Title: Discussion 3 - Label laws and Kitchen Practices
Course: FST1000-Grant

Read "Contaminated flour investigation detailed by C.D.C." and answer the questions below. Then comment on at least one post from your fellow students.

A saying of ancient Rome was "Caveat Emptor!", which, loosely translated, means "Let the buyer beware." The FDA has set itself up as the watchdog for the people because of the degree of the complexity of the testing needed to determine danger and fraud. Yet ignorance is never truly bliss. Should the public be better educated about the dangers lurking in their own kitchen practices? Are they educated in the public schools, but they don't take the warnings to heart? Have any of you actually tested the temperature of the food you cooked to determine if it was the proper temperature? Do any of you read labels? In your estimation, what percentage of your peers read them?