Post by (Ylw) John-Mtct-Eq on Jun 9, 2021 16:54:37 GMT
20 - Child's Surprise :-
Though luckily the number of children who've suffered by mistake from this food are extremely low, it was only banned when rival chocolate companies started selling eggs of about the same s that had a creamy center. The risk of a child confusing the candy for that of the other brand and unwittingly putting the toy capsule in their mouth inside the chocolate egg is a valid reason why not to sell these. As for the law about not putting non-edible components in food, there are a lot of indigestable chemicals in many food items that are approved. I think they might need to either be more spcific with the law or at least regulate it better.
19 - Konjak Jelly :-
The packaging says and has always said that the jello is meant to be disolved into warm water before consumption. They aren't meant to be eaten as they are sold. However they look actly the same as other jello cups that are and so i understand why they were banned. Obviously other countries don't sell the other kind of jello cup so the konjak is still legal there because they only know to dissolve it first.
18 - Unpasturised Milk :-
I didn't know this as actually illegal. I thought this was a social nono and highly regulated. You can quite easily buy this in many stores in america, even famous chain stores. If this is illegal then they really are not regulating that well at all. It's true unpasturised milk "can" contain many harmful bacteria, though often if that is the case then there will be quite obvious signs the herds are ill at that point. I guess it's less of a case of pasturised milk itself being the problem though that farmers would be selling unpasturised milk from diseased cattle in such quantities that it would be impossible to check the health of the cattle across all of the source farms on a regular basis so pasturising it makes it much easier to ensure the milk is safe, except for certain diseases that survive the pasturising process like calcorot, termperate nematoidis and the deadly variants of staph tonsilitis, pulmopneumonia and poxis. Scientifically pasturising does kill certain proteins which is why you can't give it young babies as they'll get ill without them. Luckily we can add the proteins manually to milk using baby formula and adults can get the proteins from certain meats and crops. True there are certain things you absolutely can't get without drink unpasturised milk, though word to the wise goat milk is generally a better source for that anyway if you're going to drink unpasturised because it's in such low demand that unpasturised milk is often much more strongly regulated than cow's milk because there's a higher monitor to farm ratio. Camel milk yet more still. However, be sure to check the source personally and know what you're looking for because all too often people have been swindled out of their money by people who can afford the backlash of a few legal fees and compensation for the amount of profit they make. Be wary of horse milk though. Those businesses are shady as hell.
17 - Sassafras Oil :-
First, to point out the obvious, it's not illegal in the UK and the US has a lot of trouble with people sneaking it into the country from there. The chemical they talk about in the video is actually present in a lot of common everyday foods, often in higher quantities than in the oil. The only problem is that it is often called another name and the reason why is obvious. Everyone knows that the chemical in sassafras oil can be used to make narcotics though since people don't know it's in other foods nobody is trying to get it from other sources because they believe it's impossible. Clever little trick the government did there eh? No i won't tell you the chemical's common name. That would make me an accomplice duh.
16 - Ackee :-
It's not the only fruit that contains Hypoglycin A in its unripe form by far. There are a lot of other foods that are even legal to grow in small scale without regulation. The difference is that ackee looks edible when it's unripe wheras other fruits nobody would choose to eat in that state. That's why ackee and a small selection of other fruit are heavily monitored or straight up illegal. As a point of interest I have a medicine specifically to treat my rare illness that is sourced from ackee. Legally I'm allowed to grow the fruit myself for my health though in my current environment it wouldn't be safe for others for me to do so so i have a special supplier for the medicine. The more you know.
15 - Fugu :-
This was fully banned only recently. Until recently fugu chefs had to take an extensive training course that took years to pass before officially getting a fugu chef certificate allowing them to prepare the potentially dangerous dish. However recently the law changed allowing chefs to take an overnight course to acquire a certificate the next morning. Obviously this does not ensure the chef will meet regulations and could potentially kill someone. That's why the US changed the law regarding the dish to outright ban it entirely instead of regulating it. There's no way of telling a professional chef from a person who took a night course now because they both have the same certificate. If you ask a fugu chef they might even lie and say they spent years of training as well. As there's no way to cooberate the story, fugu is off the table for the forseeable future.
14 - Horse Meat :-
Horse meat was taken off the shelves because instead of the meat coming from cattle horses which are left in a field to graze, the meat was instead sourced from stable horses which family pets. As pets they were often given vaccinations and steroids that cattle wouldn't receive when they got ill. These remained in the meat and posed serious health risks to the public if consumed. The paperwork showed that all the meat was sourced from cattle though chemical analysis found traces of the steroids thus proving the paperwork had been forged. If the regulators can't be trusted then it has to be banned entirely.
6 - Bushmeat :-
Many of Afria's wildlife have had chemicals added to their bodies that are harmless to them though potentially deadly to humans. Though this is still technically illegal to do because it's seen as manslaughter it hasn't stopped people doing it, in fact it's rapidly on the increase. Be wary anyone who hunts wild game in Africa, the exotic meat might be the very last thing you taste other than your own blood. This also applies to herbal remedies sourced from African animals. India seems to be picking up the same behaviour as well as certain places in Russia, the Ukraine, Afghanistan and even China. Though rumors persist of the same existing in south america there hasn't been any official evidence of it as yet except for the arapaima though it's believed that certain plants found in the amazon which are naturally poisonous might actually be to blame for the extensive deaths so far.
4 - Absinthe :-
Absinthe, Moguay and Tequila are drinks that are sourced from various succulents, the family of plants of which aloe vera belongs, a close relative of cacti. These plants often grow together though they also grow with close relatives that are hard to distinguish from them that are deadly poisonous when consumed. Because of this obvious health risk the three drinks made from these plants have a history of deaths by poison. Not only that though they also have a habit of corroding the copper vats that were often used to ferment alcoholic beverages releasing a deadly chemical copper oxide into the drink as it brews. Copper oxide as well as having psychoactive effects can seriously destroy the brain and since the drinker will also be drunk at the time it's difficult to tell whether their dazed and dizzy condition is the product of the poison or the alcohol or indeed both. Moguay was in such small demand that it was easy enough to ban it outright and have only a handful of places that are heavily regulated permitted to make the brew. As for absinthe and Tequila however they were too popular to stop without causing serious damage to the economy. Luckily absinthe was made in Europe however and when a war broke out in its country of origin it cut off the supply and allowed for the regulations to take hold in banning it. Tequila however didn't have the same situation so a huge effort was made to regulate it to be safe. Since then absinthe has become more regulated in Europe and no longer poses the same risk that it once did. That's why the drink is actually no longer banned outright though it is still heavily regulated. Might want to update their information here.
3 - Haggis :-
You can actually get haggis with lung meat in the US. True it's only sold in a very few places because of the risks so that they can ensure that it's safe. There's actually a larger regulating body for sheep meat in the UK which is why haggis in its true form is easier to source there. There are ways of making haggis taste the same as its original form using other safer ingredients though this would cost too much for most suppliers to sell in stores so they replace the lung with lamb knowing that the average american doesn't know how a true haggis is supposed to taste and therefore the company won't get enough complaints to need to change the recipe to ensure sales.