It is a HUGE deal. A corporation that decides whether or not you eat?? A corporation is answerable to NO ONE except stock holders. It’s scary some actually think this is not a big deal.
The government has plenty of responsibility in not ensuring that there is a reasonable playing field with regards to food. How many politicians do you find promoting a small farmer? Then there’s uninformed consumerism, where people regularly enjoy food without considering where they got it from. Then there’s the fact that in the United States, GMOs rule. GMOs have a different composition, meaning otherwise okay foods can give you an allergic reaction because transgenic DNA changes the food chemistry.
And the stock holders want to keep making a profit, long term. Can't do that with dead or sick customers.
The invisible hand of the market controls corporations, as it does all businesses.
Keep government out of it. Government is the cause of problems, not the solution.
/johnny
“A corporation is answerable to NO ONE except stock holders. “
Who do these multi billion dollar fines I keep seeing in the news go to? It sure ain’t stockholders.