Comments on: Food covered in film http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/26/food-covered-in-film/ A blog dedicated to the discussion of food, restaurants and life Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:52:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Debbie Michaud http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/26/food-covered-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-2889 Debbie Michaud Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:55:01 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=3697#comment-2889 Jason, You're right, animals are not people. The fact is, however, that the methods involved in slaughtering animals for consumption greatly affect the overall quality and safety of the meat. It's not unheard of for the USDA to allow diseased animals or animals showing signs of disease to remain within the food supply. I agree that it's pretty unrealistic — for many reasons — to expect people to commit to the highest of standards at all times (we all like a little Wendy's), but the truth is that the government's standards aren't high enough nor enforced strongly enough and its agencies have been known to put profit before safety. For your own health and well-being, it doesn't hurt to be informed about the food you're putting in your body. Plus, the well cared for stuff usually tastes heads and shoulders above mystery meat. Jason,
You’re right, animals are not people. The fact is, however, that the methods involved in slaughtering animals for consumption greatly affect the overall quality and safety of the meat.

It’s not unheard of for the USDA to allow diseased animals or animals showing signs of disease to remain within the food supply. I agree that it’s pretty unrealistic — for many reasons — to expect people to commit to the highest of standards at all times (we all like a little Wendy’s), but the truth is that the government’s standards aren’t high enough nor enforced strongly enough and its agencies have been known to put profit before safety.

For your own health and well-being, it doesn’t hurt to be informed about the food you’re putting in your body. Plus, the well cared for stuff usually tastes heads and shoulders above mystery meat.

]]> By: Jason http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/26/food-covered-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-2887 Jason Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:10:53 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=3697#comment-2887 "Watching the killing is hard enough (one cow is clearly terrified), but the dehumanization makes it much worse than, say, seeing some farmers butcher a cow in a barn." As a consumer at the top of the food-chain, why should I concern myself with animals being humanely treated? I prefer low-cost meat that complies with FDA standards to high-cost humanely raised meat. An animal is going to be killed to get on my plate. I could really care less how it happens unless that process impacts me economically or affects the quality of my meat. Animals are not people. “Watching the killing is hard enough (one cow is clearly terrified), but the dehumanization makes it much worse than, say, seeing some farmers butcher a cow in a barn.”

As a consumer at the top of the food-chain, why should I concern myself with animals being humanely treated?

I prefer low-cost meat that complies with FDA standards to high-cost humanely raised meat. An animal is going to be killed to get on my plate. I could really care less how it happens unless that process impacts me economically or affects the quality of my meat. Animals are not people.

]]> By: Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/26/food-covered-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-2838 Curt Holman Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:30:05 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=3697#comment-2838 Audrae: Thanks for your comment. Were you one of the on-camera interviewees in 'King Corn?' Audrae: Thanks for your comment. Were you one of the on-camera interviewees in ‘King Corn?’

]]> By: AJT http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/26/food-covered-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-2835 AJT Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:27:57 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=3697#comment-2835 How does the President of the Corn Refiners Association find stories on a local food blog? How does the President of the Corn Refiners Association find stories on a local food blog?

]]> By: Audrae Erickson http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/26/food-covered-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-2834 Audrae Erickson Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:16:41 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=3697#comment-2834 High fructose corn syrup may have a complicated-sounding name, but it's actually a simple sweetener, made from corn, that is nutritionally the same as sugar. The American Medical Association in June 2008 helped put to rest misunderstandings about this sweetener and obesity, stating that “high fructose syrup does not appear to contribute to obesity more than other caloric sweeteners.” Even former critics of high fructose corn syrup dispel long-held myths and distance themselves from earlier speculation about the sweetener’s link to obesity as the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition releases its 2008 Vol. 88 supplement's comprehensive scientific review. Many confuse pure “fructose” with "high fructose corn syrup," a sweetener that never contains fructose alone, but always in combination with a roughly equivalent amount of a second sugar (glucose). Recent studies that have examined pure fructose - often at abnormally high levels - have been inappropriately applied to high fructose corn syrup and have caused significant consumer confusion. Consumers can see the latest research and learn more about high fructose corn syrup at www.HFCSfacts.com and www.SweetSurprise.com. Audrae Erickson President Corn Refiners Association High fructose corn syrup may have a complicated-sounding name, but it’s actually a simple sweetener, made from corn, that is nutritionally the same as sugar.

The American Medical Association in June 2008 helped put to rest misunderstandings about this sweetener and obesity, stating that “high fructose syrup does not appear to contribute to obesity more than other caloric sweeteners.”

Even former critics of high fructose corn syrup dispel long-held myths and distance themselves from earlier speculation about the sweetener’s link to obesity as the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition releases its 2008 Vol. 88 supplement’s comprehensive scientific review.

Many confuse pure “fructose” with “high fructose corn syrup,” a sweetener that never contains fructose alone, but always in combination with a roughly equivalent amount of a second sugar (glucose). Recent studies that have examined pure fructose – often at abnormally high levels – have been inappropriately applied to high fructose corn syrup and have caused significant consumer confusion.

Consumers can see the latest research and learn more about high fructose corn syrup at http://www.HFCSfacts.com and http://www.SweetSurprise.com.

Audrae Erickson
President
Corn Refiners Association

]]> By: Gabrielle http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2009/01/26/food-covered-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-2828 Gabrielle Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:53:42 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/?p=3697#comment-2828 "Our Daily Bread" should be required viewing... for anyone who eats food produced by others. “Our Daily Bread” should be required viewing… for anyone who eats food produced by others.

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