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DeGETTE COMMENTS ON RECENT SALMONELLA OUTBREAK
Wednesday January 28, 2009WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today commented on the recent salmonella outbreak in peanuts and peanut butter.
“Last summer’s outbreak of salmonella in jalapenos and the recent outbreak in peanut butter, are sobering reminders that our nation’s food safety system is broken,” said DeGette. “Because of our 21st Century food distribution system, if even one facility fails to maintain adequate safety standards, consumers all over the country are at risk. We need strong food safety laws that will not only allow the government to issue a mandatory recall, but also give it the ability to track the contamination along the supply chain.
U.S. Rep. DeGette will be reintroducing key food safety legislation that grants the federal government that ability to quickly force a recall of unsafe food and track products from farm to the fork. Both pieces of legislation have been endorsed by the Washington Post and the New York Times.
“Last summer’s outbreak of salmonella in jalapenos and the recent outbreak in peanut butter, are sobering reminders that our nation’s food safety system is broken,” said DeGette. “Because of our 21st Century food distribution system, if even one facility fails to maintain adequate safety standards, consumers all over the country are at risk. We need strong food safety laws that will not only allow the government to issue a mandatory recall, but also give it the ability to track the contamination along the supply chain.
U.S. Rep. DeGette will be reintroducing key food safety legislation that grants the federal government that ability to quickly force a recall of unsafe food and track products from farm to the fork. Both pieces of legislation have been endorsed by the Washington Post and the New York Times.
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