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Category of problem: Government, Food Safety
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Level of Issue: National
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This article concerns: The government shutdown
has caused the Food and Drug Administration and Center for Disease Control to furlough
many of its employees which has left a big opening for food borne illness and
outbreaks to happen in the United States.
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Why is this important to families/individuals OR
how does this affect families/individuals? This affects families’ safety and
health in the whole United States.
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My views: As a nutrition student and taking many
hours of Nutrition course work and studying for tests all about food policy on
food safety this situation only worsens our food system. In the article it
talks about how the F.D.A only inspects about 2% of the imported meat and
poultry. With the government shutdown this percentage is well below 2. I eat
over 4 meals a day and for me to get sick because of lack of staff to inspect
my food before it gets to me is a big failure on the governments side to the
American people. I would not be surprised to see outbreaks of food borne
illnesses start popping up. Furloughed workers had to return to work to take
care of a salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds of people in 18 states.
The zombie apocalypse is upon us!
The government shutdown is doing more harm then help. They need to get it together. They are worried about finances when they should be worried about the people who make the country what it is today. What if there was something more serious than salmonella that had an outbreak? They need to be concerned with the people of this country. That could easily be them fighting off salmonella. They want to oversee everything they need to be paying attention to the outbreaks in this country before it's an epidemic. Prevention is always better than treatment so they need to get on the ball!
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