Foodborne illness investigations have slowed and food recalls have plummeted to their lowest levels in years because of disruptions in America's multi-layered food safety system caused by the coronavirus.
Foodborne illness investigations have slowed and food recalls have plummeted to their lowest levels in years because of disruptions in America's multi-layered food safety system caused by the novel coronavirus, a USA TODAY investigation found.
“We have so many different safeguards built into our system, and one by one COVID is knocking pieces out,” Sarah Sorscher, deputy director of regulatory affairs at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.'meat shortages' as industry faces scrutiny for worker safety during coronavirus A USDA spokesperson said by email the agency is “continuing to meet all inspection obligations” and that it has further pushed the food industry for more “accountability” in providing safe products.
State health agencies typically interact with local doctors and hospitals to gather information that’s then loaded into a nationwide “PulseNet” database administered by the CDC.USDA let poultry plants put workers close together even as they got sick from coronavirus. “We are still detecting new clusters that are being investigated every week,” he added. “The number of clusters identified is about the same as that seen in previous years.”
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