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welcome to the khatkee ride home for fr, February 19th, 2021. I'm Jackson Bird.

A history of how the U.S. government started deciding what color our food is allowed to be.

Could lab-grown wood disrupt the lumber industry?

And The Muppet Show has been released from the Disney vaults.

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

So on Tuesday, I talked about Del Monte's genetically modified pink pineapples, which,

well, not exactly an innovation, does feel a bit like a whole new frontier of gimmick

marketing for genetically modified produce.

Now, when Del Monte reached the final stage of figuring out how to grow their pink

pineapples, they had to go through a lengthy approval process with the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration to ensure that they'd done everything above board and their pineapples

would be equally safe and nutritious for consumers as normal pineapples. And some of the red tape

that they had to go through has its origins in evolving regulations for modified foods that dates back to

the mid-19th century and was kicked off largely by margarine, or as it was called when it was

created in France, oleo margarine, well, oleo margarine, but I imagine that is the French pronunciation.

So margarine was created to be a cheaper alternative to butter, both cheaper to produce

and more shelf-stable. It wouldn't spoil as quickly as traditional butter.

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