[20071108]RS22734_食品安全：监督和当前问题.pdf

1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,data accessed at http:/www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/. This estimate appears to be based primarilyon 1997 and earlier data in a report by Paul S. Mead et al., “Food-related Illness and Death in theUnited States,” Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 5, 1999, pp. 607-625.Order Code RS22734Updated November 8, 2007Food Safety: Oversight and Current IssuesGeoffrey S. BeckerSpecialist in Agricultural PolicyResources, Science, and Industry DivisionSummaryA series of widely publicized food safety problems, including concerns aboutadulterated pet food ingredients and farmed seafood from China, illnesses linked to E.coli O157:H7 on leafy produce from California and in meat products, and a nationalrecall of peanut butter due to Salmonella contamination, have made food safety an issuein the 110th Congress. Oversight hearings are underway, and various bills have beenproposed to alter the current food safety system and/or increase spending. The combined efforts of the food industry and the regulatory agencies often arecredited with making the U.S. food supply among the safest in the world. Nonetheless,public healt