wants warning labels put on potato products which produce acrylamide when cooked.
Lockyer is seeking labeling only of potato products, although traces of acrylamide are found in breakfast cereals, breads, olives, asparagus, coffee and even prune juice.
Yeah, but people are already at war with french fries, so who cares about all those other things?
"Acrylamide has been present in the food supply and safely consumed since human beings discovered that cooked food tastes good and is often safer than the raw form," the coalition of food producers said in its statement about the lawsuit.
Don't be silly, with the whole "pointing-out-the-obvious." The important thing is safety. SAFETY!!! Consider the two reactions:
1. Consumer continues eating those products, so there's no change.
2. Consumer stops eating those products because she's afraid of carcinogens, even though she doesn't at all understand what kind of actual risk is being presented by these foods. As a result, she probably eats something unhealthier.
And then we'll be safe.
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