FLORIDA: ScoringSystem comments on fresh melon industry’s recent salmonella case - (from a press release)
April 1, 2008 – 8:29 pmhttp://www.newswiretoday.com/news/32073/
Bradenton, FL — The fresh melon industry in Honduras and Costa Rica was effectively shut down within 24 hours of word hitting the wire that Salmonella Litchfield said to be as hard on the human digestive system as E. coli O157:H7 had been detected by officials.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) first found the problem in Quebec, followed quickly by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
This is not merely a cautionary tale. Many people are sick and have been hospitalized. Still, the president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, ate a Honduran melon on CNN, attempting to show it was safe, and tried to reverse the onus by arguing American officials should prove the seriousness of the problem rather than force Honduras to disprove the problem.
This reveals a complete lack of understanding of the most basic principles of food safety on the presidents part. Even if eating these […]
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