This blog was co-wriiten by myself and Danielle McCleery. Together we will be researching food labels for a collaborative research project. This blog is about our topic for the project and the reasons why we chose this particular topic.
For our project, we went back and forth about many different topics. What really intrigued us at first was the law about not being to criticize meat. In Food Inc., we found out that Oprah was sued for saying she did not think she would want to eat burgers after a tainted meat outbreak. We proceeded to try and find information about this topic but it just seemed to be a lot of people being sued over this issue. It was something we were both pretty interested in; however, we did not think there would be enough information for our project.
In class, we learned some of the terms of the labeling that is put on meat, eggs, and poultry. What these labels really mean was pretty interesting and a bit disturbing. We thought about doing this topic and decided this was a pretty good idea; we both really wanted to find out more. We thought about interviewing people we knew and see what they thought these labels meant and then give them the information of what they really mean and see their reactions. Another idea we have is to go to a grocery store and look at all the different labels and foods they are on.
We feel as though this project can lead us in many different directions. Our focus will be on the egg and meat labels but we are excited to see where our research will lead us. After researching the topic we thought we might be able to explore the different labels on food products we discussed in class, and other products as well. For example, have you ever noticed most cereals today claim to be made with whole grains? What does that mean? Are they really made with whole grains? We found several other claims on food labels that may be worth exploring in our project as well such as made with natural goodness, kid approved, doctor recommended, and contains natural fruit juice.
The food industry definitely misleads its consumers with their labels. We look forward to researching the topic more and interviewing consumers on their perspective on food labels.
For our project, we went back and forth about many different topics. What really intrigued us at first was the law about not being to criticize meat. In Food Inc., we found out that Oprah was sued for saying she did not think she would want to eat burgers after a tainted meat outbreak. We proceeded to try and find information about this topic but it just seemed to be a lot of people being sued over this issue. It was something we were both pretty interested in; however, we did not think there would be enough information for our project.
In class, we learned some of the terms of the labeling that is put on meat, eggs, and poultry. What these labels really mean was pretty interesting and a bit disturbing. We thought about doing this topic and decided this was a pretty good idea; we both really wanted to find out more. We thought about interviewing people we knew and see what they thought these labels meant and then give them the information of what they really mean and see their reactions. Another idea we have is to go to a grocery store and look at all the different labels and foods they are on.
We feel as though this project can lead us in many different directions. Our focus will be on the egg and meat labels but we are excited to see where our research will lead us. After researching the topic we thought we might be able to explore the different labels on food products we discussed in class, and other products as well. For example, have you ever noticed most cereals today claim to be made with whole grains? What does that mean? Are they really made with whole grains? We found several other claims on food labels that may be worth exploring in our project as well such as made with natural goodness, kid approved, doctor recommended, and contains natural fruit juice.
The food industry definitely misleads its consumers with their labels. We look forward to researching the topic more and interviewing consumers on their perspective on food labels.
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