The Wheels Of Government Turn Slowly; Even For Food-Safety:

A short while ago, we talked about Sam Parr’s question on slim travelers.

He was surprised by how many people came back from European vacations noticeably slimmer than before.

But since these were generally healthy people who had good diets and exercised regularly, there seemed to be some x-factor responsible.

One of the revelations from that post was that the European Food Safety Agency bans a lot more ingredients in their food than we do.

-Which leads right into today’s post, because both the CSPI and Consumer Reports are trying to get one of them banned here…