I don’t think it will crash, but it’s gonna be a huge concern that will need looking after. I’d say 10 years ago, it could be handled ok, but now, it’s going to be somewhat overwhelming. The systems and people put in place to assure safe food, have been stripped. Folks selling stuff on their own is cool and all, but I feel a majority of sellers will not adhere to the Food Code. Or will get lazy over time and eventually lead to foodborne illnesses. I see these videos of people selling various beef, but I notice it’s all just laid out in the open, is that just for the photo op, or has been sitting out longer then it should, as an example. I’ve inspected countless home kitchens selling food, and at 1/3 of them, I found unfit for selling, and at least half of them with major food code concerns. These concerns were corrected, but until I was sent to do that inspection, they’ve been doing it wrong for awhile. Honestly, it’s overwhelming and it gets my inspector hackles up, that there are gonna be a huge amount of home sellers, and not enough inspectors. Also working out of their home instead of a maintained food facility.
Food Safety and our health and safety is definitely at risk, and currently run by people that don’t see it that way. Who also choose to drink raw milk to show off.
Truth. The only exceptions for the most part are some professions such as engineers, lawyers and doctors that for the most part regulate themselves but in doing so created monopolies to do it. Another exception I have come across is good labor unions which again for the most part regulate themselves because quality is how they compete against crackhead labor.
I voted republican most of my life till now. I always thought both parties were essentially liberal in nature just one had a bit more caution. I swear to god all the GOP is now is baby boomers bound and determined to wreck the world before they die because they are facing their mortality. Here at GenX we are doing what we were born to and quietly minding the home while mom and dad are having their final existential crisis and thanking god we get to die next if they fuck it up too bad.
For sure. At some point people will just stop caring whether your food is safe or not because whatever, you'll buy it. One person spraying cleaner on the tomatoes by accident is nbd, it was just the one tomato.
I'm old enough to remember the kids in either BK or TB taking pics standing on top of the lettuce containers, and then uploaded them to some website. People were outraged. The kids were found, fined, and fired from their jobs. You just don't mess with food.
I think the export market could crash if standards cannot be maintained. It's not feasible for a buyer to test everything from the USA, but that's currently acceptable because there is high confidence in US standards enforcement.
If that confidence is lost, the USA could find itself excluded from export markets in a matter of days. E.g food safety is taken very seriously in the EU. They will have no hesitation banning everything from the USA if it can't meet standards.
As for the speculation about what the effects could be, one effect of losing export markets is that domestic producers will have to sell everything domestically. I imagine that would put a downward pressure on domestic pricing, which isn't a bad thing for customers. But if the pressure is so much that producers can't stay in business, that's a lot better for the oligarchy class who are buying up farmland at an alarming rate.
While I really appreciate food safety standards, they're designed to protect the dumbest and most vulnerable people. They are extremely conservative. I just wanted to say that due to some recommendations that I read. I'm only a home cook and my career is in radioactive contamination control. I think public restaurants should be held to the highest standards, but recommendations for home cooks are ridiculous.
Genuine question: to what extent are the “professional” sellers better? The only thing I can imagine is that they’re more worried about their reputation and shareholder value or what not. On the other hand, there’s been so many cases of food processing plants (and other industries too) completely shitting on safety standards, getting caught way too late (if at all) and then paying a fine or somehow getting off. To an extent, large business seem more prone to this because the individual worker (understandably to an extent) doesn’t feel as responsible, while the higher ups only care about profits and will cut costs wherever they can. They have more reason to cover up, lawyer up, avoid recalls, etc. because their potential liability is that much larger. Not saying that opening the industry to everyone is better, just curious what your perspective on the current system is.
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u/athairdurden69 2d ago edited 2d ago
I don’t think it will crash, but it’s gonna be a huge concern that will need looking after. I’d say 10 years ago, it could be handled ok, but now, it’s going to be somewhat overwhelming. The systems and people put in place to assure safe food, have been stripped. Folks selling stuff on their own is cool and all, but I feel a majority of sellers will not adhere to the Food Code. Or will get lazy over time and eventually lead to foodborne illnesses. I see these videos of people selling various beef, but I notice it’s all just laid out in the open, is that just for the photo op, or has been sitting out longer then it should, as an example. I’ve inspected countless home kitchens selling food, and at 1/3 of them, I found unfit for selling, and at least half of them with major food code concerns. These concerns were corrected, but until I was sent to do that inspection, they’ve been doing it wrong for awhile. Honestly, it’s overwhelming and it gets my inspector hackles up, that there are gonna be a huge amount of home sellers, and not enough inspectors. Also working out of their home instead of a maintained food facility.
Food Safety and our health and safety is definitely at risk, and currently run by people that don’t see it that way. Who also choose to drink raw milk to show off.
Sry for typos.