Food safety has almost become an obsession with the Americans and food industry, especially the meat products sector is under the critical as a result of a few food contamination problems encountered from time to time. May experts feel that there is nothing like absolute safety and it is the responsibility of the consumer to take measures to protect himself by thorough cooking of the industry offered food materials. Just like "Defensive Driving" where one expects accidents to happen due to others' fault and still drive safely, in food also the consumer may have to view food sourced from out side his house as a potential hazard deserving appropriate measures to preempt the same. According to the Meat Industry spokesman, the US has the best safety surveillance system in the world and the excellent infrastructure that has been created should instill sufficient confidence amongst consumers about the strength of the system.
" Almost 8000 federal food inspectors oversee 6200 meat plants across the country. Plants that process live animals have inspectors on site during every minute of livestock processing and meat production, and large plants have as many as 24 inspectors on site who are authorized to halt production at any time and prevent meat from entering commerce. Since 2000, the incidence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef has decreased 45pc to less than 0.5pc of production, based on U.S. Department of Agriculture sampling data. Since 2000, the incidence of E. coli O157:H7 infections in people has decreased 44pc, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Since 2000, the incidence of salmonella in ground beef has decreased more than 50pc, based on USDA sampling data".
In spite of the awesome preventive action taken by the safety agencies in the US, food contamination is still happening though to a lesser extent. Eternal vigilance has its own advantages but as human is to err, mishaps can still happen. What is to be ensured is that food poisoning episodes do not occur due to callousness or greed for money.
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