In these bright and booming times, we have replaced poor diet caused by lack of money with bad diet due to overeating rubbish. Kevin O'Sullivan examines our odd attitudes towards food and health Dioxin is found at higher than normal levels in food originating in Belgium. Nobody is ill and is unlikely to be at such exposure levels. Elsewhere, Coca Cola's share price takes a massive hit when the smallest question mark arises over a tiny quantity of their product in Europe.
Nobody is ill though some think they are.
In France, some beef cattle are raised with sewage added to their feed. Nobody is ill but the French think they are going to be when they tuck into British beef. At the second millennium's end, this is how consumers react to foods that have sustained them up to now. Take genetically modified food. It just sounds dodgy.