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Do you consider there to be a food safety problem in your country of residence?
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- Nouser-398197Not currently; but, scaling back by CDC / FDA is opening up Pandora's box for this situation to change for the worse.
- Yesuser-709065The food may contain end products such as bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and mycotoxins that are harmful to the individual with the induction of chronic diseases.
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3. The role of Microbiota in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Acta Scientific Nutritional Health. 7.7 (2023): 108-118. - Yesuser-756315Food safety remains an ongoing concern in the United States despite strong regulatory frameworks from agencies like the FDA and USDA. Challenges include outbreaks of foodborne illnesses caused by pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria, as well as risks linked to complex supply chains and imported products. Frequent recalls of meat, produce, and packaged goods highlight vulnerabilities in production and distribution. Additionally, emerging issues like antibiotic resistance and improper handling practices in restaurants and homes underscore the need for continuous monitoring and public awareness to ensure safe food consumption.
- Yesuser-654333CDC estimates that about 9.9 million domestically acquired foodborne illnesses, 53,300 hospitalizations, and roughly 931 deaths occur annually in the United States from just seven major pathogens, which reflects a substantial, ongoing food safety burden. Many people cite frequent recalls and perceived regulatory gaps as reasons for concern, indicating that both objective disease burden and public perception point to a real food safety problem.
- Yesuser-488447Many of the street foods are prepared, showcased and sold to customers in open. Bare hands touch and serving make food contaminated, and water based beverages like fresh juice and lemonade have every chance of contamination with waterborne pathogens causing gastroenteritis, typhoid, diarrhea and hepatitis.
- Yesuser-640046Documented and well-known instances show that this continues to be a concern
- Yesuser-257382Low awareness of food handling hygiene affects food safety
- Yesuser-986543Food safety is an important public health problem in India because many reasons affect how safe our food safe. In many areas, food gets contaminated during farming, transport, storage, or cooking because of lack of awareness. Adulteration is also major concern, where items like milk, spices, oils, and grains are mixed with harmful substances to increase business profit. Street food is loved by every person in country, but most of all vendors are failed to maintain appropriate clean surroundings, use safe water, or store ingredients properly, which increases the risk of food borne disease. In rural and urban areas, food is often kept in the open, exposed to dust, flies, and heat, which causes spoil it quickly. Excessive use of pesticides on fruits and vegetables is another concern , especially when produce is not washed well before eating. Although India has strong laws and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) works to regulate quality, enforcement is not much effective because of limited resources and large population size. As awareness grows, more people are demanding safe, clean, and properly labeled food, but consistent improvement still requires better monitoring, education, and responsible practices from producers, vendors, and consumers.
- Yesuser-165009Many places especially in suburbs have street food of very unhygienic and adultrated quality.
- Yesuser-708189Because of war and poverty in our region, there is a serious problem with food safety.
- Yesuser-703141Adulteration of food is common and there is inappropriate regulation to minimize this.
- Yesuser-835982Especially in the informal market systems that are not regulated, food safety concerns are paramount.
- Yesuser-3428781. Antimicrobial resistance
2. Veterinary drug residue levels within the animal food chain values
3. Pesticide residue levels in vegetables at the market or from Farm to fork - Nouser-458331Health Department seems to do weekly inspections and report these findings via news outlets. From what I read they seem to be very thorough.
- Yesuser-80572Because food safety is not monitored. And there is unregulated use of pesticides and other agrochemicals
- Yesuser-692905we are still having clean water challenges, which translates to ineffective monitoring. if we still experience some meat products being recalled.