Every year, 76 million people are sickened, 325,000 are hospitalized and 5,000 die due to food-borne illnesses. This week, the Senate passed SB 510, which bolsters the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to demand recalls of tainted food. What are the likely impacts of the new bill?
SB 510 also strengthens oversight over imported food, requires food safety plans from producers and increases inspections.
Guests:
Christine Bruhn, director of the Center for Consumer Research at UC Davis, Food Science and Technology Department
Elisa Odabashian, director of the West Coast Office and state campaigns for the Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization working for an equitable and safe marketplace and publisher of Consumer Reports
Hank Giclas, senior vice president of science and technology for Western Growers
Marc Sandalow, associate academic director at the University of California's Washington Center, author and Washington editor of the California News Service
