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08-22-2008, 02:11 PM #1Senior Member
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Spinach, Lettuce,The irradiation Rule Goes Into Effect Today
FDA to permit spinach, lettuce to be irradiated
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press
Friday, August 22, 2008
WASHINGTON — Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and a few other germs.
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday today will issue a regulation allowing spinach and lettuce sellers to take that extra step, a long-awaited move amid increasing outbreaks from raw produce.
It doesn’t excuse dirty produce, warned Dr. Laura Tarantino, FDA’s chief of food additive safety. Farms and processors still must follow standard rules to keep the greens as clean as possible — and consumers, too, should wash the leaves before eating.
“What this does is give producers and processors one more tool in the toolbox to make these commodities safer and protect public health,â€
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08-22-2008, 02:22 PM #2Administrator
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Great! I'm glad to know that the fecal matter in my food products from Mexico will now be safer for me and all American children to eat!
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08-22-2008, 02:27 PM #3Senior Member
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Just what I was thinking.Great! I'm glad to know that the fecal matter in my food products from Mexico will now be safer for me and all American children to eat!
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08-22-2008, 02:49 PM #4Senior Member
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Lou Dobbs had a segment on this yesterday, the FDA has no clue where most food really comes from. Just more spin to make us think its now safe to eat. Fields in 3rd world countries are routinely fertilized with human waste.
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08-22-2008, 03:18 PM #5
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I guess I will be growing my own lettuce. I'm not a big fan of RADIATION! What is wrong with the FDA???
What part of illegal don't you understand?
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08-22-2008, 10:53 PM #6Senior Member
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YA JUST IRRADIATE THE VEGGIES. HEY LOOK HOW SAFE IRRADIATED HAMBURGER HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO NOW OUR VEGGIES WILL BE JUST AS SAFE AS THE MEAT.....LOL.
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08-26-2008, 01:50 AM #7Senior Member
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Heaven forbid we force Mexico to adopt and comply with stricter food-safety regulations. That would be much too costly...for them, of course.
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