News & Opinion » Food-borne Illness http://www.thelgnews.com Diverse News and Opinion Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:06:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 US Food Safety Regulation Lagging http://www.thelgnews.com/business/us-food-safety-regulation-lagging/ http://www.thelgnews.com/business/us-food-safety-regulation-lagging/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:10:09 +0000 emily501 http://www.thelgnews.com/?p=1215 Continue reading →]]> Over time, the US food safety monitoring and standards have progressively improved. Not so over the past three years, as a report from the CDC lists these three years have not improved in food safety, and cases of salmonella infections may be increasing.

Widespread food-borne infection outbreaks over the last few years in foods like peanut products and spinach have spiked salmonella outbreaks. The CDC reported a total of 48,000 salmonella cases in 2008, while three years prior in 2005, 42,000 outbreaks were reported. 

Salmonella infections were highest in New Mexico and Georgia. Rationale for the geographic spike may be as a result of local eating habits. 

A Texas-owned peanut plan closed in February 2009 as a result of  the $14.6 million fine imposed on it after a national salmonella outbreak sickening 700 people.

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