Yahoo article "9 scariest food facts"

Jamcnair

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/eatthis/9-scariest-food-facts

CaptainMFP

As usual, the media is reporting science in a highly questionable manner. Too many of these "facts" are statements of things that "may" be true. (Such language does not qualify anything as a fact in science. ) Just take #4 on the list: Calorie counts on nutrition labels aren’t accurate. The description that follows is about RESTAURANT data reporting, not food labels. Furthermore, it indicates a problem with 20% of food sampled (presumably the other 80% were within spec?)...if you go to the websites for most restaurants, they indicate on the website (not in fine print; easily found and read) that there may be differences from the numbers reported based on seasonal and other variations in ingredient availability. In other words, they are stating up front the fact that their numbers can vary. (This is particularly true for sit down restaurants where food is hand prepared and plate-to-plate variation is inevitable. There may be some facts in this article, but to my eyes it reads very fishy...like everything else from Yahoo that gets posted here. Just because it is called a fact on the web don't make it so.

Jamcnair

Yep. I agree