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A 4 page paper discussing several points of Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" in memo format. The paper discusses slaughterhouse operations; marketing to children; and the link between fast food and obesity. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSsocMemFastF.rtf
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Eric Schlossers (2005) expos? of operations within the fast food industry and among the suppliers to that industry reveals practices that "civilized" people
generally prefer to ignore. Schlosser (2005) also demonstrates that the good smells wafting from large-chain fast food restaurants more likely originate with a variety of chemical cocktails than with
the cooking of high-quality food products. Of course individuals could purpose not to consume any burgers, fries or rectangular fruit pies and choose to limit their fast food products
to shakes. Perhaps some will choose the strawberry flavor, which gains its flavor from a chemical cocktail and its red color from cochineal extract, "made from the desiccated bodies
of female Dactylopius coccus Costa" (Schlosser, 2005; p. 5)... Primary sections of the book address the history and evolution of the fast food
industry; processes of slaughterhouse operation; marketing to children; and the link between fast food and obesity in the United States. Reactions Schlosser (2005)
is an investigative reporter and at first glance the book seemed to be another misplaced attack and condemnation of life today. Sensationalism and bad science diverted necessary attention from
environmental issues literally for decades - such as when actor Ted Danson announced decades ago that the ocean would be "dead" in seven years - and this book superficially appeared
to fit into that level of serious assessment. That bias disappears before the reader reaches the end of the first chapter, however. Schlosser (2005) also demonstrates that "natural"
flavor is not necessarily better than synthetic, chemical flavor. He uses as his example natural almond flavor, which is derived from peach and apricot pits and contains naturally-forming hydrogen
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