The lack of tracking of foodborne illnesses because in the US farmers markets are mostly exempt from regulations and tracking, doesn’t correlate to safer food.
I mean sure, since this US MAGA administration gutted the FDA’s already stretched ability to inspect the thousands of factories but the blanket statement that unregulated farmers markets are more trustable than ANY given government regulatory body, which is how I interpreted the statement, not US Republican regulatory body is incorrect, especially from someone that has a lemmy.ca after their name.
Stuff you grow at home or the local farmers market
You’ve been having dinner with RFK, Jr, haven’t you?
Local small farmers are completely unregulated and untested for the foods they produce.
That’s not necessarily true at all.
It just varies by jurisdiction and the claims a farm makes.
Always worth a visit to the local farms either way.
Dude, you have three people now in charge of food safety for 400 million, you think they are checking every mom and pop farm?
Yet still more trustable than government agencies that control quality.
Yeah. Those raw milk sellers are the paragon of food safety.
Also,
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Summary-of-10-outbreaks-and-two-case-reports-associated-with-foods-sold-at-farmers_tbl1_321138252
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X26000657
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11633565/
The lack of tracking of foodborne illnesses because in the US farmers markets are mostly exempt from regulations and tracking, doesn’t correlate to safer food.
Jesus, science better.
Well, when talking about this particular administration’s government I can understand why people would be suspect.
I mean sure, since this US MAGA administration gutted the FDA’s already stretched ability to inspect the thousands of factories but the blanket statement that unregulated farmers markets are more trustable than ANY given government regulatory body, which is how I interpreted the statement, not US Republican regulatory body is incorrect, especially from someone that has a lemmy.ca after their name.