— OPINION —
Food recalls are often described as safeguards for public health, but in reality, they reveal cracks in our food safety systems. Take the recent deadly Boar’s Head outbreak which involved more than 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat deli meats contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. While Boar’s Head issued a recall and notified retailers to pull affected products, this action came several weeks after reports of illnesses and fatalities surfaced. Worse, the number of affected products significantly increased after the first recall notice, extending the risk to consumers.
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