Report Says U.S. Food Safety System Needs Major Update

Boston (dbTechno) - According to a new report from a non-profit group, the current U.S. food safety system is in big trouble. The report stated that the entire set-up of the U.S. food safety system is off with old laws, mis-managed funding, etc.

The report was released by the Trust for America’s Health.

It found that in the U.S. food safety system has yet to be brought up to date in about a century.

They stated that funding for U.S. food safety is not allocated properly. The report cited that a lot of it is spent on practices which are now out of date, and not enough money goes towards fighting diseases such as E. coli or salmonella.

The report also cited that only 1% of foods imported into the U.S. are inspected. This is alarming as 60% of fruits and vegetables, as well as 75% of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported.

The same goes for the inspection of agriculture, as they stated that the lack of inspections could lead to attacks or agro-terrorism.

The report is titled Fixing Food Safety: Protecting America’s Food from Farm-to-Fork.

The group wants the 15 federal agencies involved in U.S. food safety to bring things up to date.