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> The percentage of people who 'got sick' by Soylent was less 0.1% of all consumers. If that happened to any other manufacturer's food product, there would be
by 6nf 10y ago
> The percentage of people who 'got sick' by Soylent was less 0.1% of all consumers.
If that happened to any other manufacturer's food product, there would be an immediate recall and a long intense search for the culprit before a single unit is sold to consumers again. This is people's health you're talking about, not some tech product with a dead pixel.
- intopieces 10y agoFrom the FDA's website: "Food producers recall their products from the marketplace when the products are mislabeled or when the food may present a health hazard to consumers because the food is contaminated or has caused a foodborne illness outbreak." Soylent is not mislabeled. Soylent is not contaminated. Soylent has not caused a foodborne illness outbreak. At the moment, it appears that a small group of consumers discovered they have a sensitivity to algae. They were not hospitalized. No one has died. I'm not even sure anyone missed work. Let's not turn this into an Upton Sinclair novel. Humans are not particularly fragile creatures. http://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/ http://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/
- Pitarou 10y agoI've tried to explain in another thread why I think Soylent should be regulated differently from other food products.