The process of globalization influences all the spheres of people’s life, including the aspect of food mass production to provide people with the necessary nutrition. Furthermore, the planned development of the food industry also contributes to keeping the political balance and even peace in the world because of the significant role of food in people’s life. However, the approaches to the mass production of food and to the general food industry’s progress should be changed because today the world population faces the controversial problem of food safety which is also associated with the problem of good nutrition.
The problem is in the fact that the food safety issues become the real threat to keeping peace in the world of mass production because of the problem’s seriousness and role of the issues not only at the domestic and local but also at the international levels. Thus, the food industry needs to be changed in order to overcome the connected food safety and nutrition issues because the spread of diseases caused by inappropriate food in relation to its safety and nutritional value is the international problem, and it can be resolved with the focus on designing and enacting the effective legal regulation.
The development of the food industry regarding the mass production of food globally led to the discussion of the food safety and nutrition issues at the international level because the violation of the food safety and nutrition norms by one national producer could cause the spread of the associated illnesses in the other part of the world. For instance, in 2008, the deaths of infants in China drew the public’s attention to the fact that the Chinese producer of the raw milk for babies added melamine used for producing plastics to the milk in order to increase the nutritional value (Lin 645).
The national crisis in the food industry in China provoked the discussion of food safety and nutrition issues globally. From this perspective, it is possible to state that “food safety issues respect no national boundaries because hazards can be introduced or exacerbated at any point in the worldwide food chain” (Lin 643). That is why the food industry should be changed in relation to the safety and nutrition issues because while becoming globalized, the food industry and the associated mass production affect the public health not only at the domestic but also at the international levels.
Nevertheless, many unfair world food producers are inclined to reject the claims that the use of definite unhealthful ingredients can cause different negative health consequences for the public because of the problems with the products’ nutritional value. Thus, food producers support the idea that the food safety is not the main issue which can be discussed in relation to the threats to the people’s health because, for instance, dangerous gas emissions can have more negative effects on the public’s health. Many food producers operate the idea that it is rather difficult to state the connection between the person’s health state and the mass production of food because all the environmental factors can also have positive and negative effects on the people’s health. However, the connection between the food safety and people’s health is direct because certain ingredients can provoke definite illnesses and worsen the persons’ well-being (Lin 645).
Moreover, while accepting the fact that some ingredients can be discussed as harmful or with the low nutritional value, many domestic and international food producers begin to hide the fact that their products contain such ingredients.
Thus, the food industry should be changed in order to address the food safety issue because the development of the food industry technologies led not only to the rapid mass production but also to the active use of many ingredients which are potentially harmful to the public’s health. According to Hagenmeyer, “if we consume unsafe food or drink, it may be detrimental to our health, if not lethal” (Hagenmeyer 356). The problem is in the fact that safe products are often not available for the public because of the progress of mass production, and the absence of effective regulations. In this case, to respond to the problems of safe food, it is necessary to provide the definite changes within the global food industry.
The food industry also needs significant changes in relation to the control of the products’ nutritional value because a lot of food produced in the context of the food mass production cannot be the part of the people’s healthy diets. The products available as part of the mass production within the food industry do not provide persons with sound nutrition (Hagenmeyer 361). As a result, people experience a lot of health problems, and the way to overcome the issue is to change the industry in relation to controlling the nutritional value of products.
Furthermore, the changes in the global food industry are necessary because any problems related to the food safety and products’ nutritional value affect people’s health problems which can become global because of the peculiarities of mass production. When people become victims of unfair food producers, effective changes and regulations should be implemented within the food industry. Thus, Crumley states that “consumers need to know what got them sick and who was responsible” (Crumley 398). The rejection of any changes in the food industry in relation to the products’ safety can cause further global food crises similar to the above-mentioned situation in China in 2008.
In addition, the development and implementation of the effective regulation and reference to the necessary sanctions within the industry to control the food safety, fairness of producers, aspects of the mass production, and the issues associated with the nutritional value of products are possible as a result of changing and reforming the global food production system. Lin pays attention to the fact that the framework convention protocol approach can be discussed as an effective strategy to improve the food industry at the domestic and international levels (Lin 695). While changing the industry and implementing new sanctions and regulations, the governments can contribute to the promotion of the public’s health and effectiveness of the food mass production.
Thus, the food industry developed at the international level with references to the mass production of food should be changed in order to provide the public with safe and healthy products with the help of focusing on the necessary legal regulations. From this point, the industry can be changed through improving the associated laws and regulations in order to respond to the food safety and nutritional value issues as well as to the problem of the producers’ fairness.
Works Cited
Crumley, Diana. “Achieving Optimal Deterrence in Food Safety Regulation”. Review of Litigation 31.2 (2012): 353-401. Print.
Hagenmeyer, Moritz. “Legal Requirements for the Production of Safe Food: A Brief Outline of the Most Important Legal Provisions to be Observed by Food Business Operators in Order to Achieve Food Safety”. European Food & Feed Law Review 4.5 (2009): 356-361. Print.
Lin, Ching-Fu. “Global Food Safety: Exploring Key Elements for an International Regulatory Strategy”. Virginia Journal of International Law 51.3 (2011): 637-695. Print.