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ChristianKl comments on Soylent has been found to contain lead (12-25x) and cadmium (≥4x) in greater concentrations than California's 'safe harbor' levels - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 17 August 2015 03:07:32PM *  1 point [-]

Producing food for sale to the public is heavily regulated in the first world. The regulations do not have exceptions for startups.

Comment author: ChristianKl 17 August 2015 08:48:41PM 0 points [-]

In Germany actual foot safety you get at the store down the street is at higher QA than the law requires. Our supermarkets often do toxicity tests with higher standards than the law requires and don't simply trust the manufacturer of a product.

If you have direct to consumer sales you don't have an intermediary doing QA.

On the other hand a US supermarket might not have strong QA.