We just can't do anything at all, so cross your fingers and hope it all works out and bon appetit. Sorry about that salmonella and e.coli.
Fruit and vegetable-related outbreaks of food poisoning are on the rise and in recent months have struck in spinach, tomatoes, lettuce and cantaloupes.The FDA is suggesting that the produce sector follows the meat industry, which is an interesting model. Did someone forget about the extended problems of salmonella that occur repeatedly? Did they fail to see the problems of mad cow and e.coli or does the FDA not see a problem? Sounds like the FDA is run by a former Arabian horse association director.
In the new, voluntary rules, announced Monday by the Food and Drug Administration, fruit and vegetable processors are urged to adopt food safety plans similar to those in the meat industry.
“We’ve never before formally recommended that the industry adopt regulations such as” the meat industry’s, said Nega Beru, director of FDA’s Office of Food Safety. “So this is a first.”
