Reports: Food inspections lacking in U.S.
By Kimberly Kindy and Brady Dennis, Washington Post
Recent salmonella outbreaks that sickened at least 523 people and sent dozens to the hospital underscore “serious weaknesses” in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s oversight of poultry plants, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Charitable Trusts, which also criticized the government’s failure to push more aggressively for recalls of contaminated meat.
A separate investigation by Consumer Reports, also published Thursday, suggested that those lapses have contributed to the prevalence of potentially harmful bacteria that lurk in store-bought chicken. The magazine independently tested more than 300 raw chicken breasts purchased from stores across the country and found that every major brand contained “worrisome amounts” of pathogens such as salmonella and E.coli, including some strains resistant to treatment with antibiotics.
The USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service said in a statement that the reports “confirm the need for measures already underway at FSIS to prevent food-borne illness,” including proposals to change how meat is inspected and another to help drive down salmonella rates.
There’s an article in the current AARP newsletter about U.S. & Canadian chicken being sent to China for processing, then sent back to the U.S. ~ so many problems with that: loss of jobs, oversight issues, the same chicken being returned, history of bad animal and baby food coming from China…
The Administration recently decided that place of origin no longer has to appear on processed chicken. That means that chicken nuggets, chicken soup, chicken burgers, in restaurants or supermarkets, could well have been processed in China. You will never be told.
So, buy only real, raw chicken.
Thanks USDA, FDA. Who exactly is benefitting from this lack of labeling? SOMEBODY surely is.
But dog, why do you care? You dont believe in the govt. Having say or regulating anything in any way. Tax dollars are collected and laws are in place to protect the consumer and political positions exist just for the food industry. Im gobsmacked that you are advocating for something helpfull to society, oh my goddess!
When you don’t have a sensible point to make, argue against something I didn’t say.
It’s in the leftist playbook.
Says Captain Strawman.
If your last sentence is true, then you are a leftist.
-science.