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Thursday, June 12, 2008 --- 70 days ago http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/06/12/government-spotlight-fo
 Typically organizations and individuals only get recognized when things go wrong, but in fulfilling it's mission to promote and protect the public health OhMyGov! has added the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to our list of federal government unsung heroes. On June 5, 2008 the FDA alerted consumers nationwide that a salmonellosis outbreak appears to be linked to consumption of red Roma, raw red plum, raw red round tomatoes, or products that contain these types of raw red tomatoes shown below. While the current tomato outbreak is receiving attention take a look at other current food safety issues affecting us: USDA Bans Downer Cow Slaughter Salmonella Illnesses Linked to Recently Recalled Cereal Honduran Cantaloupes Linked To Salmonella Pills in Fish Sticks Spark Recall Fewer Food Inspectors, More Recalls Massive Beef Recall Follows Mad Cow Scare FDA Warns Of Contaminated Gulf Coast Seafood USDA Closes Plant Suspected Of Slaughtering Downer Cows Schools Drop Burgers From Menu After Downer Cow Scare Green Bean, Garbanzo Bean Recall Expanded With all these issues affecting both the consumer and public health it made sense for the the food and drug agency to release a "food protection plan" in November. Unfortunately, the Bush administration did not ask for the money to finance parts of it until Monday night. The health and human services secretary, Michael O. Leavitt, said on Monday that he would amend the administration's budget ... |
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