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The Decade in Food: There’s a salmonella in my spinach
Peanut butter, spinach, tomatoes, jalapeños, pistachios, raw beef and even chocolate bars and cookie dough have been pulled from shelves after people have been sickened or even killed by pathogens.
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recalled 143 million pounds of beef — almost a half pound of meat per person in the country — in one of the largest recalls in U.S. history. The FDA even has a Twitter account dedicated to food recalls.
This is the third of a series of five of the top food trends of the past decade. Restaurant critic Mike Sutter blogged his top 5 over on Forklore, and the story will be printed in Wednesday’s paper.
Photo illustration by Smart Choices.
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