Food-Borne Illnesses In The Documentary Food Inc.

In the documentary Food Inc., food-borne illness was one of the leading themes and also gave a story to go along with it. The director’s main argument was to show consumers where their food is coming from and the beginning stage of how it all begins, before getting on the table. “The Center for Disease Control estimated that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans get sick from foodborne diseases” (CDC, 2016). There are many types of food-borne illnesses, but the one thing that they all have in common is that it can affect animals and humans badly. It mentioned in the documentary, that sometimes companies are aware of this happening, but most of the time, it will go ignored unless brought to attention. In the film, it explained that there are 13 slaughterhouses in the US, meaning thousands of different cattle are being grounded up into patties. Food-borne illness should not be occurring, sadly they are, and the numbers are always increasing.
told a story about a young boy who was on vacation and had a hamburger and then, 12 days later died from E.Coli. The mother was going to do her best in trying to speak the truth and wanted a stop to it. When she would talk about this story, many industries would start suing her or taking her to court because she was talking wrong about their company and didn't want others to stop eating their food. Every individual should be aware of what they are eating and should be able to have a say which what they are putting in their body. Kevin’s Law was introduced by the little boy’s mother, which gave the USDA power to shut down slaughterhouses. Unfortunately, Kevin’s parents tried their hardest to pass this law, but Kevin’s Law was never