What Are the Top Contaminated Foods? Quoting Joan Salge Blake
(1/6/24, MSNBC)
Expert Quote:
These facts may be alarming to hear, but know that the food system in the United States is relatively safe, thanks to the Food Safety Initiative, which began in 1997, says Joan Salge Blake, RDN, a clinical professor in the department of health sciences at Boston University.
“This program coordinates the research, inspection, outbreak response, and educational activities of the various government agencies to safeguard our foods,” she says. And it helps alert the public if an outbreak arises, reducing the number of people who get sick.