INGREDIENTS OF THE DAY: None
Have you ever wondered how our modern commercial food system got to be so chock full of additives in the first place? There’s something like 10,000 chemicals approved for food use.
And how does a new food additive get approved for use? The answers to those questions are both historical and complicated, and I will attempt to tackle them in this episode.
Show Notes:
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References:
Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee by Bee Wilson
https://tinyurl.com/y8qkkdtc
The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum
https://tinyurl.com/ybbuylnv
FDA Database: Substances Added to Food
https://tinyurl.com/y6uza7yp
Smithsonian Magazine: Where Did the FDA Come From and What Does It Do
https://tinyurl.com/y2h9fw3b
Cranford, New Jersey Neighborhood Newsletter: Historic Resident Fought for Pure Food Laws
https://tinyurl.com/ycvk843z
FDA Consumer Magazine: The Story of the Laws Behind the Labels
https://tinyurl.com/yaxddnhk
FDA: Sugar, A Cautionary Tale
https://tinyurl.com/ycjvdank
Food Safety News: The GRAS Process
https://tinyurl.com/ybkfpcgt
Public Integrity: Why the FDA Really Doesn’t Know What’s in Your Food
https://tinyurl.com/y943pm9o
NPR: Why the FDA Has Never Looked at Some of the Additives in Our Food
https://tinyurl.com/yc7kyutx
Natural Resources Defense Council: Generally Recognized as Secret
https://tinyurl.com/yau85tqk
North Dakota State University: Overview of FDA’s GRAS
https://tinyurl.com/y8fp2m5j
Music:
Intro music is the "Peter Gunn Theme" by Henri Mancini
Outro music is "Happy Boy" courtesy of Kevin MacLeod
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