OUR FOOD SAFETY BEING IGNORED-STILL ANOTHER OUTBREAK

THE KUHNS REPORT

LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?

Our government is clearly not protecting us consumers when it come to food safety. Just recently another outbreak of  "CYCLOSPORA" courtesy of  bad salad from MEXICO.  Folks,  this outbreak affected 16 states and made at least 400 people ill, some left in critical condition.

How many times do hundreds and thousands of people have to fall ill or even die because of bad food being shipped into this country from Mexico. Our FDA and politicians ignore the tainted food on a regular basis.  The U.S.  gives tens of billions of dollars to other countries in "foreign aid', and we build up their borders, their schools and infrastructure with even more money but when it come to protecting citizens of the United States they do not want to spend the money. Go Figure!

Just a side note:  Our administration gives Egypt 1.5 BILLION dollars a year in foreign aid and even when there is a coup  in that country Obama and his people still want to send Egypt the 1.5 BILLION dollars. And, it is clearly unlawful to do that since that country was taken over by a coup. Can you imagine what that 1.5 billion dollars could do right here in this country  building up our food safety program and building up our own roads, bridges and infrastructure? Wow!

This  most recent cyclospora outbreak is just one of many that has occurred in the U.S. and people are getting sick . Some people  die.

The government, especially Congress has to assure  us U.S. citizens that the food being imported into this country is safe to eat. They are not doing that.  They have fallen down on the job for decades.

Food from Mexico is bad, very bad. I know because my mother (God bless her soul) traveled to Mexico, and ate salads while there and became deathly ill. When she returned to the United States she sought out medical help and was told by a renown physician that she had to lose a Kidney because she had eaten tainted salad in Mexico. Yep, mom lost one of  her Kidney's to salad from Mexico. The doctor told mom that food grown in fields in Mexico were not attended to properly. He explained that the crops grown in Mexico were always exposed to urine and feces from the workers and that the water  used to irrigate the crops was dirty and filthy and contained all types of disease.

This  current outbreak of Cyclospora was traced to a company named: Taylor Farms of Mexico, (Aka) Taylor Farms de Mexico S de R.L. de C.V.. It is supposedly owned and operated by an American firm but it is reported that  an inspection of the  farm has not been done in years. AND, you wonder why we Americans  get sick from bad food. The American companies that have an interest in  these farms care less about food safety (It's  all about MONEY ).

This bad food was shipped to "Red Lobster" and "Olive Garden Restaurtants" just to mention a couple of places. These are popular spots for people eating out but little did the customers know when munching down the salads that it was  a possible death sentence for their family.

People, personally, I will  not eat produce or any food that I know is shipped into the states from MEXICO. YEA!!! for labeling. I check the labels on the tomatoes and other produce when I go to the market. If it states "Product of Mexico" I pass it up. In restaurants I do not have the luxury of finding out where the produce came from. That's SCARY.

I know I miss out on certain produce in season because many super markets and places like Wal-Mart sell produce from Mexico. I refuse to buy it. I look for produce from places like California and Florida. If it is stamped  ("Product of the U.S.) I will buy it.

This practice of our government having such open borders and importing food and produce from other countries frightens me. It has been reported that only five (5) percent, [if that] is truly inspected as it arrives here in this country. That is BAD.

I  know we have the ability to inspect ALL of our food as it comes into the U.S. and we also have the money but it is being diverted to other countries in the form of  foreign aid , grants, and other packages - -that's sad. Our tax money that should be spent here in the United States for  Americans safety and well-being is being squandered by our government officials for their own benefits and agendas. - And that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.

Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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Dr. Kuhns can be reached by email at:
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