Food Inc Case Study

FOOD INC. I will begin by stating that it is unethical how food overlords have transformed old-fashioned farming into factory assembly lines of production. I find that the following actions are immoral because large food manufacturers threaten small farmers into producing vegetables/animals a certain way in order to “stay in business”. Consequently, farmers give up their right of free will; to speak freely, farm freely and treat their animals with integrity. Not only is this unprincipled issue towards farmers and animals but, primarily workers. Since most of the workers at these slaughterhouses are low-income, desperate, and majority illegal they have no choice but to be a slave of work. I believe this kind of behavior is unethical because these workers are forced to work under unsanitary conditions: exposure to pesticides, poison and diseases. As a result from these hazardous working conditions some farmers suffer from growing an immunity to antibiotics and is unable to take antibiotics as medication
Given this point of view if i were someone who support the opposite view i might defend this unethical behavior by declaring that there is no problem in producing mass units, in order to meet public needs effectively.
Therefore as long as the public desires mass quantities of products suppliers will keep fulfilling those necessities. According to Food INC., “producing lots of food on a small amount of land at an affordable price.Whats wrong with that? Nothing.” I find this claim plausible because there is nothing wrong with working efficiently under a capitalist country filled with free competition. Any other competitor would we willing to work under these circumstances and perform
efficiently. My view is that enormous fast food nations who are efficient are unethical because they tend to exploit other people’s lives in order to make a profit. These exploitations take the forms of the inability to keep their mass products disease free, their blinding disregard towards human life, faulty and inconsistent government regulations. For example, the numerous increasingly outbreaks of salmonella, e-coli 157h7 and the occasional mad cow disease that occurred in the past decade. Another example that proves the second claim for disregard of life is the case where a 2 year old boy dies from e-coli 157h7 and fast food chains refused to recall this contaminated meat until two weeks later. This proves how oblivious manufacturers are of human life by conveying profitable response of fatally defective products that they are willing to keep the product on stock knowing it is contaminated. Further support for the claim that government regulations are inconsistent and faulty comes from the documentary Food INC where it reveals how FDA workers have slacked off their obligations, and are far from adequate government regulation standards. All of these advantages over the public allows profits to be high and efficient. However, comes at a cost towards consumers, whether it may be sickness, loss of life, or even unfinished health regulations. Finally i believe that the public should put more emphasis on reducing the power of these fast food nations and reverting factory farming back to natural farming. I believe that consumers should act on their curiosity and explore where their food comes from and how its produced to unveil the curtains of fast food superpowers. People should invest in food that is organic, locally grown, and animals that are grown naturally with no form of hormonal steroids. Thus giving power back to farmers to grow crops and animals naturally. Another solution to this immoral behavior would have to be for people and farmers to unite and form unions in order to protest against the FDA into making our food healthy again. People should also protest against the government to start enforcing the FDA to regulate the healthiness of our food on a consistent basis.