Eric Schlosser Quotes
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The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices.
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'Fast Food Nation' isn't about my journey into the dark world of fast food and the prison book is not about my journey into the prison world. I'm not using myself as any kind of narrative link.
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I was introduced to the world of modern food production in the mid-1990s, while researching an article about California's strawberry industry for the 'Atlantic Monthly.'
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'Fast Food Nation' appeared as an article in 'Rolling Stone' before it was a book, so I was extending it from the article, and by that time, everyone could read the article.
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Even academic elites are drawn to the figure of the murderer, which has long been a focus of attention for psychiatrists, sociologists, and criminologists.
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Since 1966, hundreds of books have been published that follow murderers along their paths of destruction. Every serial killer, it seems, now has a biographer or two.
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I think there should be very strict limits on the pathogens that can be sold in your meat. There should be limits on disease-causing pathogens. Tests should determine whether the meat is contaminated or not, and you shouldn't be allowed to sell contaminated meat.
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I try to persuade people to act in ways that are not only in their own interest, but in the interest of society at large.
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I'd like to think that, in the United States, you can criticize a company that makes hamburgers without having to worry about what might happen to you.
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I really like hamburgers and French fries, and I don't consider myself some kind of gourmand.
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By the way, I'm not a vegetarian. I have a lot of respect for people who are vegetarian for religious or ethical reasons.
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Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins.
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Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.
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I'm a huge supporter of animal rights - and I've been an outspoken critic of the cruelties routinely inflicted on livestock at factory farms. But it really bothers me that the mistreatment of pigs and chickens and cows seems to attract a lot more attention and spark a lot more outrage than the abuse of immigrant workers.
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Firstly, should we be selling and buying irradiated meat? I think that's up to the consumer, ultimately. But the second point is, this irradiated meat should be clearly and unmistakably labeled as irradiated meat.
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It's not a question of McDonald's vanishing from the face of the earth. It's a question of these companies assuming some more responsibility for what they're selling.
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I think it's important that people know what they are eating and especially to know what their children are eating.
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By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.
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Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat.
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Hey, I used to eat at McDonald's: I liked the taste of the food, especially the French fries.