Food safety crisis
Ancient food safety system endangers U.S., new report finds. Gaps include old laws, poor use of resources, and inconsistencies among agencies, leaving 76 million sick each year. Report recommends one food safety agency which would inspect foods throughout the entire food chain, update inspections as needed; establish standard practices for recall and penalties, and improve inspection of imported foods.
U.S. News & World Report 2008-04-30
Categories: Food Safety, Food Safety, HEALTH & NUTRITION, POLITICS
Index: animal sewage, antibiotics, CAFO, factory farms, FDA, Fixing Food Safety: Protecting America's Food From Farm-to-Fork, Food & Water Watch, industrial farming, Jeffrey Levi, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, manure, Patty Lovera, Pew Charitable Trusts, Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Trust for America's Health, USDA, water pollution