The book, Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser exposes the “mysteries” of fast food franchises the processing of foods through business practices. He is appalled of what the “fast-food habit” has become today and how it has become a part of every American in some way. Almost ninety-percent of American children eat at McDonald\'s eating on the average, “three hamburgers and four orders of French fries every week.” Eating at a fast food place around the corner has become a norm in American culture.
In the early 1960s, the fast food industry was at a peak. Their employees were paid well, the food quality was superior, and overall business practices were honest. Today, much of the food industry has shifted into more of a capitalist and cost-efficient business. The food ingredients have become very poor and before 1997; fast food companies were actually using the meat of cows that were fed the remains of other animal such as sheep and cattle and cows are herbivores! In fact, deceased......
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