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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), food poisoning sickens 76 million people every year and kills approximately 5000. In recent years, Americans have been deluged with reports of E. coli contamination in hamburgers and spinach, salmonella tainted peanut butter, deli meats that cause Listeria and green onions laced with Hepatitis A. Experts in food safety say that because so much of what Americans eat is imported from all over the world, the food supply has become more vulnerable to contamination. And because foods are now produced so far from where they are consumed, it can take weeks or even months for health authorities to track down the source of a food poisoning epidemic.
Despite the fact that the US food supply has become more vulnerable over the last decades, federal food safety programs are chronically under funded. Since 2005, the number of scientists employed by the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) food division dropped from 1,000 to 800. As a result, the FDA conducted more than 1000 fewer on-site agriculture processing inspections in 2006 than it did in 2005. The end result of this poor oversight is that many of the largest outbreaks of food borne illness are traced back to manufacturers who did not follow even the most basic safety procedures when processing their products. With agencies like the FDA unable or unwilling to do their jobs, it is important that consumers be aware of the dangers posed by contaminated food. It is the mission of food-poisoning-blog.com to provide visitors with up-to-date information on food poisoning outbreaks, recent food recalls, and the latest developments in food safety. This site is also a place where consumers can find help if they or a loved one becomes ill due to a food manufacturer’s negligence.
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