Marler Blog - IF there was an USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety this is what they should be doing - Comments http://www.marlerblog.com/ Food Poisoning Lawyer & Attorney : Bill Marler : Marler Clark en Copyright 2012 Wed, 16 May 2012 04:35:10 -0800 Wed, 16 May 2012 04:35:10 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jane Unbelievable that a government bureaucrat would put industry's interests before public health. A citation would be useful--thanks! This is a good list. I would add to it : report annually on all cases of food-borne illness and their sources. This kind of information is difficult to find. CDC classifies food-borne illness by type of pathogen, not type of food consumed. It is very difficult to document that fact that the #1 source by far of food-borne illness in the U.S. is meat. Statistics that are readily available have been interpreted even by sust ag advocates as showing that produce is the largest source of food-borne illness. This is not true--however actual data are difficult to find. Please make these data more accessible so consumers can accurately weight the risks of the food choices they are making.

]]> http://www.marlerblog.com/lawyer-oped/if-there-was-an-usda-undersecretary-for-food-safety-this-is-what-they-should-be-doing/#9394 http://www.marlerblog.com/lawyer-oped/if-there-was-an-usda-undersecretary-for-food-safety-this-is-what-they-should-be-doing/#9394 Lawyer Op-Ed Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:48:05 -0800 marler@marlerclark.com (Food Poisoning Attorney) Christopher A solution you don't mention is the elephant in the room: eat less eggs, dairy and meat. Or eat none at all.

I've been vegan for almost 4 years now, and it's the healthiest thing I've done in my life.

Obviously, there are still food safety issues from foods derived from non-animal products. But it would be a win-win for us and the animals we could spare so much suffering, I think, if vegan food choices were taken more seriously by the public and public health authorities.

]]> http://www.marlerblog.com/lawyer-oped/if-there-was-an-usda-undersecretary-for-food-safety-this-is-what-they-should-be-doing/#9395 http://www.marlerblog.com/lawyer-oped/if-there-was-an-usda-undersecretary-for-food-safety-this-is-what-they-should-be-doing/#9395 Lawyer Op-Ed Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:48:05 -0800 marler@marlerclark.com (Food Poisoning Attorney)