AS MUCH INTERNATIONAL TRADES HAVE DEVELOPED, the availability of foreign-originated products over supermarket shelves is ever more predominant. SIGN OF a changing alimentary habit, such an attitude is neither shallow nor trivial when its drawbacks are investigated.
FIRST AT ALL, the globalization, WHICH MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO ALIGNED COUNTRIES UNDER A SOLE LABOUR-MARKET, has profoundly influenced distinct cultures, leading them to mix. THOUGH nuanced identities are reflecting such an internationalization effect, most has been detected in food preferences. In fact, it is as though this openness towards a multicultural cuisine would be breaking out alimentary boundaries, getting people at least ideally closer. IN ADDITION, both procedures would seem to mutually fuel, AS IF the increase of foreign demand would directly result into a development of trades and vice versa.
Beyond the admirable aim of unifying the globe under food too, however, ‘adverse effects’ may be ashaming. UNDER ACCUSE, IN FACT, there are millions of ships and airplanes, which engines are polluting dramatically our environments. Though transportation sector will be looking at sustainable fuels in future, today fossil ones are overused to support the chain. Furthermore, preservatives are another judgemental element, due to their harmful as well necessary presence in order to move tons of food worldwide for long periods.
To conclude, the debate on the presence of foreign food on supermarket shelves arouses several doubts about its benefits in our every-day life. Surely, negative effects heavily weight on the matter. Human health defence is the cornerstone. In addition, if only trading processes had been more eco-friendly, being this one of the most hotly debated topic today, the overarching view would have been less hostile.