UVani Ukutya Babe Hari, ebuza ngebhokisi yomrhanelwa yesiriyeli. (Ifoto: Vani Hari)
Ukuba uvile ngeVani Ukutya Babe Hari, uyakukhumbula ukunyuka kwakhe kutshanje kukuziphatha kakubi kukazwelonke kunye nephulo lakhe lokuveza. Inyaniso (ekutyholwa ngayo) inyani malunga nePumpkin Spice Lattes kunye nombala we-caramel.
Izolo, i-PSL truther kunye nomkhosi jikelele we-Food Babe Army baqalise ukuhlasela i-General Mills kunye ne-Kellogg's kwi-preservative ebizwa ngokuba yi-Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT). Iikhemikhali zigcina ukutya okuziinkozo okufana neRis Krispies ezisandul 'ukwenziwa ezishelfini, kodwa bezikhona kuvaliwe kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi yokonakalisa kakhulu ngexesha lokuvavanywa kwezilwanyana.
Xa uNkosazana Hari ekuqaleni wafikelela kuGeneral Mills kwiiveki ezimbalwa emva, bamxelela ukuba angabileki, kwaye ukuba i-BHT yamkelwe yi-FDA. Ke usungule uxwebhu lwezikhalazo izolo kungekudala ngaphambi kwemini yokuba i-BHT isuswe kuzo zonke iiGeneral Mills kunye neemveliso zikaKellogg.
Kuphela kwiiyure ezimbalwa kamva, xa uxwebhu lwezikhalazo lwalukhe lwatyikitya malunga nama-17,000 atyikityiweyo, uGeneral Mills waqala ukuthumela lo myalezo ngqo kuye nakubani na obathumela umyalezo nge-BHT:
@ Ndiphiwen2 Enkosi, uMegan - BHT wamkelwe yi-FDA, kodwa sele sihambe kakuhle kwindlela yokuyisusa kwiicereal zethu
-Zonke izinto zokusila (@GeneralMills) NgoFebruwari 5, 2015
Ke, sinike uNkosazana Hari umnxeba wokuba asweleke emva koloyiso kukoyisa kwakutshanje kwindlela yokutya ye-Babe:
Umkhosi wakho wabalandeli uthathe amanyathelo ngokukhawuleza kule. Ngaba zazininzi iintlanganiso zomkhosi phambi kwesandla?
Ndiyibeka ngokungachazwanga ngokupheleleyo. Inye into ekufuneka ndiyazi ngoku kukumemezela kwangoko, kuba ndiphantsi koqwalaselo olukhulu. Ukuba lilungelo lokutya, kufuneka ndibeneedada zam zilandelelana.
Ekunene, ukugqibela kwakho ukwenza iintloko bekukho nephulo lakho lePumpkin Spice Latte, ebingeyompumelelo ifanelekileyo…
Ngokwenyani, yayinjalo! Abantu abayicingi loo nto, kodwa kwakungekho mfuneko yokuba ndiqale isikhalazo, konke endikwenzileyo kukubhala iposti yebhlog. Emva kokuba ihambe yintsholongwane, i-Starbucks ithe ibeke iqela endaweni yokususa umbala we-caramel kunye nokuthumela izithako kwi-intanethi koku.
Kodwa abakabikho. Bathi bazakwenza izinto ezithile, kodwa kufana nokuthi, Ngaba ubuthetha oko? Okanye uyitshilo kwi-USA Today ukuze ujongeke kakuhle?
Ngaba kukhona ukubuyela umva kuhlaselo lwakho lwe-BHT okwangoku?
Okwangoku, okumangalisa kakhulu-kodwa ndiwenzile umsebenzi wam wasekhaya. Ndinebhunga elicebisayo ngoku, kwaye ndiyabonisana noogqirha kunye nososayensi ngaphambi kokuba ndiqalise isikhalazo esifana nesi. Ndiqinisekile ukuba ndinayo yonke imithombo yolwazi endixhasayo, kwaye ndiyibeka emazantsi eposi ukuze wonke umntu ahambe ayokufunda izifundo.
Le ayisiyonto yenziwe, okanye ibaxiwe. Ndinemifanekiso evela kuzo zonke iinkozo ezingenaso esi songezo. Sibize iGener Mills kunye neKellogg's. Ndijonge kwiDatha yoKhuseleko yaseYurophu. Olu luphando lokwenyani olwenziweyo kwesi songezo.
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Yintoni ekubeke kumkhondo we-BHT?
I-BHT ibikw radar yam ixesha elide okoko ndibhalile ngayo ngo-2013, ngokuthelekisa iimveliso e-US neemveliso ezise Yurophu. Banemigaqo engqongqo eYurophu kuba basebenza kumgaqo okhuseleko. Kulapho, iimveliso zinetyala de zingqineke zimsulwa. Nantsi, kukujika.
Ke eyonanto indicaphukisayo yile iphindwe kabini: Baza kwenza imveliso enye yelinye ilizwe kwaye bayenze ikhuseleke kubantu kwihlabathi liphela, kodwa hayi thina. Yonke into esuka kwiCinnamon Toast Crunch kunye neGolden Grahams ekubonakala ngathi iyazazi impilo ezinje ngeCheerios Protein kunye neeVele kunye neCheat Chex.
I-General Mills isebenze ngokukhawuleza kule. Ngaba wakhe weva nantoni na evela kuKellogg?
Hayi i-peep, kodwa andikwazi ukucinga ukuba kwenzekani emva kweengcango ezivaliweyo.
Uhlaziyo: Ngokubanzi uMills uxelele uMqwalaseli ukuba UNks Hari khange abenangqondo ekuthathweni kwezigqibo kwaphela, kwaye le yinto sele isebenza kangangexesha elide. Ingxelo yabo ngokupheleleyo:
I-BHT sisithako sokutya esivunyiweyo yi-FDA, kodwa sele siphantsi kwendlela yokuyisusa kwiicereal zethu. Olu tshintsho alwenzelwanga ukhuseleko, kodwa kuba sicinga ukuba abathengi baya kulwamkela. Asikaze sithethe noVani Hari kwaye akazange adlale ndima kwisigqibo sethu. Uninzi lweCereal yaseMelika alunayo i-BHT kubandakanya: iiCheerios, iiHoney Nut Cheerios, i-Trix, iKix kunye neCharms Charms. Ukususwa kwethu kwe-BHT kwiicereal kuyaqhubeka kwaye kungaphaya konyaka.
UNks. Hari uthi le yimpendulo ebukekayo, hayi le ayifumeneyo nge-imeyile kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa emva.
Ngaphambi koko, kwathiwa, ‘Ezi zithako bezikhuselekile,’ utshilo uNksk Hari. Ngoku, 'Bakhuselekile, kodwa siza kubakhupha.' Lo ngumgca oqhelekileyo we-PR ukugcina ubuso. Bacinga ukuba ndizakubuya umva, kodwa abakawuniki umda wexesha.
