Food Safety's Dirty Little Secret

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Aboutsbaha 2:58PM September 27, 2008

Obviously greater emphasis on inspections is necessary, but another critical way of preventing foodborne diseases is through direct training of food handlers. Unfortunately, this is rarely provided to hands-on food workers. Instead, the usual approach is to give supervisors some training with the hope that safety knowledge will trickle-down. With millions of foodborne illnesses preventable, it seems clear that a little training would reep great rewards. Some employers realize this and do provide education. Our own NIH-funded online course has shown that training can be inexpensive and convenient.

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Michael Anderson, PhD, MPH of DC 12:47PM September 16, 2008

Don't count on the government to oversee anything. The FDA had not a clue how and where tomatoes were grown and how they were used. That roma tomatoes are in salsa, but other to tomatoes are not. That tomatoes are marketed as gas greens, vien ripe, greenhouse, hydroponic, etc. and so even at the start not all tomatoes should have been implicated in the scare. In addition, FDA does not know how to survey those affected, unlike the Stae of Minnesota which correctly ruled out tomatoes from the get go because it asked those people who did not get sick what they ate. So folks eating tomatoes in the affected areas (restaurants, etc.) did not get sick, ergo tomatoes were not a source. The FDA only interviewed those who got sick.

Globalization is here to stay because of consumer desires for year round fresh availability and because of comparative advantage and efficiency. Despite the local food movement, in many instances the cost of production and carbon foot print of locally produced food, including transportation, is higher than that of large commercial production. Alice Waters doesn't have to fee the world, just the elite.

The key actor in all of this is the retailer. UK and European retailers insist on knowing where their product comes from and whether it is certified by Eurepgep and other 3rd party auditors. American retailers don't give a damn - they claim safety but then they tend to buy from the cheapest supplier. That's how three guys in a warehouse in Texas distributed the chilis that got everyone sick.

Jake of IL 4:59PM September 11, 2008