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Advice from the FDA on preventing salmonella

Posted on Nov 4th 2006 12:25PM by Rigel Celeste

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

It's a little scary these days with unlikely foods like spinach making people sick with E. coli, and then the salmonella outbreak affecting 171 people in 19 states. E. coli and salmonella are both usually found in meat and related products, but as proven by the recent produce-related cases it can be easily spread to other sources. As a result, the FDA has published suggestions on staying safe when handling and preparing food. Some is advice we've all heard before -- like making sure you cook all meat thoroughly and clean all kitchen surfaces to avoid cross-contamination. But others, like being careful to discard rotten produce or bruised parts of fruit, are a little surprising. Not that I keep that stuff around, but I definitely hadn't been thinking of it as possibly dangerous to my health.

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Tony Clooney 11-08-2006 @ 12:17PM

In order to protect our food supply, we must address vulnerability gaps in our current system at any point along the distribution chain up to the consumer that would allow accidental contamination of fresh produce.

I am well aware of what they are and can provide solutions to help prevent this ongoing problem.

I spent fifteen years as an Executive Vice President for a major terminal business on the East Coast. My primary responsibility was purchasing millions of dollars in California vegetables a year, including Mexico during the winter.

I know how this works.

I notified the CDC in late 2003 that green onions were the likely source of the hepatitis A outbreak and that they were from Mexico, several days before the FDA banned the importation of green onions into the United States.

Over the years I have followed the recent contamination of tomatoes and more recently spinach. My knowledge is based on experience and facts.

Specific aspects of the industry are severely outdated.

The Federal Government must update regulation of the industry to properly empower the USDA.

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