Comment by teaearlgraycold
4 years ago
We’re in this place because one factory can produce food that will reach millions of people. The odds that a homemade food stand accidentally gives a stray peanut to a consumer with a deadly allergy are low. But the odds of a mega factory with poor QC doing it are high.
I'd be much more afraid of the homemade food stand.
> The odds that a homemade food stand accidentally gives a stray peanut to a consumer with a deadly allergy are low
The odds per food item consumed are higher for small food businesses that aren't as easily forced into absurd clean-room manufacturing. This analysis makes no sense.
Lawsuits pay relative to revenue, though. So it's more a matter of existence than proportion.