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A Majority of the World's Countries Have Stricter Food Standards than US
Over half of the world's countries have strickter food standards than the
US FDA which has strong corporate ties.
According to bing.com news, Mountain Dew is banned in 100 countries
because it contains brominated vegetable oil which cau because it ses reproductive and behavioral problems.
A fraction of the other additives banned elsewhere but not in the US
Carrageenan
Chlorine washed poultry which destroys some chicken flesh pathogens
but replaces them with poisonous chlorine
Azodicarbonamide (ADA)CHLORINE WASHED POULTRY
one of the yellow dyes
one of the red dyes
etc.
Kraft Foods pressured the USDA to allow more toxic additives.
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"Sodium benzoate, sodium propionate, and benzoic acid will now be permissible
for use in preserving and treating meat and poultry products, despite having
been previously banned. FSIS has long been of the persuasion that major food
corporations would attempt to use such additives to "conceal damage or
inferiority in meat and poultry," but the agency's view has apparently changed."
Surprising foods that are banned around the world (msn.com)
This is what you get when you
This is what you get when you put profit above people. I might use this information the next time someone is singing the praises of deregulation. Very important facts.