(and why conservatives hate public schools, ofc)
Adulterating consumable foods has been a thing for a really long time. From tea having poisonous weeds mixed in the 1600s to milk having chalk or other toxic stuff in it. Commercial interests put profit first and “cut” the product to extend profitability.
Good thing they’re cutting oversight like the FDA in the US. That’ll work out great.
Corporations would sell you a bag of dirt and gravel from the lot outside and call it granola if they could get away with it.
We literally had to outlaw slavery. That should tell you everything you need to know about supposed self-regulation.
They kind of already do that. Not sawdust but just take a look at the list of ingredients in most of the food you buy. A lot of those ingredients are banned in most countries and pose health hazards for consumers, yet we still use them. We need not only tougher regulations, but to also properly fund the FDA so they can inspect properly. Of course companies lobby heavily against that, and with our current administration, there is a bigger chance they kill of the FDA than that happening.
Elon Musk’s original pitch for the underground hyperloop system / boring company included the claim that the dug out dirt would be repurposed as super building bricks, and that this would keep the projects at or under budget.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/almost-7-years-ago-elon-145526694.html?guccounter=1
He literally did this, sold reformed, shitty dirt and called it a miraculous building material.
Talking to a Libertarian is like talking to a child.
Libertarian: I can’t hear you with so much money I have!
Libertarians are only in tiny minority of US population, and most of them are earning roughly $100,000 a year. Of course they will support absolute laissez faire society.
I’ve seen a youtube video about that, and from what I remember it’s was detectable as soon as it went over 10% or so. Although a corporation could easily get it over 10% without issue if they used the right particle size, mixing technique and treatement of the sawdust.
It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if some cheap seasoning is partially sawdust or similar.
e.g., cellulose, added to kraft parmesan as an “anti-caking agent.”
I love how they insist it’s not sawdust - since they don’t literally use the byproduct of lumber milling, like the shit they sweep up from the floor. But it’s still wood turned into a powder, which the term “sawdust” is perfectly valid for.
It’s fine, just list it as “cellulose” on the ingredients list.
(It’s not technically sawdust anymore after processing, but it’s still gross even though it’s food-safe.)
I think I remember someone on reddit actually doing this and the result was waaaaaaaay more than you think.
