Food Safety Spotlight

There was a ton of food safety-related newspaper articles appearing today and over the weekend. While this has been a hot button topic for some time now, the increasing coverage means that more consumers are rightfully questioning the history, naturalness, and integrity of the food they consume. This isn’t just specific kinds of food, either – the breadth of food type where concerns are looming is wide. Consider these stories from just the last couple of days:

• American shrimp producers are pressuring the FDA to increase inspections of foreign shrimp, thought of as being inferior and possibly unsafe
• Some doctors are asserting that the natural sugar found in organic baby formula may have detrimental health effects
• Safety concerns about produce have led to a spike in demand for locally grown food
• Numerous factors, including diet and food quality, have led to an explosion of childhood obesity levels

-- Dylan Blaylock