LETTER: U.S. food supply is safe, abundant - (Baltimore Sun)
August 1, 2008 – 11:12 pmRandall D. Huffman, president of the American Meat Institute Foundation, writes that while Johns Hopkins professor Ellen Silbergeld accuses the food industry of failing at safety (”Food industry fails at safety,” Commentary, July 20), I think it is she who fails to provide the facts.
Ms. Silbergeld writes that “in survey after survey conducted by the Food and Drug Administration and university researchers, the majority of beef, poultry and pork products for sale in U.S. supermarkets carry pathogenic bacteria, often resistant to the antibiotics added to feeds.”
However, the FDA doesn’t regulate, inspect or monitor meat and poultry products; the U.S. Department of Agriculture does.
For the complete opinion piece, please visit http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/letters/bal-ed.le.letters01a5aug01,0,579760.story
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