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At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what the new food agency says or does. The damage has already been done. A seed of doubt has been placed in the minds of the public, most of which is thanks to media hype.
Kate Alexander, England

I take no notice of all these food scares - it's just madness. My family have been eating whatever they like for years, and never had any resulting health problems. Why should the government presume to interfere? So long as you keep a good standard of hygene in your kitchen then you have nothing to worry about.
Steve Myers, Bristol, UK

Being cynical I must ask whether the careers of those involved in the Food Safety agency will be enhanced by reducing food scares or increasing them.
Colin Hitchin, UK

This issue has gained a momentum that is going to be difficult to stop. It seems that everyday their is a new scare. I dont personally beleive ANY of the public agenices concerned really understand what is going on know how to effectively deal with this issue. We have so many so called 'experts' in disagreement that I for one choose not to beleive any of what I hear - good or bad.
Gary Hart, UK

The Government can preach until Doomsday, the public will go on storing and cooking foods improperly, ignoring sell-by dates and so forth. It is imposible to legislate these problems away. So I fear that any new legislation will only cover the "food scare story of the day", such as the beef on the bone controversy.
With areas like this with very low risk (you stand more chance of being killed by a meteor landing on you, but the Government isn't building concrete shelters), I firmly believe that the best action is to inform the public of the risks, then let them decide. New Labour seems to be copying a worrying European trend: over-react to media hype and public hysteria - then legislate rather than inform. A clear move towards the European "Nanny State" model.
Richard Gregory, UK

I don't believe that the new agency will necessarily calm food fears. Much of the fear is created by press speculation and unecessary hype anyway. People may be reassured to see that the Food Agency is separate from MAFF, but will there be any real change ? It will still be the same old faces in control.
Ross Wells, United Kngdom

The public are a bunch of paranoid imbeciles who don't really have a clue what they're eating anyway so I say feed them dog meat and the whole of the country will become a much better place. I think that instead of a food safety committee the government should run day outings to abattoirs, let the public see what really happens to the dead animals they eat, I'm sure everyone will then agree that all meat should be treated as contaminated! Humans have been eating meat for many, many centuries and I'm sure millions of people have died from it, then again what about all the vegetables in the world - have you seen what is spread on the crops!! Most of the fertiliser should be treated as clinical waste and incinerated, but it doesn't matter if you wash your carrots...or does it????!!! Anyway back to the subject again, really it doesn't matter what the government does as far as the general population are concerned, we will always manage to find something to worry about and it might as well be the fear of contracting CJD from BSE infected cattle because if we really get it into our heads to worry about lung cancer caused by smoking the government will really have problems raising the funds needed to run the country.
Pip Mason, UK

Paranoid or what? I think some of these comments are clearly the result of eating infected food. The sooner we have a government agency which oversees the safety of food, the sooner these poor people will be better.
Dan Holmes, UK

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