Should companies be legally obliged to tell the public...

[Perseus]

Sorry, couldn't fit the whole title. :P

But anyway, should fast food companies, etc. be legally obliged to tell the public that they have recalled tainted beef that has foodborne illnesses, such as E Coli O157:H7, if you don't know what that is, to say the least, it will fuck your day up.

"Once a company has decided voluntarily to pull contaminated beef from the market, it is under no legal obligation to inform the public - or even state health officials - that a recall is taking place. During the Jack in the Box outbreak, health officials in nEvada did not learn from the ocmpany that contaminated hamaburger patties had been shipped there; they got the news when people noticed trucks pulling up to the Jack in the Box restauarants in las vegas and removing the meat. Once the investigators realized that tainted ground beef had reached Nevada, a number of cases of severe food posioning that might otherwise have been wrongly diagnosed were linked to E. Coli O157:H7. In 1997..."

Pulled from Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

Sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes, I wasn't looking at my computer as I typed, and I don't want to go revise it, lol.

[ErykaInspire.]

I think restaurants should absolutely be required to tell the public everything that they apply to their foods. Although, Hardly anybody would stop to read every single ingredient before they eat, I still think it should be a law.
I don't like not knowing what I'm eating, especially at fast food places.
Plus, to take into consideration; people with food allergies. They have no way of knowing what's in their food.

[Marcie]

I think restaurants should absolutely be required to tell the public everything that they apply to their foods. .

I agree with Eryka. I think fastfood places, and any food places, should tell us, exactly what's in what they're selling us.

[2D]

I agree with Eryka. I think fastfood places, and any food places, should tell us, exactly what's in what they're selling us.

I can tell you. Crap. Really fuckin tasty crap.

[Fusion]

I think restaurants should absolutely be required to tell the public everything that they apply to their foods. Although, Hardly anybody would stop to read every single ingredient before they eat, I still think it should be a law.
I don't like not knowing what I'm eating, especially at fast food places.
Plus, to take into consideration; people with food allergies. They have no way of knowing what's in their food.

I agree with everything that Eryka has said :), they should tell us!, face food places are usually the worst as well!

[XxHaViiK]

Yeah, I think they need to tell the public. We're the ones eating the food, I'd like to know what I'm eating before I eat it.

[Perseus]

I can tell you. Crap. Really fuckin tasty crap.

Actually, in beef, there might be crap in it, sometimes.

And this isn't about what's in it, it's about should they be legally obliged to the public that they recalled tainted meat.

[Marcie]

I can tell you. Crap. Really fuckin tasty crap.

Yeah it is disgusting.. You actually couldn't pay me to eat it :P

[INFERNO]

Since they're required to tell the public that they do have tainted food (i.e. displaying failed health/food inspections), I assume most customers would not go to that location. That said, they should then tell when they're recalled their tainted food, not only for the customer's benefit but also for the business' benefit so customers would be more willing to eat there. When you go to a restaurant, even a fast food place, as awful as the food may taste, you assume it's clean and not tainted. If it was tainted, the customer should be re-assured that they're eating safely. Telling the customer this can also make the customer more likely to buy food there knowing it's no longer tainted (although does not apply to all because some may still avoid it).