How should we define ‘natural’? The public responds
If a food item is going to be labeled as "natural" then it needs to meet these standards.
My standards are as follows: If you can kill it, pick it, or grow it then it is "natural".
Also, let's get a couple things straight. Corn is a grain, not a vegetable! So ... wheat and grain may be food for many creatures out there. But not humans; we are not built to digest those items, therefore making them "not natural food".
So, if a food item has wheat or any type of corn... which there are too many corn products to list, then it shouldn't be called natural because grain and wheat is not natural for humans.
Another thing: As a kid my father talked about eating 20-40 chicken wings himself with a group of his buddies. That's not possible anymore since the chicken mysteriously grew in size about 4 times, in the past 40 years. Either evolution has been friendly to the chicken, or restaurants are using chicken legs as wings?
Consumers trust that if something is for sale then it must be safe for their family.
YOU'RE THE FDA!!! ELIMINATE STERIODS FROM OUR FOOD, ELIMINATE CORN FROM OUR FOOD, ELIMINATE WHEAT FROM OUR FOOD!!!
THE FDA SHOULD HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO KEEP US SAFE!!! PEOPLE ARE FAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT CARBS FROM BREAD ONLY TURN INTO FAT!!! OUR BODY BREAKS DOWN CARBS AND TURNS THEM INTO SUGAR WHICH THEN TURNS TO FAT!!! PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT!!! THIS SHOULD BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!!!
QUIT TAKING MONEY FROM COKE, MCDONALD'S, AND ALL THE OTHER CORPORATIONS WITH DELICIOUS "FOODS" THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO US. STOP OUR GOVERNMENT FROM TAKING HUSH MONEY FROM THESE
CORPORATIONS!!! QUIT THE DAMN CORRUPTION AND USE SOME HUMAN MORALS. THE FDA CAN FIX ALL OF THIS BY EXPLOITING OUR GOVERNMENT AND USING THE MOST BASIC OF HUMAN MORALS.
—Shawn McCoy (food industry)