It’s really just increased media scrutiny. There are similar food recalls constantly and as someone who at least skims every one I haven’t noticed a significant uptick in frequency or severity.
Screwworm is an actual problem caused by their actions. Additionally, all the inevitable recalls of ‘raw’ food are more significant with them actively boosting it. Neither of those shifts the safety of groceries, however.
theres also significantly less inspectors, since msot of them were fired. only when it gets too severe, like people getting sick or dying is when they “suddenly” reported.
Most recalls were already packaging issues (product A in B’s package, causing allergen issues) or physical debris, both of which are customer-reported.
Most of the day-to-day monitoring of plant output is self-testing, which doesn’t change overnight. It will slip as people get lazy, but that takes time.
I worry that cuts will actually reduce recalls. Most bacterial recalls come from the government tracing what sick people ate.
With all the contaminated food headlines. I feel like I’m playing a game of minesweeper whenever I go shopping.
Our backyard vegetable garden has gone from concept to 3 dozen plants in the last month.
Enjoy feeding the local squirrels and bugs lol
Beats getting syphilis from a grape or something
lol true. I’m just venting because I didn’t get any of my cucumbers. These damn squirrels make me reconsider my do-no-harm compassion…
Try trellising them up or constructing a fence covered by a net
Yea I have vegetable Fort Knox but I tried expanding to outside of that and it…predictably failed.
Get some barn cats? Or make a decoy garden, or dump a gallon of peanuts somewhere nearby so they don’t bother with your vegetables
Ours all died to tainted salad.
It’s really just increased media scrutiny. There are similar food recalls constantly and as someone who at least skims every one I haven’t noticed a significant uptick in frequency or severity.
Screwworm is an actual problem caused by their actions. Additionally, all the inevitable recalls of ‘raw’ food are more significant with them actively boosting it. Neither of those shifts the safety of groceries, however.
theres also significantly less inspectors, since msot of them were fired. only when it gets too severe, like people getting sick or dying is when they “suddenly” reported.
Most recalls were already packaging issues (product A in B’s package, causing allergen issues) or physical debris, both of which are customer-reported.
Most of the day-to-day monitoring of plant output is self-testing, which doesn’t change overnight. It will slip as people get lazy, but that takes time.
I worry that cuts will actually reduce recalls. Most bacterial recalls come from the government tracing what sick people ate.