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Instead of theoretical ideas about what would happen to the food industry or your anecdote about being fine when eating food that was unregulated I am going to
by lovich 8y ago
Instead of theoretical ideas about what would happen to the food industry or your anecdote about being fine when eating food that was unregulated I am going to point you to "Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
- pitaj 8y agoThe Jungle is fiction. Only 12 pages of the novel concerned anything close to food safety, and at the time there were already food inspections. https://www.zeroaggressionproject.org/uncategorized/upton-sinclairs-the-jungle/ https://www.zeroaggressionproject.org/uncategorized/upton-si...
- lovich 8y agoHuh. I knew Jungle was a novel but the part based on food safety was based on actual situations he observed
- TangoTrotFox 8y agoYou don't find it inconsistent to dismiss one bit of anecdotal evidence while referencing another? I expanded more on the data issue here [1]. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17371829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17371829