First, they came for the spinach. I remember the day last September. The supermarket had a new kind of salad dressing, one that looked like it would taste good with spinach. I went to the produce section to buy a bag. But they all had been recalled. Three people had died from E. coli contamination from eating spinach. I decided I could live without the spinach. Next they came for the peanut butter, and I didn’t pay much attention. I don’t much like peanut butter. Then they came for the tomatoes. Then the Taco Bell lettuce. Then the mushrooms, then ham steaks, then summer sausage. I started worrying. Then, they came for the pet food. I remember the sinking feeling, hearing that dogs and cats had died eating contaminated food. Then the flash of guilt-had we poisoned our dogs? I remember hearing the name of the manufacturer, my wife searching the web frantically for a catalogue of its products, the stab of fear when we found the name of the food our own dogs eat. Then the wave of relief-it was only canned food; our dogs eat dry. I began investigating more. One of […]