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Food Safety? It’s Better Than You Think - Forbes
Now that we’re in the thick of the holiday cooking season, it’s a good time to reflect on the safety of the U.S. food supply.
For some, that’s described by these panicked thoughts: Foodborne illnesses are out of control! The evil “Big Food” companies are killing us and just don’t care!
That’s certainly an impression people can gather if they pay attention only to particular “if it bleeds it leads” current event headlines, and the angry agendas some filmmakers have served up in recent years.
But it just isn’t so. The statistics on foodborne illnesses have stayed fairly constant over most of the past decade, and food companies have dramatically ramped up their efforts to prevent pathogens from reaching consumers.
Now that we’re in the thick of the holiday cooking season, it’s a good time to reflect on the safety of the U.S. food supply.
For some, that’s described by these panicked thoughts: Foodborne illnesses are out of control! The evil “Big Food” companies are killing us and just don’t care!
That’s certainly an impression people can gather if they pay attention only to particular “if it bleeds it leads” current event headlines, and the angry agendas some filmmakers have served up in recent years.
But it just isn’t so. The statistics on foodborne illnesses have stayed fairly constant over most of the past decade, and food companies have dramatically ramped up their efforts to prevent pathogens from reaching consumers.