Food Safety Gets Smarter
New technologies, policies, and partnerships are making the U.S. food supply safer.
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Arsenic and toxic metals were found in baby food, including organic brands, a subcommittee of the U.S. Congress reported in February. Romaine lettuce poisoning in California affected 167 people and hospitalized 85 in the fall of 2019. Systemically tainted food sickened more than 1,100 Americans from 2015 through 2018, resulted in a record $25 million federal fine, and almost brought down Chipotle, one of the iconic successes of the U.S. fast-casual foodservice segment.
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