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American food safety checks have nearly stopped now that the FDA has been cut so bad|y. They can't even follow up on investigating reports anymore.

Why are we importing and allowing dangerous foods to be sold here?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's good practice to avoid US food in general, especially meat, which is truly horrid. Produce can be hit-and-miss. Dry goods aren't so bad, but I still prefer to buy from any other country.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Produce is e.coli Russian roulette.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Buy organic produce from a local supplier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

The e.coli comes from the poop. Natural manure spread on the fields as fertilizer. Organic doesn’t avoid that at all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Why would produce being local have anything to do with e. coli infection? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Shipping. Storage conditions. Proximity to other imported products. A lot of reasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Local farm rather than giant farm industry is typically more care since its their livelyhood.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

A luxury many can't afford.