É a ironia. O país de onde surgiu a “junk food” é o país onde estas questões são discutidas com tal vigor. O livro pode ser encontrado aqui. Trata-se de uma publicação da Universidade do Nebraska. Dessmonta o mito. Respigo do texto de apresentação: «One of the great myths of contemporary American culture is that the United States’ food supply is the safest in the world because the government works to guarantee food safety and enforce certain standards on food producers, processors, and distributors. In reality U.S. food safety administration and oversight have remained essentially the same for more than a century, with the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 continuing to frame national policy despite dramatic changes in production, processing, and distribution throughout the twentieth century. »