Richard Dye
master brummie
Super dad, I agree with your sentiments, however it is not just the multinationals as you suggested. Many smaller companies almost completely ignore HSE, health safety and environmental out of convenience. Also hindsight is 20/20. An example might be decaffeinated coffee, when it was first developed they used trichlorethene to draw off the caffeine. Everyone was pleased with the decaf! I was working as a young engineer in what was the biggest coffee plant in the world at the time making 3,000,000 per day. We sold the caffeine to Coca Cola until they found out about the trichlor. They stopped immediately but small beverage companies in South America kept on buying!Yes I did! But it was about adulteration of food etc products in the Victorian/Edwardian period! Truly awful what manufacturers got away with.
I though it it was clear from my original posts that I was taking about RECENT changes arising from takeovers by MULTI-NATIONALS of traditional products.
As a separate issue [perhaps I should start a new thread?] I am concerned & saddened at how sarcastic/dismissive etc so many people are of Heath & Safety requirements often encouraged by the media & sadly sometimes on our site. Too many people too ready to criticize H & S requirements without any relevant knowledge. I speak from 40 yrs experience managing BCC buildings with a responsibility for H & S within them. Contrary to popular opinion BCC took H&S very seriously at least up to when I retired 14 yrs ago.
When products are moved from country to country the receipt items are almost never exactly the same due to country regulations and availability. Usually products are moved to optimize production, costs and technical support.
BTW, they now use water to draw of caffeine from team and coffe!