Trick or treat!

Halloween is here once more and what’s makes for a bashing Halloween party has got to be all that yummy candy (apart from laughing at your friend’s zombie outfit of course)!

While you stuff yourself silly with all those sugary treats, has it crossed your mind that what you just pop into your mouth might not be as innocent as it seems? After all with the recent melamine scandal, you can’t be too cautious right?

Apart from the ongoing melamine issue, let’s not forget how the salmonella contamination of pastries late last year where several hundred customers suffered food poisoning after eating tainted cakes. This led to bakery chain having to cease operations to review production standards and its parent company receiving a $5,000 fine.

You had your daily morning fix of corn flakes today? Well, that could have very well been made from Genetically Modified (GM) corn. GM crops are different from regular crops in that they have been biologically enhanced by scientists to possess greater resistance against pest and diseases while producing higher yield. It is still unknown what effects the long-term consumption of food made from GM crops can cause to the body.

So many ingredients and processes go into making our food these days that sometimes even reading the labels might not tell the full story.

With the recent spew of food scares and ongoing concern about GM food, are youths at all concern about what they put into their mouths? Urbanwire went out to the streets and sought the opinion of some youths.

This was what they had to say:

Do you share the same thoughts as those featured in the video? Whatever your opinions, we would like to hear from you so do drop us a comment below.

Next week, America will be going to the polls and a new President will be elected. So will it be Obama or McCain who will lead the charge for the next four years? And what would be the reactions of Singaporean youths to the results? Check back next week to find out!

What Say You? is a three-part series produced by Elliyani Mohamad and Hoong Wei Long. It will attempt to showcase what this generation of Singaporean youths really cares about and has to say on various topics like foreign politics, the arts and global issues.