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points by __MatrixMan__ 2 days ago | 0 comments
The incident I had in mind is described here: https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investi...

A quote from that page:

> FDA’s leading hypothesis remains that this was likely an act of economically motivated adulteration.

Maybe the cinnamon case was an isolated incident, but the use of lead compounds to change a food's color is a trend. Per https://www.npr.org/2024/10/24/nx-s1-5119336/cinnamon-lead-f...

> We're aware of this practice in turmeric, where lead chromate has been added to enhance the color

Are you actually going to argue that people don't do things that are unsafe for others when money is on the line? We're living in an ocean of evidence that it happens.

[–] gbacon 1 day ago
When asked for specifics about the evidently irresponsible charge that you made, you answered with conjectures.
[–] __MatrixMan__ 1 day ago
I thought that individual anecdotes would be less convincing than evidence that "economically motivated adulteration" is an entire classification for such crimes used by the FDA, which was created to prevent them.

Its not hard to find specific examples. 5 minutes of searching will find piles and piles of them.

If you must have a name, Stewart Parnell was convicted of knowingly distributing salmonella contaminated peanuts in 2015. 9 People died. He got 28 years in prison.

You don't have to trust the news either. Just ask around. I know a teacher who has lost two students to surprise fentanyl. I'm sure there are similarly affected people in your community. Unregulated markets are a slippery slope towards deaths by poison. It happens all over the world (but more in places without an FDA equivalent).