Secret ingredients - (Seattle Pi)
August 13, 2008 – 5:32 pmThe list of government food recalls swells but USDA boss says all is well and he has all the inspectors and regs he needs.
Shoppers are living with a repetitive drumbeat of federal government announcements that food being sold by the nation’s largest grocery chains could sicken or kill those who consume it. Many consumers are concerned that the weekly chore of filling the larder has become a game of Russian roulette with E. coli, salmonella and other foodborne diseases going to the loser.
However, the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today that the food safety world is in good shape.
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