NPR's Joanne Silberner on Contaminated Food

National Public Radio's Morning Edition did a piece on food safety today.

Contaminated Food: A More Watchful Eye Needed
by Joanne Silberner

The president, the new head of the Food and Drug Administration, and some members of Congress have all said in the last couple of months that cleaning up the nation's food supply is a major priority.

Their concern comes after outbreaks of illness in hundreds or thousands of people caused by contamination of such staples as peanut butter and spinach. But while those national outbreaks have received a lot of attention, the day-to-day risks . . .

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