host: a tweet to that effect, erin quinn.we do not know what we eat, drink or brief." -- or briefreathe." take us back to the young boy who bought a turkey burger at a basketball game in california. to the point of people knowing what is in their food, how could somebody like this find out what they are ingesting? sporting event, find out exactly what they are ingesting? guest: while all the ingredients must be on food labels, a lot of the ingredients are so new to the consumers, they are completely unfamiliar. they might not really relies what that ingredient could be action composed of. i believe that that was what the issue was in that case. guest: and the company denies the claims that the -- the family makes in their lawsuit that was filed. the company says that, you know, that their ingredient is safe. and that the fda, back in 2002, had essentially agreed to that. host: let's hear from john in north port, florida. a republican. caller: good morning. my concerns are with the farmers -- a lot of the farmers i think to th

host: a tweet to that effect, erin quinn.we do not know what we eat, drink or brief." -- or briefreathe." take us back to the young boy who bought a turkey burger at a basketball game in california. to the point of people knowing what is in their food, how could somebody like this find out what they are ingesting? sporting event, find out exactly what they are ingesting? guest: while all the ingredients must be on food labels, a lot of the ingredients are so new to the consumers, they are completely unfamiliar. they might not really relies what that ingredient could be action composed of. i believe that that was what the issue was in that case. guest: and the company denies the claims that the -- the family makes in their lawsuit that was filed. the company says that, you know, that their ingredient is safe. and that the fda, back in 2002, had essentially agreed to that. host: let's hear from john in north port, florida. a republican. caller: good morning. my concerns are with the farmers -- a lot of the farmers i think to th

erin quinn come explain this story. what happened translate miles was an 11 year boy he lived in california. the story is about how he was meeting a turkey burger, it has been agreed and he called micro-protein which is a neat alternative. and micro-protein is a food additive. he suffered an allergic reaction. he had had an allergy to mold and his mother was unaware i guess what the ingredients were in the turkey burger. because she says it was mislabeled and he began to suffer an allergic reaction. he couldn't breathe and he eventually died of anaphylactic shock and after he ate the burger. >> host: so how did it actually happen than in the context of your piece on what we are talking about? >> guest: micro-protein which was ingredient that the family is saying led to their son's death is a food additive that a company declared was safe several years ago and it's been on the market for a while. they did submit a declaration of safety to the food and drug administration. the food and drug administration okayed it but di

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