A common-sense solution for recalled meat

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Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:39:48 -0500 (EST)

" Audrey Hill, Food & Water Watch " <fwwatch

A common-sense solution for recalled meat

 

 

 

 

Food & Water Watch

 

Hip hip hooray! The Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing to

make it easier for consumers to find out if meat or poultry products

have been recalled. Specifically, the Agency will now release a list

of places where the recalled meat was sold to the public. For

instance, if a batch of Tyson chicken were recalled, FSIS would post a

list of all the stores that sold that chicken up on their website. " By

providing consumers more information about the locations where

recalled products have been sold, FSIS believes that consumers will be

more likely to identify and return such products to those locations or

to dispose of them. " Sounds pretty common sense, right?

 

Incredibly, up until now, when an adulterated or misbranded meat

product has been recalled, the consumer is in the dark about where the

product was sold. As many people don't remember the particular brand

and batch of meat they purchased, they are unaware of the food safety

risk, and continue to purchase or consume the recalled product. This

has left people vulnerable to food-borne illnesses like E.Coli and

Salmonella. Tell FSIS you support this change!

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the Hawaiian irradiator and the disappearance of the Californian

avocado...

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