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Need to start looking at how we produce food and can we produce food more safely, what safety guards can we put into place, when we talk about large facilities, how do we make sure that those facilities are as clean as possible. jenna: jeff, are you saying it starts with the producer, it actually starts with the food companies rather than the government? >> well, i feel that it starts with the food production facilities and the companies, and then also, the companies that buy the product to set standards of safety. jenna: greg, on that, we have about 76 million cases of fod-borne illnesses eve...

Democrats, after the rancor of the health care bill. i think it's possible. if there's a political energy to do that in the few weeks we have remaining in this congress tosention -- essentially a few weeks in september and perhaps a week in october, and i don't know the answer to that. there are so many other things that are competing for the headlines right now. but this is one that really should be a fairly simple lift. the how has done its work, it's being supported by a group of bipartisan senators, we had one senator in california who said i want you to keep bpa out of my coke bottle. if ...

Everybody. michigan is now the 23rd state recalling eggs from that iowa farm being blamed for sickening thousands with salmonella but eggs are just the latest in a long line of recent recalls, in fact, the federal government estimates about 13 people die every day from food-borne illnesses in this country. why is this happening now? is it the fault of the food companies, is it the fault of the government? how do we actually fix it? jeff milken and greg conko, director of food safety for the competitive enterprise institute and texas congressman michael burgess, ranking republican on the house ...