Thanks Newbie. That should be an encouragement for people to grow their own foods as much as possible. If I understood it correctly, the levels given are the maximums allowed. It doesn't tell us about the inspection procedures they have, such as how often inspections actually take place. I do not think it would be possible for the FDA to actually provide adequate inspection in every food factory in the country. Also a lot of our food comes from other countries now. It also doesn't really tell us how widespread any contamination is. The commercial food industry is all about profits. I doubt if many violators ever get caught.
On the other hand,I deal with many companies who are very particular about the way they grow and handle their food. To say that all growers and manufacturer's follow the lowest common denominator in food processing and handling is absolutely wrong. Many have processes that go way beyond what the law lays down as "acceptable".Many companies run clean, efficient processes and the quality of their food is very high.Surely growing our own food is ideal, but it is not fair to lump all companies into the same boat.
I shop at a place where it is farmers market and they grow things organically. I thought they were on the up and up. But then I found out in April they started up their markets and this was way before the crops were even planted yet. I wondered where did they get their product? I later found out that they went to markets in the big city and bought them and they sell them here as organic and farmed by them. A clear lie..
Not necessarily. It may not be home grown but it could still be organic. If they said, 'We grow our own produce!" that would have been a lie but they could still buy organically and sell it as 'organic'.
newbie,Thanks very much- that was just what I was looking for.Marantha
That depends entirely on who you talk to. Some would say it is ok to eat anything. Chocolate is a very unhealthily product where there is very little redeeming factors involved.#1 To begin with it is high in refined sugar#2 It contains an addicting drug- Caffeine.#3 It is typically if not exclusively produced in hot third world countries where the raw product is piled in heaps and fermented.#4 Rodents live in these piles for food and shelter and dogs that run loose pee on them like fire hydrants as they mark their territory. #5 Chocolate is so filthy a substance that in order for it to be accepted into this country the FDA has loosened the standard to allow 2 mouse droppings and or small insect parts per tablespoon. Of course when all the sugar is added and it is processed no one is the wiser.#6 Milk chocolate contains dairy and all of its liability's these days. Carob is naturally sweet without adding sugar, no fermenting, no caffeine, probably has not been peed on or lived in by rodents, and tastes great. When we were in another country we opened some carob pods and ate the carob. It was sweet and good. It was a cream colored powder and tasted like malted milk balls.
