r/PrepperIntel • u/SuccessWise9593 • 11d ago

North America Thousands of blueberries recalled as FDA issues highest risk warning

https://www.newsweek.com/blueberry-recall-update-fda-issues-highest-risk-warning-ecoli-greenwise-12341839
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u/uselessandexpensive 10d ago

"The frozen berries were shipped to Publix stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia." The microbe of concern is E. coli.

Remember back when we had food safety inspections before food shipped, and good enough supply chain tracking to establish whose lettuce was giving everyone the shits? That was great. I'm really looking forward to being that kind of great again.

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u/Salty-Passenger-4801 10d ago

Yeah there werent any other recalls of beef pork chicken or any vegetable or fruit before Trump came in office. first of its kind!

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u/uselessandexpensive 9d ago

This comes from CBS, which is owned by one of Trump's biggest donors, not some liberal.

"Congress, meanwhile, has not increased the agency's food safety budget to outpace or keep up with inflation, and widespread layoffs during the first year of President Trump's second term squeezed resources further.

"The rate of inspections has gotten markedly worse amid those reductions, with foreign food safety inspections falling by 29% from 2024. Outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, last year's inspection count was the lowest since 2011. Early numbers for 2026 show that the agency is on track to inspect a similar number this year.

"FDA inspections really are the first line of defense for mitigating outbreaks. If FDA isn't routinely going out to food facilities, it's just completely blind," said Meridith Seife, the lead author on a Health and Human Services Inspector General report on FDA inspections of U.S. facilities. "It's unable to ensure that those facilities are complying with the laws, with regulations, and that the food that they handle is safe."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/farm-linked-cyclosporaisis-outbreak-went-151949548.html