Author- Eric Schlosser
Released- 2001
Pages- 288
A great book by Eric Schlosser, it tells the story of the birth of fast food in southern California to its place in global culture today. It also covers worldwide obesity issues, marketing tactics of fast-food corporations, the poor conditions for immigrants working in the meat packing industry and reveals the horrors of cattle yards and intensively farmed animals.
What I found truly shocking was the lack of governance in the entire industry, farmers were allowed to feed their cattle with feed that had amongst other things dead pigs and horses and chicken manure rendered into it. These practices lead to the birth of mad cow disease. They were also responsible for the wide spread of meat contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
When I was going to Uni I would eat McDonald's and KFC almost every day, since reading this book I haven’t eaten from a single fast food franchise not because I was gaining weight or for health purposes but only for ethical reasons.
Verdict- 5/5 stars This book is highly informative and written in a captivating style a great read but beware you may be in for a series of shocks.
