Lengthy article about how we cook.

You might think that scientific evidence would constitute the €œlast
word€� when food safety rules are made, but in fact its only the
beginning. Policy makers take many other factors into consideration,
including tradition, cultural trends, political expediency, and pressure
from industry.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...-safety-rules/

These are amazing admissions! In effect, the authors are saying that
FSIS consumer regulations, which are ostensibly based on safety
considerations, are in reality based on bureaucrats beÂ*liefs about
consumer preference. That is hardly their charter! Shouldnt chefs and
consumers be the ones to decide what they would prefer to eat? Perhaps
the most galling aspect of this stance is that the advisors are just
wrong about the culinary facts. Chicken cooked at 58 degrees C / 136
degrees F and held there for the recommended time is neither rubbery nor
pink . In our opinion its texture and flavor are far superior to those
of chicken cooked at the extremely high temperatures the experts
recommend. Regulators misguided and patronizing attempts to cater to
consumer preference have served only to perpetuate the tradition of
overcooking chicken.

On 2016-12-24, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> These are amazing admissions! In effect, the authors are saying that
> FSIS consumer regulations, which are ostensibly based on safety
> considerations, are in reality based on bureaucrats??? be*liefs about
> consumer preference.

Yer surprised?

The food industry has been leaning on and influencing "bureaucrats",
forever. Hence the movement to re-define orgainic, NOT to initiate
GMO labeling, and the current brou-ha-ha over "milk".

Where you been?

nb

notbob wrote:
>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> These are amazing admissions! In effect, the authors are saying that
>> FSIS consumer regulations, which are ostensibly based on safety
>> considerations, are in reality based on bureaucrats??? be*liefs about
>> consumer preference.
>
>Yer surprised?
>The food industry has been leaning on and influencing "bureaucrats",
>forever. Hence the movement to re-define orgainic, NOT to initiate
>GMO labeling, and the current brou-ha-ha over "milk".

Shouldn't that be Bra-ha-ha over milk?