Comment on Why do some people say "I wouldn't want a government to dictate what I eat"? This would mean they'd be against food safety regulations, would it not?

• Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In an unregulated market, who is there to say that the ingredients even need to be listed on the box?

  Every purchase can be like its own little surprise!

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• AceSLive@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m gonna paste in a reply I made to another comment which I think will answer my view on this

  “Context was the idea of a government banning meat” says the original post.

  I agree that you can’t possibly be fully informed on every part of everything you buy or consume, there’s too much info and for a lot of it you need a good understanding of biology, science and food science to even grasp what some ingredients are for and how they work.

  I am not against the governments telling people the dangers of certain foods (such as increased cardiovascular issues with overconsumption of red meat, or risk of stroke due to smoking) but as long as the consumer is informed of such, it should be up to them - not up to the government banning something like meat

  And I’m against the abuse animals suffer and the whole meat industry, by the way. I hate what happens to the animals, but thats a whole other can of worms…

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