re: #348 SanFranciscoZionist

It is still unknown how many of these well-meaning social worker types were deployed, or, once deployed, how many actually got anyone to open the door to discuss leftovers.

Scotland used to have the worst health of any one in the EU, including nutrition, diet, pretty much everything.

Also, anecdotal evidence here, but the US FDA and the equivalent Brit organisation have very different regulations. The various US boards supply lots more information and more thorough in my opinion than the UK does.
Anecdotal evidence: I’m not much of a meat eater, but Jimmah is. Consequently now I’m cooking meat. Not only couldn’t I find a meat thermometer, people in the relevant town don’t even know what it is. The UK guidelines for cooking and safe defrosting of poultry are also way less stringent than the US ones. It freaks me out a bit, to be honest.

Anyway, I can easily believe that a lot of people in the UK aren’t storing their food with any sort of the procedures we consider normal in the US. I know the US has a pretty high percentage of illness due to food contamination for such a wealthy nation; I’d be interested to see what the UK’s is. (Tho in the US I’m sure climate plays a big role. Not so much the UK)

It’s probably not such a bad idea to have some dogooders popping round offering (voluntary) information on dietary choices in the UK, handling, prep, and storage.
They aren’t removing the deep fat fryers from people’s homes or rummaging through the freezer to confiscate your fish and chips or ‘potato waffles’.
But they can have my Marmite if they want it. /