V. Food Recall and Cost Associated
Food recall has substantially increased in the food industry within the last decade, according to insurance company Swiss Re. In 2004, 240 FDA-regulated (non-meat) products and 48 USDA-regulated (meat and poultry) products had recalls. In 2014, 565 FDA-regulated (non-meat) products and 94 USDA-regulated (meat and poultry) products had recalls. The main reason for the recall is due to microbiological contamination. The more stops food takes before it enters the U.S., the more opportunities there are for contamination, says Bill Marler, an attorney and an oft-cited authority on food-borne illness. [3]
Food product recalls are a major threat to food companies. Recalls cause interruption in a company’s day to day supply chain operation.
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Salmonella is one danger that has caused many effects to consumers. Walsh writes about one incident when an outbreak “from tainted peanuts that killed at least eight people and sickened 600,” (Walsh 167). This incident left many people asking the same question, how can we trust the food that we put into our bodies? Salmonella, a type of food poisoning caused by bacteria found on different food types has caused an epidemic because of its domino effect on food and our health. Once one factory is contaminated, that factory could be housing both crops and meat, which is then transferred to our supermarkets and on our dinner tables. ...
In the documentary, Food Inc., we get an inside look at the secrets and horrors of the food industry. The director, Robert Kenner, argues that most Americans have no idea where their food comes from or what happens to it before they put it in their bodies. To him, this is a major issue and a great danger to society as a whole. One of the conclusions of this documentary is that we should not blindly trust the food companies, and we should ultimately be more concerned with what we are eating and feeding to our children. Through his investigations, he hopes to lift the veil from the hidden world of food.
McCoy, J. J. How Safe Is Our Food Supply? New York: F. Watts, 1990. Print.
What’s the difference between Walmart and a farmers’ market? What causes these differences? And, what are we more partial to? Tracie McMillan delves into the intricacies and complications of our nation’s food industry in The American Way of Eating. Specifically, as McMillan integrates herself into the farming and grocer/selling aspect of the industry, it is evident the food system has been extremely successful in offering ‘abundance, accessibility, and affordability’ to its consumer. In doing so, the industry has effectively implanted an industrialized system which is, in part, reason for its ability to offer ‘abundance, accessibility, and affordability’; the industry has been equally prosperous in cultivating and maintaining such a system. America’s agriculture has grown in scale, fully utilized biotechnology, and mechanized which leads to questions for the consumer as
In her book Marion Nestle examines many aspects of the food industry that call for regulation and closer examination. Nestle was a member of the Food Advisory Committee to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the 1990’s and therefore helps deem herself as a credible source of information to the audience. (Nestle 2003). Yet, with her wealth of knowledge and experience she narrates from a very candid and logical perspective, but her delivery of this knowled...
Our current system of corporate-dominated, industrial-style farming might not resemble the old-fashioned farms of yore, but the modern method of raising food has been a surprisingly long time in the making. That's one of the astonishing revelations found in Christopher D. Cook's "Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis" (2004, 2006, The New Press), which explores in great detail the often unappealing, yet largely unseen, underbelly of today's food production and processing machine. While some of the material will be familiar to those who've read Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma" or Eric Schlosser's "Fast-Food Nation," Cook's work provides many new insights for anyone who's concerned about how and what we eat,
To give background on the FDA and USDA for better understanding the USDA is responsible for meat and poultry, while the FDA is responsible for dairy, seafood, and vegetables. The USDA was founded in 1862 to encourage food creation in the United States (Sherrow 15). Dr. Peter Collier was the first person to suggest rules and laws for the safety of our food (Sherrow 15). Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act in 1890. The Act made the USDA inspectors inspect all pig products (Sherrow 15). In 1906 the Comprehensive Meat Inspection Act was passed. The act assigned inspectors from the UDSA to the United States’ 163 slaughter houses. In the slaughter houses the meat needed to be inspected before and after slaughter (Sherrow 15-16). The FDA is also responsible for protecting food from terrorists and anyone who wants to try to harm the public (Wilson). The FDA oversees 167,000 farms in the United States and 421,000 worldwide farms. The FDA only has 1,100 inspectors to inspect those farms (Wilson). The number of inspections done by the FDA went from 4,573 in 2005 to 3,400 in 2006 (Sherrow 34). According to the Center of Science in the Public Interest the FDA has no authority for prev...
Most people do not spend their days wondering where their next meal is going to come from, but as the economic situation gets worse and jobs get harder to find it is becoming an every occurring issue in the United States today. Not only will some of us have to worry about with what money will we buy our food, but now we will all start having to worry about where our food is coming from and is it safe for us to consume. We are moving toward a safer tomorrow every day by regulating certain parts of our food supply system. No matter how long it takes, it is clear that there is always opportunity for improvement in making our Nation healthier and safer.
The "Food/Challenge Corporate Abuse of Our Food." Corporate Accountability International. Stopcorporateabuse.org, 21 June 2013. Web. The Web.
At this point, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has started increasing regulations for prepared foods, however, only a few years ago they had some vague laws concerning these foods and companies could get away a lot more than they can now. One of the reasons for this was that the FDA was more concerned about the certain effects store bought food had on people and were less concerned about misleading labels on packaging. However, they seem to have become more aware of the fact that a lot of companies are tricking consumers into believing that their product is the best, and the FDA has started to regulate companies that have misleading advertisements.
Paddock, L. (2015). Manufacturer Recalls Pet Food That Killed Thousands of American Pets. Salem Press
For example, just last year P&G issued product recalls affecting Iams and Eukanuba pet foods brands “after its own inspections found the potential for salmonella contamination in a separate lot” (Barney, 2013, para. 2). The recalls happened nearly after The Food and Drug Administration’s onsite inspection found cases of Salmonella in the company’s Natura pet food products. Since the pet food industry was one of P&G’s sluggish divisions due to weak sales, the company has now divested it; thereby, reduce costs and boost financial numbers. Although no reports were made regarding illnesses, or worst, even death, the recall was enough to cause a decline in company sales; furthermore, the possibility of raising consumer doubt toward P&G’s other product brands. Several additional recalls were made in previous years pertaining to defective child-resistant packaging, mismatched expiration dates, and other forms of bacteria found in healthcare products, (Procter & Gamble, 2014, para. 1). These types of expenditures disrupt financial performance, as product recalls involve replacing products that are faulty, and increase the chances of a lawsuit if fatal suffering were to
Value Chains The average person’s day usually begins with breakfast, but when it comes down to it, no one really thinks about where their foods comes from. Behind every meal, there is a long chain that shows everything that went into getting the food from the source to the table. One way that people can become aware is the use of value chains to display how a food is processed, the distance traveled, and the associated impacts of the entire process. Thus, the use of value chains is important to the production of food and the future of our food systems. Therefore, this paper is going to look at the value chain of a slice of bacon, specifically Maple Leaf brand bacon, from production to table.
Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to improve food safety. Food borne illnesses are diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. “In industrialized countries, the percentage of people suffering from food borne diseases each year has been reported to be up to 30%. In the United States of America, for example, around 76 million cases of food borne diseases, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year.” (Geneva 2)
The third weakness is the fact that food tests, inspections, and the detection of contaminants are taken seriously only after an outbreak of some food-borne diseases, food poisoning, or deaths. The increase in the number of food establishments or outlets such as cold stores, hypermarkets, and supermarkets reported by the Public Health Director has also made inspection and control mo...