Meal reminders seemed constantly in the US. Cucumbers, eggs, McDonald’s quarter and wild meat products were products like meats, dozens of food diseases, Many will leave many questions whether they were safe to eat their favorite food.
But it is amazing, the number of reminders provided by federal agencies in 2024 actually declined compared to 2023US Public Interest Public Interest by Public Research Group (PIRG) According to the new report published by the Education Fund, a non-profit advocate team. What did he get worse severity Brushes, hospitalization and deaths associated with contaminated foods that are doubled in the previous year. And experts say these numbers only take a small part of the food diseases that take place on the national level.
Supervision of food security It is divided between the two agencies in the US. It is a US Food and Drug Administration; It regulates more than three quarters of food supply, including dairy products, producing and packaged food. The other is the US Department of Agriculture, which supervises some meat, birds and egg products. In 2024, in 2024, the 596 percent of reminders (2023) reported 5 percent fall in 2023. In 2024, the biggest cause of reminding the bacteria was pollution, and then there were allergens like peanuts and trees.
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While reminiscent, the cases of food diseases reported to US centers for disease control and prevention to 2023 to 1,392 to 2023. Moreover, the New Pirg report highlights that food reminders have caused more serious disease in 2024 compared to previous years. Bisbreak-related deaths rose until 2023 through 19, 2023 to 487. Estimated CDCs believe that about six Americans are sick every year, 128,000 hospitalization and about 3,000 dead.
The disagreement occurs in a measure, because people do not attend common symptoms of food intoxication, “if Barbara Kowalcly, George Washington, who did not participate in the new study of food safety and nutritional security at George Washington University. In an experiment between New York City 2012 and 2017, scientists searched Yelp restaurant reviews for keywords like “vomit” or “sick” More complaints of food diseases City officials would normally be received during this period. “You tend to see the most serious cases in the surveillance system,” Kowalcy said.
But the food is more and more difficult to determine whether it is more difficult, Kowalcyk says. Are associated with a source identified by less than 5% of all food diseases. “So we are looking for a very small piece of cake,” he explains.
2024 2024 Explosion Hilest Wild boar meatIn 19 states 60 hospitalizations and 10 deaths were linked. Inspection reports revealed many violations in the Virginia factory, including healthy conditions, probably exploding. Listeria Monocytogenes, Responsible bacteria can last in cold environments and may be on surfaces for a long time, making it more elastic than other pathogens. In February, FDA reminds you Frozen shakes to hospitals and care facilities for Link Pollution, solving the mystery of a year’s food disease. Frozen shakes with 21 states were linked to 12 deaths, 2018. Since the year, food disease highlights the challenge of going to their sources.
Answer a request for comments, the head of the Boare is directed American scientific businesswoman Updated security responseThat emphasizes “significant progress” in safety and quality measures since 2024 Link Appearance. Improvements have increased Link Establish sampling, third-party sanitation training and independent food security council.
They showed chill and Salmonella Last year there were two other bacteria behind several brushes, including infected Organic carrots, Charcuterie meats, Cucumbers, Eggs and wonderful onions in McDonald Baby burgers. The latter were 34 hospitalizing and death, depending on the FDA. (McDonald’s representative has been corrected American scientific A Food safety portal About the explosion.) E. Coli It can be spread through irrigation water, through animal feces or cross-pollution, underground products or poor hygiene. Bacteria can Also travel over dust It turns on products. Salmonella, One of the most common food pathogens is often the origins of birds, but they can process raw vegetables and food through incorrect manipulation or contaminated water and soil. Fresh products are particularly suspicious, because people do not always cook before consuming.
The scale of final occurrences often spread multiple states, among experts, is more and more concern. “The number of states involved,” says Detwiler. “It remains larger.” It will establish the mandatory maintenance deadlines for food test results. “If companies have less than 24 hours before shipping, we could have broths faster,” he noted.
People also keep sick after keeping remembrance. Foods with long life, such as flour, peanut butter or frozen fruit, are often stored in the house closets and could be eaten for a long time after pollution.
“We need to be accountable for food producers, and make sure that the government meets their role to verify that their food security systems are working as desired as desired food systems.” -Barbara Kowalcy, Professor Holder and Institute Director
The delays in the food security reporting system may also prevent consumers and avoid affected products. After noticing the pollution with a significant health risk, the FDA or USDA receives public alerts or reminders notes, however, is one of the biggest challenges for having an appearance to know the speed of consumers. “They literally differ the difference,” says Detwiler. “Unless the news outlets are hit, consumers must be proactive and remember them on their own.” Some food provide alerts through loyalty programs to customers, but their contact information may not always be correct, Kowalcyk says. FDA, USDA and CDC also share food reminders through social media, however Last orders reducing external communications of health agencies Add another “great concern,” says Detwiler.
For consumers, for now the best defense care. Experts recommend that people should use thermometers enough to cook enough food, following safe food handling guidelines, cleaning hands and equipment and reported food diseases to public health authorities. However, Kowalcy adds, from all aspects involved in the food distribution process, consumers have the largest control over the system. “We need to be accountable for food producers,” he explained, “and make sure that the government meets his role to verify that the food safety system works as desired.”
Detwiler said that consumers often react to a food safety problem, avoiding a restaurant, such as preventing products, such as. The industry usually fits pressure, but “is the government,” he noted. 2011 Food Security Modernization ActThey introduced stronger preventive controls for food producers and large inspections, including the years to sign and implement years of law.
Advances in food safety tests help to identify faster, but experts warn that these improvements will not solve the underlying issues that require better support for food security agencies. And in recent weeks, FDA’s top food security official has resigned After almost 90 employees involved in food safety, after Trump Administration, following the executive order to reduce federal staff, despite some employees Since it was virtued. Under the administration, USDA They dissolved two food security committeesIt has been one of them Responsible for reviewing regulatory rules Listeria Monocytogenes Deli flesh after the appearance of 2024. More cuts will be “problematic”, as Kowalcyk says.
“Personally, I anticipate that we will see the brush and fewer reminders,” he explained. “If you don’t seek something, you don’t find it.”
