The Dark Side of the AllAmerican Meal

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Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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Cleanliness
Quality
Service
Fast food was considered a delicacy to working
class people. Automobile has changed what
Americans look like and eat like.
Value
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Behind the Counter Employees
People look down upon fast food workers, and
treat them with disrespect. One elderly woman
threw a hamburger at the cahier because there was
mustard on it.
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High Crime
About 2/3 of robberies at fast food places
involve current or former employees because of
low pay or mistreatment. More restaurant workers
were murdered than police officers in 1998.
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French Fries
Made of real potatoes, cooked in 7
cottonseed oil 93 beef tallow More
saturated beef than a hamburger!
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Burgers and Chicken
OR
Which would you choose?
Chicken McNuggets contain twice as much fat per
ounce!!!!
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That Sweet Smell
Natural Smoke Flavor Companies can make their
food smell like it was cooked on a fire, but they
are really just using bottled up smoke and water!
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The Most Dangerous Job
Injury rate at a slaughterhouse is
3 times higher than any other American factory
The Slaughterhouse
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So hot from people and cows all around
40 degrees
it feels like it is over 100 degrees
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Found in Meat
E. coli 0157H7
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Restaurant workers have been videotaped sneezing,
picking their noses, and putting spit and urine
into food while being prepared.
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What are we really picking up...
at the drive through window?