The reported number of salmonella cases has not gone down since 1996 (Source: Gene.Arboit at Wikimedia Commons)
Government agencies admit they need to do a better job at keeping food safe. Kyle Norris has more:
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Government agencies admit they need to do a better job at keeping food safe. Kyle Norris has more:
When you discover people are getting sick from a food bourne illness like salmonella, you want to stop others from getting sick from it as fast as possible.
A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Food & Drug Administration, and the Department of Agriculture finds the government is not getting any faster.
The report found the number of reported salmonella cases each year is about 15 people in 100,000. That has not gone down since 1996.
Lola Russell is a spokeswoman for the CDC.
“We are planning to increase the capacity of state health departments so that outbreaks can be better detected and investigated.”
Russell says the CDC will work to get more “boots on the ground” to detect an outbreak. The report also indicated the FDA is looking at the best options to prevent food borne illnesses in the first place.
For The Environment Report, I’m Kyle Norris.