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Food money
Sifry, Micah L. | December 27, 1999 issue

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Each year, an estimated 5,000 Americans die and another 77 million get sick from disease-producing agents in the food they eat. Yet The U.S. Congress continues to turn back efforts to address this grave threat to public health. Despite dramatic changes in the technology of meat and poultry production, food-safety practices have not changed appreciably since Teddy Roosevelt's day, when Congress mandated carcass-by-carcass inspections. Amazingly, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors do not have the power to assess civil fines for unsanitary conditions in meatpacking plants, though the USDA can punish circuses for mistreating elephants and penalize watermelon salesmen for failing to keep appropriate records.

See Also:

FOOD -- Quality; FOOD -- Safety measures; PUBLIC health -- United States; MEAT industry & trade; LIVESTOCK; UNITED States. Dept. of Agriculture; UNITED States
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