When horse meat was discovered in beef hamburgers in Ireland last month, governments, corporations and regulators assured a panicked public that it was complete

Tags: food, agriculture, consumption, unit 5 agriculture, globalization, agribusiness.

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

Just what is in our food anyway?  This scandal reveals how removed comsumers are from the production of the foods that they purchase.  As these commodity chains become longer and more complex, food safety appears to take a back seat to profit margins.   

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