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These toxins in our food almost certainly shouldn’t be there

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Re: These toxins in our food almost certainly shouldn’t be there

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Food fraud is going to emerge is a major issue in the near future. As this issue gets exposed to the light, the size and illegal revenues generated will stagger the public. It makes the drug trade look like amateurs.

The lack of transparency in food labeling, such as origin, facility processed, ingredients, will be looked at with horror in future

Re: These toxins in our food almost certainly shouldn’t be there

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Weird headline. I guess it's click bait, but the way it's phrased makes it sound like there are some toxins (unlike "these" toxins) that SHOULD be in our food. Also they're not quite sure about it, but almost!

Many chemicals that we regard as toxic actually occur naturally in foods we live.

Formaldehyde in most living things, cyanide in apples, etc.

Some substances should not be in our food at all, such as mercury. Other substances shouldn't be in our food above certain quantities, such as formaldehyde.

So yes, there are some "toxins" that should be in our food assuming what we are eating isn't synthesised from scratch.

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