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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2008;299(24):2845.

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While the United States has one of the safest food supplies in the world, new food sources, changes in production and distribution methods, importation, and the threat of deliberate contamination suggest that more needs to be done to protect the public from foodborne disease, according to a new report.

Critics argue the US Food and Drug Administration, along with other federal agencies, is not adequately staffed to inspect food to optimize the public's safety. (Photo credit: Michael Falco/Black Star/FDA)

The report, issued on April 30 by Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, argues that the nation's food security system has major flaws in its ability to protect consumers. The group says that the system has not been fundamentally modernized in more than 100 years, has inadequate resources to fight modern bacterial threats, and has been crippled by reductions in the numbers of food inspectors and scientists . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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