Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Who Is Looking Out For Our Food Safety??

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2013/10/08/government-food-safety-guide/

This article talks about how the number of food borne illnesses have risen.  It states how about 48 million people contract some sort of food poisoning every year. The main question is why?  You would think that the FDA/USDA would be inspecting the food to keep us safe.  The USDA and Inspection Service has about 10,000 employees, yet still get bacteria in our food like E. Coli. and Salmonella.  Even with the entire government shutdown, inspections remain normal but we still might not be safe. The job of the FDA is to inspect ALL of our meat the is overseen by the USDA.  Even with this we still get sick.  I don't think that the FDA throughly checks our meat on a daily basis.  The employees stand in an assembly line and just look at the meat.  They don't actually inspect the meat one by one anymore.  This is a huge problem.  In another article, I read that the USDA does not have certain safety procedures. They allow big companies to set their own standards.  I've also read the big companies only sell to grinders who will not check their meat for bacteria in order to save money.  This whole ordeal revolves around money.  Meat companies don't care about us anymore, only the money.  So in reality, no one is looking out for our food safety...

1 comment:

  1. I have been wondering the same thing and I believe that the government should take action in ensuring that new safety procedures are properly performed. However, I'm sure the cost is a lot of money but the government should find some type of way to make sure that the food industry pays for it. Whether the government makes the food industry pay more for a more thorough job, or make the food industry teach new procedures, something definitely has to be done despite the cost.

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