Emerging Food Safety Issues Associated With Foreign Food Product Imports
Beyond tracking outbreaks and recalls here at home (see below), we will also comment regularly on emerging trends associated with foreign food product imports. Today, more than 15 percent of the food consumed in the United States is imported. In coming years, we expect the number and quantity of imported foods to increase dramatically.
With more foods being imported, there will likely be increased (and, maybe even intense) competition from foreign countries to produce a wide range of additional food products for export. In some of these countries, there are relatively few (if any) food safety regulations, let alone billion dollar agencies (such as here in the U.S.) working tirelessly to ensure that our food is as safe and wholesome as can be. As prices of foreign food product imports are driven lower by global competition, we will need to defend the safety of our own food by ensuring that exporting countries (or companies) adopt and follow standards equivalent to our own. Stay with us as we continue to update the broad range of emerging food safety issues associated with foreign food product imports.
