You can't even get smoked fish accepted through precautionary-principle logic like that. This is the same reasoning that puts cancer warnings on bags of potato chips.

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bigbadfeline 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> You can't even get smoked fish accepted through precautionary-principle logic like that.

No, you really can't do that without breaking the Code of Federal Regulations. Smoked products must be labeled "smoked" in addition to many other requirements, and that despite the distinctive stink that self-labels these products. Even the font size is specified to be no smaller than the letters for the kind of meat on the label.

The real issue is why there's no such requirement for glyphosate, having it would be a good starting point.

> This is the same reasoning that puts cancer warnings on bags of potato chips.

I don't think all potato chips deserve, or have, such warnings but some might. Regardless, there might be specific regulations that are over the top and I don't mind admitting or discussing such cases but glyphosate isn't among them.

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vkou 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Smoked fish is a side, wheat is a staple. Degree matters.

If 90% of the raw food at the grocery were 'processed' in the same way that a smoked fish, or a french fry was, I think we'd have very valid reasons to be displeased with many of the myriad problems that come with that.

	▲	tptacek 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		First, no it isn't, not in the cultures where it's believed to cause stomach cancer. Second: at the point where you're talking about distinguishing public policy based on whether something is a "side dish" or not, I think we've left the realm of plausibility and entered a wonderful new land I call "the voivodeship of special pleading".