In the article, Now it’s tomatoes, the author writes about the last week’s tomato salmonella outbreak that have infected many people in the The author argues that since last year’s problems with spinach, peanut butter and imported sea food, Congress and the Bush administration promised to a lot more to ensure the safety of food supply, but they haven’t done nearly enough.
Food-safety bills have been moving along far too slowly on Capitol Hill. This tells us that the government is not doing a good job protecting us. Most of the foods in the markets are imported and the government does not have an efficient “trace-back system”, we don’t know exactly where our food comes from. The tomato scare pushed the administration into asking for an additional $125 million for the Food and Drug Administration’s food-safety programs to hire more inspectors and to make a stronger “trace-back system” in order to identify the source of contamination quickly.
Hopefully with this additional money to the Food and Drug Administration we will be more protected because we need to improve our food-safety programs.
We need much better protection and the government should not wait until the next food scare before taking action in this issue.
Solving this problem is a priority. I believe our government must take serious action because if we don’t know exactly where all the food come from. Then we have a serious problem.
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My classmate’s blog on the risk of salmonella from tomatoes was very insightful and thought provoking. The outbreak was reported on June 9, almost a month ago, and so far 36 states and the District of Columbia have had reports of illnesses. But unfortunately, "The tomato trail is not getting cold, rather other items are getting hotter," a news article adds. I strongly agree with Ruben's opinion dealing with the government. Sometimes we need to take a step back and really think, are we as safe as we think we are? Could this relapse of government action prove to be a simple terrorist attack in the future? One of the most simple and smartest answers is to buy local because it costs less money to transport and it is healthy. "Most of the foods in the markets are imported and the government does not have an efficient “trace-back system”, we don’t know exactly where our food comes from." To not know where our food comes from, can be very scary. But the $125 million to hire more inspectors is reassuring. I strongly agree with Ruben's comment on, "We need much better protection and the government should not wait until the next food scare before taking action in this issue."
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