Don’t eat it unless you can grow it or kill it yourself.

From CNN.com

Responsibility for food regulation is splintered among 15 federal agencies. Some influential lawmakers, like Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, are also concerned. She’s among those who believe an independent food inspection agency is needed to protect consumers from food-borne illnesses.

“It’s never going to be perfect,” DeLauro said. “But what we have now is a food system that is collapsing.”

Jay Truitt disagrees. The former top official with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the multilayered food inspection system works well.

“It’s a great system, and we’ve done a great job,” he said. “We literally are looked at around the world … as having the safest product on the planet.”

Despite claims that the nation’s food supply is safe, the videos released by the Humane Society triggered the largest meat recall in U.S. history and the plant shut down.

In addition to safety concerns, serious questions have also been raised about how many former beef industry lobbyists are working in top positions at the USDA.

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