Food Essay

Quasay Multani
Mr. Wojewodski
10/14/2010

When I heard about the corruption in the food industry I was truly dumbfounded. All these years I thought the food in which I ate from was safe and secure. The way they treated the animals was the one thing that really got to me. The animals were treated  deleteriously and the food they gave them was not what they were suppose to eat naturally. This was the incentive that made want to eat more things form the organic aisle in the grocery store. I now know that even fast food chains do the same thing to animals as well. Reports of unsanitary conditions, E.Coli break outs, and other diseases in the food make me wonder what is the FDA doing? They are part of the government and they have the right to  inspect food at factories and they should be able to close the factory down.
A couple months ago there was this big story on a Salmonella out break from a factory down south. People realize that they could die from this disease so more and more people stop eating the food in which the factory made. My point is if people can see that the same thing is happening right now in factories all over they US why are they not doing anything? The one thing that surprise me the most is the way the big companies handle anything that is said against them. Oprah said that she was disgusted with the way the food is made in Texas, and what did they do? They sued Oprah for just having an opinion on the food they make. After one million dollars in court fees Oprah won the battle. Also new laws in Arizona as well states nothing  deleterious can be said about those big companies. That sounds like to me they are taking away our freedom of speech.

These companies also indirectly change the food pyramid. Lettuce is naturally good for you but when you add in all the chemicals and preservatives it is just as  deleterious as like eating a candy bar. These companies show us pictures of farm on their merchandise but what use to be farms is now factories.  The conditions in which the animals live in are also  deleterious. Cows are ankle deep in their own manure and chickens are genetically engineered in ordered to fill consumer demands. Facts like these truly disgust me in a way that I cannot described. The companies do not even care about their consumers as well all they care about is their money. When in the movie they said that one boy died from E.Coli that was is in hamburger and all the family wanted was an apology letter from the big companies and they did not even gave them that.

My suggestion to anyone is to buy all their food locally and do not have them imported from anyone else. They should buy from local farmers and they should know how their food is being handled and treated. Also buy organic it is more healthier for you and it does not have any of the  chemical preservatives ordinary food has. Also on local farms animals are treated with respect and they are not genetically engineered in any way. The farmers also treat you with respect unlike those big companies. I also suggest that you do not buy from fast food restaurants as well. My diet is definitely going to change from this. Like I said before the I am going to try and eat more organic. I am also going to try and spread the word to friends and family members about this issue. We need to start supporting local farmers and send a message to these huge companies that we don't want their fake food. That we want real food that we want real food that is grown safely.

How ever some companies are trying to go green, so that could be a step up. Like Wal-Mart is selling more organic foods now then ever before. Hopefully Wal-Mart can set the example for all the other big companies. More and more foods are becoming organic to us and we should take this opportunity to stand up against the big food companies. They control over 80% of the food we eat but we can put a stop to this. Factory workers are also being mistreated. They work in unsanitary condition with no breaks and they get paid minimal wage. The other people who are being mistreated are the farmers. The companies purposely attack them to destroy the competition. The put harmful pesticides in their fields and it is being washed in the farmers fields. The big companies also refuse to have an interview for the film which I found humiliating on their part.

The one reason the food companies do not get in trouble is because they know people in the government that will help them in any way possible. They know they have the back up from the corrupt leaders in the government if anyone tries to sues them for their practices. They will also corrupt the people in the jury and the judges if they have to win the case. Corruption like this should be not allowed in America and they can get put into jail if they are doing it over and over again. However in the real world this is everywhere and because of that many of the so called bad people cheat their way through the economy.