Issue #3 Safe to Eat?

 This artical is about foodborne illnesses such as Ecoil that is often found in contaminated produce. What started a major debate on whose going to regulate the produce industry was a major Ecoil break out in 2006. This outbreak made 200 people very sick and 3 died from it. They believed what caused this was cow manure getting spread in spinich fields which the manure had run into. Ecoil can not be washed off. It has to by irradiation. foodborne illnesses  Many people feel that the produce industry like the meat and poultry industry, should be regulated by the FDA FDA or by the dep. of ag. Right now the produce industry is self regulated by the growers and farmers. Some feel that at least one gov. agency should be regulating the safety of the food supply in the U.S. Others feel that they could regulate it much better themselves.

If the gov. is going to be in everything else why not be in this one too. We need to give the fda more money to keep an eye on what is going on. Produce is good for you and you dont want to be scaring people off of good food, healthy food.



http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm114299

http://rachelrachrachel.blogspot.com/2010/11/issue-1-comprehensive-vs-incremental.html

http://nathannelson1.blogspot.com/2010/11/issue-2-ensuring-quality-care-for.html