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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Scared to eat your vegetables?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Do you think the government should be doing more to make sure veggies are safe to eat?
Produce industry officials say that sales of lettuce and spinach are down 20 percent in the wake of several E. coli outbreaks last fall. According to a survey by the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers University, about 60 percent of those surveyed said they have not resumed eating spinach since September’s recall. With those fears ..it’s not easy being green! We’re supposed to be eating more servings of fruits and vegetables than advised ever before. Used to be Five-a-Day was the goal. Now the Produce for Better Health Foundation along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising we eat even more. So what’s a spinach salad lover to do? Help is on the way as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said its calling for a stricter system for monitoring fresh fruit and vegetable safety, but it’s voluntary NOT mandatory. What would like government food safety officials to require?
