Are we Letting OUr Food Safety Go?

Now more and more often we hear on the news and radio about disease caused from food. Why is this? The policies and procedures that are required by the FDA just aren't enough anymore and more and more food born disease are affecting Americans and many others. We are throwing our money away by not properly inspecting food, With the huge peanut butter outbreak million of products were recalled and returned to stores and vendors. After that cleared up now pistachios are being recalled. Most of the problem are coming from where the foods are being grown, health is not closely monitored, production is done way too quickly forgetting about one of the most important parts of it. During the production line companies are trying to produce too much at one time, which leaves thousands of food particles open in the air and susceptible to contamination. If we continue to let our food suffer and poison our bodies, what will be next?

Peanut butter, meat, pistachios, baby food, cleaning products, etc. The list keeps getting longer and longer, where do we draw the line for safety and inspection? In addition to all the food recalls the amount of baby products that have been recalled in the recent years is astounding. From cribs to toys i feel like someone is not doing their job to thoroughly inspect the products that we are turning around and resales. Once there is a recall on a product, depending upon the size of it can completely destroy and company.

Over 76 million citizens suffer from food borne illnesses every year and with that amount nearly 5,000 die from it because it goes unnoticeable or is untreatable. Many people can help themselves by being cautious. Make sure you wash your hands thoroughly before eating or handling food. When cooking with eggs, meat, etc make sure you wash your area very well with a disinfectant and try not to use the same sponge or cloth to clean with that you use to wash your dishes. IN addition if we all take notice of our food it would help alot also. Don't eat anything that has been previously opened or doesn't have a seal, and check the color and smell of a product in addition to the expiration date. There are a hand full of things that we can do to protect ourselves, however I feel that more should be done with the FDA and Agriculture department to inspect foods before allowing them to reach the shelves.