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There's a fantastic book, called the secret life of groceries by Benjamin Lorr. In it, he mentions that at the FDA they call Trader Joe's "Recall Joe's" for the
by Overtonwindow 4y ago
There's a fantastic book, called the secret life of groceries by Benjamin Lorr. In it, he mentions that at the FDA they call Trader Joe's "Recall Joe's" for their disturbingly high number of recalls
- bb88 4y agoLast year, Consumer Reports did a study on spices contaminated with chemicals (cadmium, etc). And Trader Joe's wasn't immune from it. Certain third world countries would grow them in contaminated areas and then sell them back to the west. BTW, I appreciate your username. There's an episode of The Good Fight that talks about it.
- mastermedo 4y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window Thanks for pointing it out. TIL
- Overtonwindow 4y agoI read it in a book and thought it explained a lot of what our corporate, and media driven society has become. There are agendas and you can almost track their movement, and how the window of what is socially acceptable has moved. I think everyone should know and study the overton window concept.
- voytec 4y ago> at the FDA they call Trader Joe's "Recall Joe's" for their disturbingly high number of recalls Doesn't seem to be that many recalls in comparison to other US chains. FDA's search returns 11 recalls[1] for the last 3 years. [1] https://www.fda.gov/search?s=trader%20joe&items_per_page=100&sort_bef_combine=rel_DESC&f%5B2%5D=current%3A%28min%3A1580601600%2Cmax%3A1675296000%29 https://www.fda.gov/search?s=trader%20joe&items_per_page=100...
- Overtonwindow 4y agoMore details from the book: https://blog.rayberger.org/the-secret-life-of-groceries https://blog.rayberger.org/the-secret-life-of-groceries
- whazor 4y agoIt seems to be before Aldi Nord bought Trader's joes, which happened in the 70s.
- compressedgas 4y agoI remember more the products they have discontinued.