Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "" video.

I think the main difference is the regulations in what they allow in both the EU and US, in the EU, they are far stricter when it comes to quality, and by having stricter quality control, it raises the overall standard across the board, but that doesn't mean you can't get good and bad food in both the EU and US, but it does mean that the minimum standard in the EU is higher than in the US. Food tends to be fresher in Europe, that's likely because of buying habits, food that's better for you tends to be cheaper in the EU compared to the US, whereas junk food is the other way, and the last one is the chemicals that are allowed in foods and drinks, which the US allows far more whereas the EU are much stricter on that, you put it all together and it does mean a higher quality across the board when it comes to food and drinks in the EU. Another major factor is the health care system, in the EU, it's universal whereas in the US it's not, by shifting the cost burden to taxpayers, there's a big incentive on governments to look after the well-being and health of its citizens, whereas in the US, it's the other way around thanks to the for-profit nature of the US, where it benefits corporations by people getting sick when eating foods or drinks, it also allows them to cut corners when producing their goods at a lower standard, which allows them to gain more profits at the American peoples expense, it also has the side benefit that the more people that get sick, the more that have to use the health care system, which because of the nature of how US health care works, it feeds the health care corporations profit, it also explains why food poisoning is much higher in the US compared to the EU. It's a circular system that feels like it's designed to screw the American people over. By shifting the burden to taxpayers as we do in all the EU countries, it puts a lot more pressure on the system to raise standards in a lot of areas, and that's more or less what we see.
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