In Case You Buy Deli Sandwiches from Your Local SA Walmart...

[Vector28]

Originally Posted by elnina

It makes me wonder how come that FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)employs only 877 people that watch over our food safety in the whole US, which is 5 x less than, lets say - Bill Miller BBQ Corporate Headquarter in San Antonio.
No wonder that they cannot catch contaminations and issue recalls when the problem is still small.
They say that:
CFSAN, in conjunction with the Agency's field staff, is responsible for promoting and protecting the public's health by ensuring that the nation's food supply is safe, sanitary, wholesome, and honestly labeled, and that cosmetic products are safe and properly labeled.
There are over 377,000 registered food facilities (including approximately 154,000 domestic facilities and 223,000 foreign facilities) that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food consumed by humans or animals in the United States and several thousand cosmetic firms.
How many people are employed by FDA and in what areas do they work?

Now tell me how those few people can possible be thorough checking this wast number of food facilities? For me, it seems like this is a very random hit and miss sampling, pretty far from "ensuring that the nation's food supply is safe, sanitary and wholesome".

I've come to the conclusion that biggest beneficiaries of most governmental agencies, at any level, are the people employed by them, not the public.

[doss1]

As a "Feddie", I don't disagree with you.

[HillCountryHotRodMan]

Originally Posted by Fighter 1

??? I wonder how many high dollar Deli's use the same Back Forest ham and such??

Have you ever tried to catch the hogs that live in the Black Forest? Man, those suckers can run!

[macbillybob]

Originally Posted by sapphire

Yeah, I stopped shopping at HEB when all those eggs were recalled. Gave me another excuse to quit that place.

If you are talking about this latest egg recall, it is my understanding that none of the HEB eggs were involved. Most of their eggs are from Texas. Just ate some this morning. Nice and runny. Feel fine.

[majormadmax]

Originally Posted by HillCountryHotRodMan

Have you ever tried to catch the hogs that live in the Black Forest?

Actually...

Man, those suckers can run!

Yep, they can sure fahrvergnügen!

[sapphire]

Originally Posted by macbillybob

If you are talking about this latest egg recall, it is my understanding that none of the HEB eggs were involved. Most of their eggs are from Texas. Just ate some this morning. Nice and runny. Feel fine.

Your sarcasm detector is in need of repair. Blaming Wal-mart ( or using it as an excuse to stop shopping there, as if Wal-mart choreographed the listeria outbreak ) just seems as ridiculous as what I said about HEB and the egg situation.

Besides, I quit HEB months ago. Except for dire emergencies.

[cashcall]

Thanks Majormadmal for giving out the information. Keep up the good work. Have a great week.