Five Myths on the Dangers of Dining

Remember the good old days when Americans did not know too much about what they were eating and drinking? People would nod approvingly as they pushed their carts through supermarkets. The fruits and vegetables were piled high in glistening mounds, the pristine boxes and shiny cans crammed on shelves, the chickens sitting plumply in refrigerated cases, and the fish shimmering on crystalline beds of ice. The entire scene seemed drenched in wholesomeness.

Those days are long gone. Anyone who reads newspapers or watches TV knows that invisible dangers lurk in every aisle of the grocery store. Thanks to the Federal Food and Cosmetic Act and countless sanitarians over the last 100 years, these types of appalling conditions do not occur routinely in the US anymore. But given the history, if we let our guard down, the US food industry might just drift back to "the good old days" before regulation.

But how bad is it really, and how much of it is hype? This week, a look at five myths on the dangers of dining.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, 1892- 1973)

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Five Myths on the Dangers of Dining

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