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Same with Smirks and Molinos, according to Bill.
We did reach out to all of the companies, Smirks, Molinos, Chobani, which owns Daily Harvest.
No one provided a comment.
Now, some people think that the U.S.
needs a more aggressive food regulator, like the FDA should require that companies prove their new substances are safe before they make it onto store shelves.
And sure, that might slow down how quickly we get new food products, but that's how a lot of Europe does it.
And New Zealand, it's a pre-market review system, which is known as the precautionary principle.
Some say the U.S.
should, at the very least, tell consumers what the food might do to you, and then we can decide for ourselves if we're willing to risk getting cancer or losing a gallbladder over it.
But Bill, Bill thinks the free market is
can kind of handle this problem too.
He says, you know, food companies don't want to poison people.
That's not good for business.
Although I guess it's not terrible for business since all the terra flower companies are still around.
But Phil says generally companies try to have safe food products and not make people sick.
Bill thinks if there was a fine, that that would force companies to be more cautious.
Like New Zealand, for example, if you got sick from the food in New Zealand, Bill says the government would pay you and then the government would find the company.
In New Zealand, Bill says his job doesn't exist.
The government would take care of all of that.
In the U.S., the FDA would do an investigation, but then private attorneys like Bill come in to represent the people who got hurt.