1855 United States Tycoon

"In the inspection of the food, it was found that there was a problem. Now, it is not too wrong. Because everyone is like this anyway. Of course, the food produced by McDonald Foods is definitely the most conscientious and safe. , But in this era, apart from McDonald’s food, who does not add a lot of messy toxic stuff when making food?

But the two food export companies in Spain and Germany made a mistake, that is, they tried to deceive consumers and tried to deceive the state assembly. In fact, Ohio has been very forgiving to food manufacturers. They do not have mandatory regulations. Foods that use additives that are not good for human health cannot be sold, but only for those who are willing to bear higher costs. In order to ensure food safety, companies have some tax incentives and allow them to use the "safe food" sign so that our people can identify them and avoid harm.

However, these two European companies have adopted extremely abominable fraudulent methods. They first provided the testing agency with samples that fully met the safety standards, defrauded the tax rebate and the "safe food" mark, and then sold those on our market. Foods that add a lot of harmful substances. That is, they cheated our money away and harmed our health. For such a despicable behavior, they should be held criminally responsible for fraud, and all these unscrupulous criminals in order to make money were thrown into prison and kept in prison until the end of the world. However, these cunning scammers took advantage of our judicial loopholes, claiming that the subsequent products were found to be unqualified because of quality control problems, or that the wrong goods were sent. Anyway, they did not admit that it was an intentional fraud. It is really difficult for our law enforcement agencies to prosecute them for fraud crimes because of the difficulty of verification. Even the simplest, fine penalties for poor follow-up quality control or the so-called ‘wrong goods’ have not been effectively enforced in fact.

Because the companies that were found to be problematic this time are all foreign companies, in United States and Ohio, they don't have much valuable fixed assets. They don't have a fixed real estate, and their business location is rented; they don't have a factory in United States, which is as far away as Europe. They only have a company name, and a leather bag to hold documents and seals. Other than that, they have nothing. So we saw that after these guys were caught, they would not pay the fines at all, but just ran away. In any case, our law enforcement officers cannot go to Europe to seal their factories. In a few days, they replaced two other scammers, and then gave their own "company" another name, and they could play this kind of scam again.

Therefore, Ohio must act and immediately fill this loophole, so that we cannot turn Ohio into a paradise for those European crooks. So how can we plug this loophole? I personally believe that we should treat food safety issues as strictly as drugs. First of all, we should prohibit any food that has not been certified as a ‘safe food’ from being sold in Ohio. Secondly, we should collect security deposits from companies that try to use the ‘safe food’ mark to ensure that they will not be late for this kind of leather company-style fraud..."

This is a report in the "Ohio Kommersant" one week after the German poisoned sausage and Spanish poisoned ham incidents were revealed. Obviously, the unscrupulous German and Spanish leather bag companies ran away directly after the fraud was exposed, angering the citizens of Ohio.

Just two days after this report came out, the Ohio State Assembly again revised Ohio’s drug and food safety supervision measures, charging pharmaceutical companies and food companies a security deposit of up to three thousand U.S. dollars. And decided that some foods, including cheese, milk, and meat products, will be banned from selling in Ohio if they still fail to pass the "safe food" certification after six months.

At this point, it can be said that, except for Scrooge's McDonald Foods, other food companies whose business scope falls within this scope are all unlucky. At that time, with the exception of McDonald Foods, other food companies were not large-scale, and most companies had difficulty even putting out a three-thousand-dollar security deposit. Especially for meat processing, many of them are family workshops of so-called ancestral craftsmanship. The three thousand US dollars deposit is almost their entire assets, and the cost of the inspection is not very cheap. Although the inspection is indeed non-profit and honestly not expensive, it is not the ordinary small workshop can afford.

...

"Mr. Eldor, you want to sell your own workshop?" Lundell asked his neighbor Eldor.

"Yeah. No way." Eldor shook his head and said, "I am not worried after the test. Our family has been making sausages, bacon and ham for generations. I know the guys outside are all How do you do these things, but you know, our family has never had any moths. But now..."

"Mr. Eldo, I know, we all know that the sausage and ham you make at home are real stuff, and I have eaten the bargains outside. It's your intestines, ah, yes. Comparing the taste of your intestines, no one can taste the same. Your food should pass the test without any problems."

"What about it?" Eldor sighed again long, "Even if it passes, I can't pay the three thousand dollars deposit. Three thousand dollars, there are several workshops that can get so much money. ?"

"Oh, this decision of the State Assembly is really..." Lundell didn't know what to say. From the heart, to be honest, the state legislature stood up to crack down on the bastards who added poison to the food. Lendl was very supportive. After all, he didn't want to eat poison every day. But seeing that the neighbors Eldor's family are leaving Ohio, he feels a little bit unfair for Eldor. Lendl knew that Eldor had always made real things, but because of this, Eldor did not make any money. Because the other sausages outside are much cheaper than Eldor. Although Lendl felt that the outside taste was not as good as Eldor's, he did not have that much money, and he had to consider the issue of cheapness when buying things. Therefore, Eldor's business is indeed not good, he really can not come up with three thousand dollars.

"The decision of the state legislature is actually not bad. They are after all thinking about the majority of people." Eldor said slowly, "It's just that some people are too dark-hearted, and they can't help it. In fact, it's myself. No skill, and it's not that you can't really make money without those crooked methods. You see, Mr. MacDonald's food company can make cheap and good things."

"Mr. MacDonald is a great scientist, he must have a way. We can't compare with him." Lundell wanted to comfort Eldor, but he didn't know how to say it. So he asked, "Mr. Eldo, where are you going?"

"I don’t know. After leaving Ohio, other places may soon learn from Ohio and take the same measures. So, I don’t plan to do this again. Maybe I will go to the west. I will sell the workshop. If you go to the west, you can buy a little land. Then you can be an honest farmer. At least, although there are many problems with flour, wheat without flour does not need a'safe food certificate'."

Lendl looked at Eldor, who was dejected. He wanted to persuade him not to give up his ancestral craftsmanship, but he also understood that Eldor’s, it won’t be long, and the United States will have the same regulations as Ohio everywhere. The statement is absolutely correct, because the regulations are really good regulations, at least Lundell himself likes it very much.

"Oh, now the life of the old craftsman is getting more and more difficult." Lundell said with emotion at last. After a while, he asked again: "Eldor, when are you leaving and tell me, we can also see you off. Good luck."

"Thank you." Eldor replied, lowering his head.

...

As Eldor expected, following Ohio, several states in the east, starting with New York, passed similar bills, and soon a trade barrier was erected on the North American continent. European suppliers suddenly discovered that it is extremely difficult to sell food and the like to United States. Especially meat products and dairy products. European business people began to clamor for revenge against United States, and United States people also mobilized all propaganda machines to curse the profiteers in Europe. In this kind of scolding, the food shady of Europeans has been unveiled step by step. So, starting with the French, the first food safety standards in Europe followed.

...

"The trial operation of Clark's feed factory was successful? This is really good news. Well, European people will have cheap pork, chicken and beef in the future." Scrooge put down the telegram in his hand.

"I heard that some guys in Europe are waiting to catch our problem. Don't you worry that they will come up with a standard for you and make your things insecure?" Dorothea leaned on the sofa , While eating a piece of chocolate, said to Scrooge in a tone of fear that the world would not be chaotic.

"How is it possible?" Scrooge smiled disapprovingly. Although the things he added are harmful, the degree of harmfulness is really not that much in this era. If someone really needs to prove it by experiment, then he will get it in the end. The result was mostly just advertising for Scrooge.

"Dorothea, stop eating chocolate, you have eaten a few pieces. You will gain weight if you eat it again, and you will become chubby. Be careful that I don't want you."

"Cut, dare you?" Dorothea glanced at Scrooge, then put another chocolate in her mouth.

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