Such Satire is Also a Boon for Organic Food Lovers!
Satire has for centuries been a stiletto, a deftly wielded weapon to call attention to human failings. The Food Industry is now feeling its stab.
On ScientificAmerican's guest blog--for which the magazine naturally offers a disclaimer--author Patrick Mustain skewers the industry in:
"Dear American Consumers: Please Don't Start Eating Healthfully, Sincerely the Food Industry." (http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/05/19/dear-american-consumers-please-d
Dear Consumers:
A disturbing trend has come to our attention. You, the people, are thinking more about health, and you're starting to do something about it. This cannot continue.
. . . . we're getting uneasy. . . .In 2009, Congress commissioned the Inter-agency Working Group (IWG) to develop standards for advertising foods to children. . . .We were dismayed when the IWG released its report in 2011. . . . This report was potentially devastating. . . . Thankfully, we have a ton of money and were able to get the IWG to withdraw the guidelines.
Do You Want to Kill Us--Just to Save Yourselves?
. . . . our friends at General Mills pointed out that under the IWG guidelines, the most commonly consumed foods in the US would be considered unhealthy.
Specifically, according to General Mills, "of the 100 most commonly consumed foods and beverages in America, 88 would fail the IWG's proposed standards."
. . . .If you people start eating the way the nutrition experts . . . recommend that you eat, that would delegitimize almost 90% of the products we produce! Do you realize how much money that would cost us?
Sigh!--Our CEO's will Suffer--Have a Heart!
. . . . According to the General Mills letter, if everyone in the US started to eat healthfully, it would cost us $503 billion per year!
That might affect our ability to pay CEOs like General Mill's Ken Powell annual compensation of more than $12 million.
If every there were a place for Satire--this is it!
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