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ngdawg · 10-06-2006, 10:56 AM

The recent e-coli situation with 'organic' fresh spinach points to the need for 'some' regulation of organic produce.
I worked for a candy manufacturer for several years. We had to answer to the weights and measures people, the health dept and OSHA.
The farming subsidy programs in place are archaic forms of regulations; if I'm not mistaken, they are left over from FDR days, when he set out to make sure everyone had a piece of the pie and to insure that agriculture didn't just plant nothing but corn.
This is not the same thing. A-transfats aren't grown in manure and therefore need to be overseen as being fit for consumption. B-transfats are only involved in W&M or health dept to insure there's no contamination in processing or overly and mistakenly included in manufacturing.
This is a choice issue, plain and simple. Transfats are used for flavor and preserving. The restaurant industry is already heavily regulated, at least in NJ. Before you can even open an eatery, there's a litany of laws, regulations, guidelines, etc., from the type of light housings allowed to how hot your dishwashing water has to be to how cold your refridgeration has to be. How many seats are they allowed? Is there adequate kitchen ventilation and fire extinguishers? (nothing like having a broiler fire 5 minutes before the fire marshall makes a surprise inspection). Frying oil is checked, spoilage noted, etc.
In manufacturing, ingredients such as corn syrup, flavorings, etc., are inspected as are their containers, which have to be cleaned with foodsafe cleansers and the machines that make the candy and package it must be maintained with only foodsafe materials.
NJ's cities are disgusting, riddled with crime and falling apart economically. Our property taxes are highest in all 50 states. We have bankrupt schools, outrageous car insurance rates and toxic industrial sites.
And this woman wants to get rid of some fat????? The only slippery slope I can see is coming from Karcher (who, if I remember correctly, was a portly child much like her dad). Instead of dealing with the true problems of this state that would affect everyone, she hones in on an industry that by and large, is made up of small business people just trying to get by as it is because her own kids eat too many french fries! Here's a clue, Ms. Karcher...don't feed them what you don't want them to have. Or better yet, toss the kids into the backyard with a basketball, close the door and do something more constructive with the time., like...I don't know..... find a way to clean up Camden?

10-06-2006, 10:56 AM	#26 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	The recent e-coli situation with 'organic' fresh spinach points to the need for 'some' regulation of organic produce. I worked for a candy manufacturer for several years. We had to answer to the weights and measures people, the health dept and OSHA. The farming subsidy programs in place are archaic forms of regulations; if I'm not mistaken, they are left over from FDR days, when he set out to make sure everyone had a piece of the pie and to insure that agriculture didn't just plant nothing but corn. This is not the same thing. A-transfats aren't grown in manure and therefore need to be overseen as being fit for consumption. B-transfats are only involved in W&M or health dept to insure there's no contamination in processing or overly and mistakenly included in manufacturing. This is a choice issue, plain and simple. Transfats are used for flavor and preserving. The restaurant industry is already heavily regulated, at least in NJ. Before you can even open an eatery, there's a litany of laws, regulations, guidelines, etc., from the type of light housings allowed to how hot your dishwashing water has to be to how cold your refridgeration has to be. How many seats are they allowed? Is there adequate kitchen ventilation and fire extinguishers? (nothing like having a broiler fire 5 minutes before the fire marshall makes a surprise inspection). Frying oil is checked, spoilage noted, etc. In manufacturing, ingredients such as corn syrup, flavorings, etc., are inspected as are their containers, which have to be cleaned with foodsafe cleansers and the machines that make the candy and package it must be maintained with only foodsafe materials. NJ's cities are disgusting, riddled with crime and falling apart economically. Our property taxes are highest in all 50 states. We have bankrupt schools, outrageous car insurance rates and toxic industrial sites. And this woman wants to get rid of some fat????? The only slippery slope I can see is coming from Karcher (who, if I remember correctly, was a portly child much like her dad). Instead of dealing with the true problems of this state that would affect everyone, she hones in on an industry that by and large, is made up of small business people just trying to get by as it is because her own kids eat too many french fries! Here's a clue, Ms. Karcher...don't feed them what you don't want them to have. Or better yet, toss the kids into the backyard with a basketball, close the door and do something more constructive with the time., like...I don't know..... find a way to clean up Camden? __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.