Political Quotes

“Recent events involving E. coli- and salmonella-tainted foods demonstrate once again that our country's food inspection, tracking, and safety system is unable to adequately protect American consumers. At a time when too many Ohioans are struggling to put food on their tables, it is simply unacceptable that they also have to worry about the safety of that food. The most recent food-borne illness outbreak was identified as a salmonella contamination linked on January 12, 2009 to the Peanut Corporation of America's, PCA, plant in Blakely, GA. Since October of last year, this salmonella outbreak has sickened 600 people in 43 states. More than 1,900 products have been recalled--representing one of the largest food recalls in our Nation's history. Yesterday, the nationwide death toll rose to nine. Ohio has reported 92 cases linked to this outbreak and two deaths, including this week's death of a Medina woman. Unfortunately, the current salmonella outbreak is not the only food-borne illness outbreak to have plagued our Nation in recent years.”