Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people
by perihelions on Saturday November 04, 2023 @06:56AM
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No comment on economic theory, but on the carbon monoxide thing, the issue here isn't its toxicity, but that vendors use it to mask the color appearance of non-fresh, unhygienic meat. Naive visual assessment is wrong.
Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people
by AlexandrB on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:27AM
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I thought meat was more tasty/tender when it's "aged" for a while anyways.
Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people
by kadoban on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:00PM
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It has to be aged correctly to be safe.
Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people
by amrocha on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:29PM
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The point is that perfect information isn't real. Perfect information is the spherical cow in a vacuum of economics.
The incentives are such that vendors that lie and cheat do better than the ones that don't.
Isn't the Capitalist notion of efficiency bound with perfect information - we'd have to legislate to make sure that consumers know the product is 'laced with poison for the appearance of freshness; packaging contains carbon monoxide (CO) a deadly gas' and then see if the customers buy more of that product.
You're accusing consumers of optimising towards products _looking_ fresh, but the market isn't providing the information needed to also move away from 'purposefully laced with poison'.
I have an idea for a sort of reverse-trademark, an Origin Mark that allows a consumer to view all the inputs into a product and their geographic and legal origins. Then you can see 'this meat maker buys carbon monoxide', at least.