'An outbreak of listeria, a disease tied to tainted cantaloupe, has sickened 72 people and killed at least 16 others, making it the country’s deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade. As many as 25 states received the shipment of bad cantaloupes, which have now been recalled, according to the Associated Press'.
'The outbreak follows recalls of other tainted food products, including the third largest food recall in American history, when Cargill was forced to recall 36 million pounds of turkey due to a salmonella outbreak that killed one and sickened 80 others'.
'In June, House Republicans attempted to kill the first significant upgrade in the nation’s food safety laws in more than 70 years, saying the private food industry sufficiently self-policed itself. Last week, presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) called for an end to food safety laws that she claimed were stifling job creation':
“That’s part of the problem, the overkill.” Bachmann told reporters'.
'As Pat Garofalo has noted, one in six Americans is sickened by food-borne illness each year, and more than 3,000 die'.
From : http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/09/28/331177/tainted-cantaloupe-republican-gut-food-safety/
On a local note of transparency, on June 16 this year, US Representative Cathy McMorris-Rodgers voted yes on H.R. 2112, (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2011-459), cutting $87 million from the Food and Drug Administration, as well as $35 million from the USDA’s food safety and inspection service.
The 'need' of the few outweigh the health of Americans. With any 'luck', you won't be one of those '1 out of 6.'
Got Health Care?
Sorry, US Representative Cathy McMorris-Rodgers voted to defund that too.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2011-10
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