In the wake of the latest pistachio recall due to salmonella poisoning, several opinions have been voiced in regards to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sleeping on the job and allowing food contamination to cause numerous personal injuries over the last decade.
Our personal injury attorneys in San Diego see frequent cases of products liability and defective products that are eventually recalled but sometimes not before injuries or wrongful deaths happen. Of all the things provided to people by companies, food should be at the top of the list of things that need to be treated with special care before shipping.
Whether the Boston Globe’s opinion of the FDA doing its job is true or not, there is evidence that shows how the organization has let some things slip through the cracks. About 5,000 Americans suffer from wrongful death due to food poisoning every year and 325,000 require hospitalization for personal injury because of the same reason. In the past three years there has been no reduction in food-borne illnesses, according to a report released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
In fact, there may be a rise in the number of Salmonella infections, such as the one we are currently seeing spread across America. So far we have been lucky with the latest outbreak in that no one has yet to report a personal injury related back to pistachios and pistachio related products.
The new administration has expressed the desire for complete reform of the FDA and wants to make sure they are preventing personal injuries related to food contamination stop before they even happen. The organization has typically been in charge of watching over all food except meat and poultry (those are handled by the Department of Agriculture). And yet, within the FDA itself, food safety falls under no-high ranking official’s authority, but instead, is split among a few offices.
Our San Diego personal injury attorneys urge everyone to be careful with any natural food products they purchase. Too often recalled products can lead to personal injury, pain and suffering, and occasionally wrongful death.
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About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
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