There are at least two aspects here —
Unsanitary food is no good. It is reasonable to have the government oversee food production to make sure that the food people buy is not adulterated or polluted and made unsuitable for human consumption.
What stuff should we eat? Are eggs OK? Is coffee unhealthy? Will red meat kill us? Is lard better than Corn oil? These are totally different questions, and it seems to me that the government and major institutions have not been honest and upfront about this sort of thing.
I enjoy lard, and I’m glad that the lard I pure is pure and well made.
What's next...SOYLANT GREEN?
Though Upton Sinclair was a stinking SOCIALIST, his book:"THE JUNGLE", laid bare the horrible state of things in the meat and fat processing world of Chicago.
Humans have had food allergies, of one kind or another, since the beginning of time. Some also have an allergy or a bodily resistance to synthetic vitamins. So one or the other should NEVER become the ordered intake for an entire populace, with no alternative.
What's next after food...how many times one is permitted to use bathroom facilities?