CSPAN3 Food Supply Safety January 19, 2018
The subcommittee convenes this hearing entitled safety of the food supply continuing concerns over the food and drug administrations food recall process. Disease outbreaks from tainted food are Ongoing Public Health challenge. The centers for Disease Control estimates that each year one in six americans, 48 Million People get sick from food born illnesses, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. The number of multi state food illness outbreaks is increasing affecting greater numbers of americans. And the number of vulnerable people, older, and immune compromised individuals is growing. The thr...