Monday #7-Food safety 4

This graph reveals a few very important things. For one thing, despite falling since 1993 risky food consumption has actually gone up since 1998, despite more publicized illnesses related to food. Raw fish consumption has actually gone up since 1993 Surprisingly, in 1993 over half of the population had eaten raw eggs, and while lower in 2001, made up more than 40% of the nation. This graph also has faults, though. It's out of date by 10 years, so the numbers could have changed a lot since then. It also doesn't focus on the food that often is publicized to have dangerous diseases in them. They are ironically not the most dangerous foods, but other foods, even some considered healthy,

Monday #6- Food Safety 3

In the article "Additional Food Regulation is not Needed", by David E. Gumpert, he stresses that despite common news stories about foodborne illnesses, there isn't a lot of information to back up, with much of the statements by the FDA being very vague data. Also, existing data on the subject is out of date and inaccurate, built on wide estimates and outdated information. Some more recent studies have even shown that the rate of illness has gone down since then. Finally, he also stresses that more FDA regulations hurt small businesses by increasing costs and work, as well as possibly infringing on personal rights, such as protection against searches without a reason or a warrant.

Monday #5 Food safety 2

In the article "New Food Technologies are Safer than Older Ones", by Thomas R. DeGregori, he argues that food is no more dangerous now than before. He argues that people are filled with false fear by the media and people trying to spread this fear. He also says that many things that people are afraid of being done in growing food, has already been done for a long time. Also, this article says that there is no way to avoid, or to have avoided in the past consuming small amounts of toxins.  Finally, many of the more dangerous foods are some of the older, traditional foods and herbs.

Monday #4- Food Safety

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In the article "Congress Must Reform America's Food Safety System" by  Caroline Smith DeWaal, she stresses  that Congress needs to reform the actions taken to make sure food is safe. She says that the laws created that lets the FDA make sure food is safe are outdated and don't properly cover the dangers. Also, food outbreak can effect many different types of food, including healthy food, and when healthy food is effected, less people buy it, endangering their health. Finally, she believes that the main consequences fall onto the consumer, who can be afflicted with costly, painful, and with possible lasting effects, or death.