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Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser's disturbing and timely exploration of one of the world's most controversial industries, has become a massive bestseller in America and rightly deserves to be so this side of the pond. On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its cheapness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems harmless. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenisation and speediness has radically transformed the West's diet, landscape, economy and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways.

Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. However, he rapidly moves behind the counter to the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser wants you to know why those French fries taste so good (with a visit to the world's largest flavour company) and "what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns". Eater beware: forget your concerns about cholesterol, there is--literally--faeces in your meat.

Schlosser's investigation reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of regulation. His searing portrayal of the industry is disturbingly similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, written in 1906: nightmare working conditions, union busting and unsanitary practices that introduced E.coli and other pathogens into restaurants, schools and homes. Almost as disturbing is his description of how the industry "both feeds and feeds off the young", insinuating itself into all aspects of children's lives, even the pages of their school books, while leaving them prone to obesity and disease. Fortunately, Schlosser offers some eminently practical remedies. "Eating in the United States should no longer be a form of high-risk behaviour", he writes. Where to begin? Ask yourself, is the true cost of having it "your way" really worth it? --Lesley Reed -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

From Library Journal

It is not unusual, from time to time, to read expos s about the unhealthy quality of mass-produced American food. What makes this book special is its indictment of the enormous U.S. fast-food industry. The author, an award-winning contributor to Atlantic Monthly, contends that chains like McDonald's are significant contributors to global ill-health; ugly, homogeneous landscapes; an undertrained and unpromotable work force; and a widespread corporate conformity that discourages the very individualism that propelled these companies to their initial success. While excellently researched, Fast Food Nation is not at all dull but is peppered with acerbic commentary and telling interviews. Of critical importance is the end: just as the reader despairs of a solution, Schlosser outlines a set of remedies, along with steps to get them accomplished. Highly recommended.
-DWendy Miller, Lexington P.L., KY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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What's in the meat? 25. August 2002

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Read it. You may eat fast food now, but after reading Fast Food Nation, you may never enter a fast food restaurant again.

Fast Food Nation is a very frightening insight into not only the fast food business, but also into its entire supply chain, from the cattle ranches to the processing plants, the restaurants themselves and finally the end consumers.

The book is excellently researched, and includes an enormous amount of meticulously supported fact.

The story of the fast food business, can at times be somewhat drawn-out, however, the quantity of interesting and alarming information is adequate compensation.

The quote that says it all "There is shit in the meat".

Schlosser's book is not about fast food. It is about America. It is an insight into the entire culture. The people, the companies and the politics. He clearly shows that politicians do not always have the average persons best interest at heart, and in many cases the Fast Food Restaurant chains are more powerful than the Federal Authorities.

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Required reading! 28. M�rz 2005

The book is fascinating, and should be required reading for every high school student, or anyone who has ever eaten fast food. It examines practically all aspects of the fast food market: from its origins and development over the years, to modern agricultural production including two chapters on food-borne pathogens. Even the legal aspects of restaurant franchises and labor and worker safety laws come under scrutiny. It is very critical, but at the same time (in my opinion) a very balanced look at our whole culture. Schlosser's style is extremely approachable and clear. The book is very thought provoking and a pleasure to read. I couldn't put it down. It has made me much more aware of what is in food, where it comes from and how it is handled. It will certainly make me hesitate and think before I ever eat fast food again.