Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Is America's food supply safe?




                The United States receives food from all over the world to the home of its citizens. To ensure the safety of the food, the Food and Drug Administration takes precautionary measures before the food is distributed to local supermarkets and homes. Americans have one of the safest supplies of food in the world and this is largely due to the responsibility that the administration takes to revise the food for any bacteria or any type of virus. They also work to learn how to prevent these contaminations happening which limits the possibility from contamination reoccurring.

            The F.D.A. works with modern technology to make sure that the drugs and food sold in the U.S. is safe for the people to consume. To do this they carefully examine foods for contamination and work on how to prevent it. Hundreds of investigators working for the F.D.A. work closely with pharmaceutical and food companies to make sure the product they distribute are safe for consumption. If there is a suspicion that the food is unsafe the administration works diligently to identify the problem, learn how it occurred and tries to prevent it from happening again. In regards to imported food, there are experts in foreign countries that inspect the food beforehand and F.D.A. inspectors at the borders to make sure the food looks safe. The F.D.A. also advises consumers how to keep the food they buy safe. They do so by informing consumers at what temperature to cook food, how to preserve food and how to handle raw meat, seafood, and poultry.

            It’s very crucial that the food we eat is safe. Because the U.S. consists of a lot of cities, food travels from the farms and foreign countries to give everyone a wide variety of food supply. Any bacterial or viral contamination that the food we receive may pose as a serious threat to our health. If we didn’t have the Food and Drug Administration to make the revisions that they do, we’d have to be taking a greater risk of buying contaminated food. This can make a great portion of the population ill, unhealthy, and also prove to be fatal.

            In conclusion, in believe that the F.D.A. does a thorough job at making sure the food we eat is safe. However, despite all the work they do it’s impossible to make sure all food is safe to eat. The job ultimately depends on the consumer’s judgment and care of the food they buy. There needs to be some type of control over what is distributed in the country. It’s important to keep the F.D.A. doing its part in revising the food and drugs that the American people consume.

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