In the last 1 months, the United States has seen 44 food safety problems.

Canned meat contaminated by Botox.

The United States has always focused on food safety and health issues, and is also sensitive to harmful food. But recently, food safety in the United States has continued.

Urgent recall of contaminated food

According to Reuters reported on July 24th, the United States is recalling a large meat can. The canned meat, produced by Connors Brothers Foods in a factory in Georgia, was contaminated with botulinum toxin, which has caused four people to be seriously ill and hospitalized. Following a follow-up investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it was determined that the contaminated cans were produced by the plant on May 7 and 8, involving nearly 10 products.

FDA officials have designated it a "public health emergency" recall, requiring all stores across the country to remove the food from their shelves, and all customers who have bought it must return it or throw it away.

Connors Brothers Foods decided to expand its recall of 10 products to 80, including chili sauce, mashed potatoes and some pet foods, to restore its reputation under pressure. And the FDA says food produced at that factory in Georgia, no matter what, should be recalled. At the same time, the plant will be temporarily closed until FDA is re examined.

Food accidents in the United States

In recent years, the United States food safety problems frequently occur and have been recalled on a large scale, including the types of food involved in milk, yogurt, shrimp, chocolate, dog food, onions and so on.  Reporters logged on to the FDA website and found that in just over a month from the beginning of June to the present, there were 44 times as many announcements of recalled food or reminders to consumers of safe food, almost one in a day on average.

In addition to the recent contamination of canned meat with Botox, two consecutive problems with vacuum packaged food emerged as early as January: a vacuum packed hot dog produced by a company in Iowa was recalled by the Department of Agriculture for hygiene problems; a California food company The macaroni salad was recalled for the discovery of Listeria. Last September, hundreds of people became sick after eating poisonous spinach contaminated with E. coli, which caused a great sensation at the time.

Three stage recall and strict control of food safety

The FDA has developed a stringent recall system for food that often fails to meet safety standards: the lowest is a three-tier recall. This kind of food is harmless to human health, but it violates the label and packaging requirements of FDA. A serious two grade recall will result in minor or short-term adverse effects. The most serious is the first-level recall, which refers to food that can cause serious health damage or even death. There are many ways of recall, one is factory voluntary recall, the other is the FDA command recall.

The U.S. food recall, especially the first-class recall, will be published not only on the FDA website, but also in newspapers, radio and television, so that everyone knows. The FDA has devoted a lot of effort to publicizing customer complaints because it knows that by examining thousands of foods on its own, it is inevitable that there will be omissions. Mobilizing all consumers is tantamount to creating an airtight web, which is the most effective way to ensure food safety.