Comments on: This Week in Bacon http://crispyontheoutside.com/2008/11/14/this-week-in-bacon-35/ The podcast from Crispy on the Outside (dot com), the irreverent food blog for food outlaws. The latest from the culinary underbelly, including news, interviews, and bluster. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:27:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: trubbles http://crispyontheoutside.com/2008/11/14/this-week-in-bacon-35/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 trubbles Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:09:22 +0000 http://www.crispyontheoutside.com/?p=632#comment-1140 Shouldn't national standards mean something? What if Oliver initiated a campaign to ban, say, milk that includes more melamine than the FDA allows? The fact that most of that milk comes from China would be neither racist nor protectionist; it's just good sense. I love your blog, but your visceral hatred of all things Oliver is off-putting. Shouldn't national standards mean something? What if Oliver initiated a campaign to ban, say, milk that includes more melamine than the FDA allows? The fact that most of that milk comes from China would be neither racist nor protectionist; it's just good sense. I love your blog, but your visceral hatred of all things Oliver is off-putting.

]]> By: Baylen http://crispyontheoutside.com/2008/11/14/this-week-in-bacon-35/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 Baylen Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.crispyontheoutside.com/?p=632#comment-1135 If what you describe is all Oliver was doing, I wouldn't be opposed. But he's trying "fight for British pork farmers who are being hit by cheap imports," and he says pork raised elsewhere is done so under "illegal" conditions. This always precedes protectionist legislation--whether it be banning country X imports altogether or forcing country X to bring its standards up to those in Britain. Either way, that's bad for consumers. If what you describe is all Oliver was doing, I wouldn't be opposed. But he's trying “fight for British pork farmers who are being hit by cheap imports,” and he says pork raised elsewhere is done so under “illegal” conditions. This always precedes protectionist legislation–whether it be banning country X imports altogether or forcing country X to bring its standards up to those in Britain. Either way, that's bad for consumers.

]]> By: SaraToday http://crispyontheoutside.com/2008/11/14/this-week-in-bacon-35/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 SaraToday Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:48:23 +0000 http://www.crispyontheoutside.com/?p=632#comment-1134 Hi. I have to disagree with you on this one. I don't see how Oliver supporting locally produced food makes him racist like the radio host. Britain is a nanny state by way of government policies like their ridiculous knife-crime laws, not because of celebrities promoting knowing where your food comes from.<br><br>Cheers Hi. I have to disagree with you on this one. I don't see how Oliver supporting locally produced food makes him racist like the radio host. Britain is a nanny state by way of government policies like their ridiculous knife-crime laws, not because of celebrities promoting knowing where your food comes from.

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