Paradox

The December issue of the Northwest Horticultural Council News was informative, well written and insightful. I pull this excerpt to post on Fresh Talk. From NHC:

The complexities and paradoxes of the bundle of public policy issues that come under such terms as “food safety” and “green” are amazing. Do we want to encourage small farms? Then why require stringent record keeping and costly food safety testing requirements that serve to drive operations ever larger?

Do we want to reduce the unneeded material taken away in a shopper’s grocery cart? If so, why do retailers impose ever more plastic packaging requirements on shippers in the guise of food safety?
Should legal liability fears be a greater driver of food safety standards than science itself?

And the list goes on.