The article in question raises a fundamental public health issue. The safety of the food that people consume must be carefully checked before it hits the shelves. However, unfortunately, as the article showed, the inspection only checks some pieces of meat that enter the stores (Breslow, 2015). This can cause many illnesses and deaths among people who eat untested meat.
The meat inspection program that inspectors currently work on may have significant systemic omissions in connection with which tainted or contaminated meat reaches consumers. When such omissions are discovered, they should be corrected and edited; otherwise, even more, people may be seriously affected. The article’s author argues that the meat inspection system does not require a flag of Salmonella as a dangerous health threat (Breslow, 2015). Nevertheless, this is one of the most dangerous diseases that can lead to death. Such illnesses can be especially severe in children (Ehuwa et al., 2021). This fact endangers the younger generation, which is already a demographic threat and can lead to early death.
However, the problem of the non-labeling of Salmonella did not appear by itself. It follows from the fact that companies may not label it due to poor state control. Thus, the meat inspection system should be regulated at the federal level. Caring for people is the duty of any country, respectively, and the responsibility in such cases also lies with the state. After all, if meat producers continue to label Salmonella as dangerous, people will eventually be afraid to buy meat without knowing it is entirely safe.
It can be concluded that multiple poisonings of people need urgent attention of the country and tightening farm surveillance measures. More thorough checks could result in a slight increase in the price of meat products, but in return, this will mean that the meat that enters the shops is safe. Thus, it will be possible to avoid the negative consequences due to the negligence of inspectors and some farmers.
References
Breslow, J. (2015). Is Our Food Safety Process Broken? PBS. Web.
Ehuwa, O., Jaiswal, A. K., & Jaiswal, S. (2021). Salmonella, food safety and food handling practices. Foods, 10(5), 907. Web.