The food company law has nothing to do with science

The food company law has nothing to do science and Beijing News the new knowledge weekly documentary food company "in the audience had a tremendous impact.

It is recorded in the "Insider" makes many people feel that the "shocking", for a moment on the anger of the modern food industry is lit again. It is not actually a "science documentary", but rather on the crusade against the capitalist mode of production. But, for various reasons, the audience did not concern the "capitalist" but more care with this documentary to judge the eat what not to eat anything.

So, aside from the political and economic issues, this documentary in the technical field what problems exist? movie first noted that the past 50 years, food production and processing changes than previous 10000 years in, imply "change is good" subliminal message.

The subliminal message misses the point: the development of science and technology faster and faster, almost every field in the past 50 years of change than in the past 10000 years. In fact, the change is not a problem, change brought us something is good or bad is the question. But the film was to avoid this. Many people talk about food, will pursue the "natural". The problem is that agricultural production itself is a kind of "unnatural" activities. To our staple food, for example, their wild varieties without a can be a direct human consumption, so in the past years, these species 10000 changes much larger than they are in the past 1000 years room. Fresh ancients of meat marinated and later, this change is also very large. Another example, see animals in captivity, and let the chicken and duck loses flying ability, its changes as they are put into modern sheds smaller.

The movie another sensational is industrialized chicken: lots of chicken packed together, improved varieties and feed their growing significantly shortened, in order to prevent epidemics of mass rearing, often also use antibiotics.

In order to flesh out the improved varieties of almost lost his ability to act. The chicken was randomly thrown threw more compassion. If the movie is "animal welfare", these statements should be very strong. Can be used in food, we only need to discuss this chicken "is there a nutrition", "no harm", "how much" ...

The food company "Centerless answer these questions.

Producer again through the "sensational" to convey your own "philosophy". The audience once accepted these provocative, often ignores those who should have a basic knowledge of things. For example, in the "traditional" food production, and this is similar to "inhuman" approach is not unusual, often in very small rouchu when castrated, they feed quality cannot be guaranteed, are often fed with swill and worn-out food; poultry were forced irrigation-fed, just to make the famous foie gras and duck ...

Of course, the modern food industry itself has not been without its problems, but social need is how to solve specific problems, instead of simple object.

When the food company "critique of capitalism alone be used as a sample, it is perhaps not too big a problem, but to rely on it to explore the mysteries of the dinner table, it is appropriate.

□ Cloud Centerless (United States Food Engineering doctorate)