Food Fears
1. Summarize the consumer food safety message intended by this article.
This article mentioned several different fears that are associated with certain foods such as meat, farmed salmon, bagged greens, popcorn, rice, bean sprouts, and even non-stick cookware. This article sends out a message that simply addresses the situations that are associated with each food and telling the consumer exactly what can be done to avoid that. In the case of farmed salmon, the author David Schardt, states that it is contaminated (2013). In his research, he noted that "farmed salmon contained seven to 10 times higher levels of PCBs, dioxins, and pesticides than wild salmon." (Schardt, 2013) This is definitely a cause for concern especially when farmed
1. Summarize the consumer food safety message intended by this article.
This article mentioned several different fears that are associated with certain foods such as meat, farmed salmon, bagged greens, popcorn, rice, bean sprouts, and even non-stick cookware. This article sends out a message that simply addresses the situations that are associated with each food and telling the consumer exactly what can be done to avoid that. In the case of farmed salmon, the author David Schardt, states that it is contaminated (2013). In his research, he noted that "farmed salmon contained seven to 10 times higher levels of PCBs, dioxins, and pesticides than wild salmon." (Schardt, 2013) This is definitely a cause for concern especially when farmed