Concerns Rise Over U.S. Food Safety

[Harry Hope]

From The Washington Post, 10/11/07:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/11/AR2007101101204.html

Concerns Rise Over U.S. Food Safety

By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

Thursday, October 11, 2007; 12:00 AM

THURSDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) --

In the last week:

Topps, which billed itself as the leading U.S. maker of frozen
hamburger patties, declared bankruptcy after the company recalled 22
million pounds of beef due to E. coli contamination.

Sam's Club issued a nationwide recall of 840,000 pounds of a brand of
beef patties believed to be responsible for four cases of E. coli
poisoning.

ConAgra Foods asked stores to remove its popular Banquet Chicken and
Turkey pot pies after they were linked to at least 139 cases of
salmonella in 39 states.

145 cases of food poisoning were reported in the United States.

A coincidence?

Or is there a larger -- and worrisome -- problem with food safety in
the United States?

Experts say the events of the last week owe to a combination of
heightened public attention as well as significant flaws in the
nation's food-safety system, including both production and oversight.

_________________________________________________

Harry

 

[topset72@gmail.com]

On Oct 11, 4:19 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> From The Washington Post, 10/11/07:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/11/AR200...
>
> Concerns Rise Over U.S. Food Safety


Harry, I am with you on most of your Repub bashing, but this is
taking things a little far. Food Safety?

Do you have to post every negative thing you can find on the US?
Pretty pathetic.

Topset72

 

[Joe Steel]

Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in
news:8b1tg311t39s5ijpbp8gpqg71h0r2h3ng6@4ax.com:

> From The Washington Post, 10/11/07:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/11/AR20071
> 01101204.html
>
> Concerns Rise Over U.S. Food Safety
>
> By Amanda Gardner
> HealthDay Reporter
>
> Thursday, October 11, 2007; 12:00 AM
>
> THURSDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) --
>
> In the last week:
>
> Topps, which billed itself as the leading U.S. maker of frozen
> hamburger patties, declared bankruptcy after the company recalled 22
> million pounds of beef due to E. coli contamination.
>
> Sam's Club issued a nationwide recall of 840,000 pounds of a brand of
> beef patties believed to be responsible for four cases of E. coli
> poisoning.
>
> ConAgra Foods asked stores to remove its popular Banquet Chicken and
> Turkey pot pies after they were linked to at least 139 cases of
> salmonella in 39 states.
>
> 145 cases of food poisoning were reported in the United States.
>
> A coincidence?
>
> Or is there a larger -- and worrisome -- problem with food safety in
> the United States?
>
> Experts say the events of the last week owe to a combination of
> heightened public attention as well as significant flaws in the
> nation's food-safety system, including both production and oversight.
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> Harry
>

Conservatives say this isn't a problem. The market will eliminate
producers of unsafe products. Unfortunately, unsafe products tend to
eliminate consumers. They don't have much to say about that, though.