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I just want to make a note

trkingmomoe — Sat, 16 May 2015 20:56:51 +0000

In reply to New Bills in Congress to Curb Food Born Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella

I just want to make a note that it is the women in congress that is leading the charge on this.

All pathogens are dangerous

Peter — Sat, 16 May 2015 00:43:28 +0000

In reply to They are not out to remove

All pathogens are dangerous in varying degrees and antibiotic resistant strains certainly are especially those created in hospitals. These critters cannot be removed from our environment only reduced and controlled by best practices at the plant, restaurant and home.

The last time i checked the AMA recommends no treatment for food poisoning other than fluids and time although some older and very young people become dehydrated and require hospital treatment where they receive fluids, antibiotics and activated charcoal treatments.

The present problems of antibiotic resistance pathogens is probably irreversible and the the best we can hope for is that we stop producing new ones. Does this bill address the causes of these mutations and how to eliminate them?

Recommendations for better inspections, procedures and recall powers are useful but have nothing to do with stopping the causes of these mutations.

I use a meat thermometer when

trkingmomoe — Fri, 15 May 2015 20:39:56 +0000

In reply to Hi Momoe.

I use a meat thermometer when I am cooking roasts or large pieces of meats. It takes the guess work out of it. Smaller cuts you just need to time them and keep a eye on them. Though I do use a meat thermometer on chicken and make sure the internal temperature is 180 degrees.

I buy a bottle of antiseptic dish soap that I use when handling chicken to clean up with. I also have a cutting mat that is used only for chicken. I have it hanging on the kitchen wall so others don't use it for cutting other things up. My mother never had to take all these precautions when handling chicken. She just washed up everything. My brother still likes to tell the story about chasing chickens with their heads cut off around the back yard.

It is so easy to contaminate your cooking area even with all these steps. If the meat has drug resistive contamination then it should not be in the market place.

They are not out to remove

trkingmomoe — Fri, 15 May 2015 20:18:26 +0000

In reply to There is certainly room for

They are not out to remove all pathogens from the system just the dangerous ones that are now cropping up. The big concern is Salmonella Heidelberg that is drug resistive. It is not the same strains of salmonella that was present years ago. Those strains are still there but because of the over use of non therapeutic antibiotics in the raising of livestock we now have super pathogens entering into the system. We also need to increase our resources to oversee the food industry. This is an important roll our government must do.

There is certainly room for

Peter — Fri, 15 May 2015 19:20:29 +0000

In reply to New Bills in Congress to Curb Food Born Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella

There is certainly room for improvement in food safety but i think it is a bit of an exaggeration to say we have a 'major problem' in our marketplace. The change in the recall powers of the USDA is a good move and may reduce some illness.

Almost a Billion meals are served each and every day in the US, over three hundred Billion each year yet only 19,000 reported cases of serious illness due to food born pathogens are reported annually.

The idea that this "contamination' should not be in the marketplace is specious because it doesn't come from outside the marketplace but is a natural component of the poultry and other animals we consume. It is and can be reduced and controlled but never eliminated completely unless people want more nuclear sterilization of their food to protect an exceptionally small fraction of a percent of the population from a exceedingly rare and usually temporary ailment.

I'm no fan of the mega-agriculture system we have but the fact that it only killed 71 people last year is truly amazing but it's not perfect and never will be

There is no reason for anyone to suffer long and certainly not die from food born illness. There is a simple easily obtained antidote for this problem, activated charcoal capsules, the universal antidote for most poisons. .Thirty minutes after taking them the symptoms are usually gone never to return and no antibiotics are needed no matter the resistance of the pathogen.

Hi Momoe.

Richard Day — Fri, 15 May 2015 16:08:28 +0000

In reply to New Bills in Congress to Curb Food Born Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella

Hi Momoe.

You already know that I attempting to get back.

When I handle any meat, I wash my hands in the antiseptic kitchen sink.

I cook the meat in an oven around 325 F and I cook it for an hour or more. I read your recipes actually.

Otherwise I fry some of the meat and of course use a crock pot from time to time.

I need no thermometer because I jot down times on my daily log sheet.

Actually it is usually some frozen pizza that will attack my innerts the next day. hahahaha

We have over 300 million people in this country and they must be fed properly.

That is no easy task.

But we need a government or governments (local, state and federal) to make an attempt to keep us free from viral and bacterial hazaards.

But we live at a time when corporate interests bribe those governmental units that are supposed to protect the public.

In the end

WE ARE ON OUR OWN.