Uncle Ben’s Infused rice recall: who’s inspecting?
By: Doc Swagg
The Mars company is the parent company of Uncle Ben’s Mexican Style, and other INFUSED RICE that has been implicated in a series of “allergic-like” reactions that several school children have succumbed to recently.
According to news sources, children in 3 Texas schools are suffering from bouts of rashes and flushing. Mars food company is requesting all distributors of this particular brand of Uncle Bens rice immediately return them in efforts to track and detect the source and distribution of the rice.
Currently, they have not identified the causative agent responsible for these symptoms. The company is on record for saying that this is not consistent with all other styles of rice that they manufacture through various supermarkets, and other retail outlets.
Thoughts on this
Once again, we are witnessing a failure in the safeguarding of our food supply. Persistent compromise of our nutritional and dietary sources have almost become routine and “habit-like”.
Where is the accountability when it comes to maintaining quality assured food production? What happened to good manufacturing practices? A lack of integrity, the cutting of corners, and failure of adequate inspection are just the beginning of possible reasons for this surge in FOOD RECALLS. Last week there was a recall on approximately 8.7 million pounds of meat in four states.
We are seeing a failure in oversight, and these cases of food borne illnesses, recalls, and selling of poisoned meat are only indicators of poor food inspection standards. The Department of Agriculture could obviously higher and train more employees to conduct thorough inspections in all states. This is one way to reinforce the safety of our foods, and decrease the unemployment rate! What are your thoughts on this???
Source Links
1. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/10/health/uncle-bens-infused-rice-recall/index.html
