Food-Borne Illnesses
Food-Borne Illnesses | Federal Inspection Does Not Adequately Ensure Meat Safety
Eric Schlosser is an investigative journalist and author of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, an exposé of fast-food chains.
Summary: America’s federal meat inspection laws are not strict enough to protect consumers from food-borne pathogens such as E.coli and Salmonella. Further, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) lacks the ability to enforce those laws. Specifically, the USDA has no power to force a meat packer to recall meat even when high levels of pathogens are found in the company’s products;...
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Table of Contents
- Food-Borne Illnesses: An Overview
- Mad Cow Disease Is a Threat to American Meat
- The Threat of Mad Cow Disease in the United States Has Been Exaggerated
- America’s Food Supply Is Threatened by Terrorism
- Food-Borne Illnesses Are Declining in the United States
- Food-Borne Illnesses Are a Threat to Europe
- Food-Borne Illnesses Are Costly
- Genetically Modified Food Causes Food-Borne Illnesses
- Genetically Modified Foods Do Not Cause Food-Borne Illnesses
- Irradiation Helps Improve Food Safety
- Food Irradiation Is Dangerous and Ineffective
- Federal Inspection Makes America’s Meat Safe
- Federal Inspection Does Not Adequately Ensure Meat Safety
- Private Inspection Would Improve Meat Safety
- Too Much Responsibility for Food Safety Is Placed on Consumers
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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