Overview
Steptoe’s Jack Hayes is featured on Food Crimes, a new investigative documentary web series in partnership with Food Republic, to discuss the economic sanctions of the rarified world of saffron. The episode, titled “Mad About Saffron,” investigates the tangled history and contemporary complexities of the spice.
Mr. Hayes says: “The idea behind sanctions are: You’re going to prohibit certain business from going on … based on US national security and foreign-policy objectives. Is this a national-security-type issue? It’s not guns. It’s not narcotics. It’s not contaminated food, even. It’s just this is what Congress decided and the president needs to implement.”
Watch the Food Crimes video here. (Mr. Hayes’ comments begin at 6:10 and again at 7:32).
Read the full article on Food Republic.
