The Food and Drug Administration says that there is a recall for more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese sold in 31 states and Puerto Rico because of potential metal fragment contamination.
I have to concede that my experience is entirely a way-too-small sampling of the entire industry, so it’s entirely possible you are right here. However, in my experience, the factories that I’ve been to (granted, not ALL of them) have been incredibly clean and well-maintained and follow very strict guidelines for making sure their product is safe. Obviously, the consequences of delivering a product that is not safe are quite dire (noting the Boar’s Head example and the recent ByHeart recall).
On that note, I never visited the Boar’s Head facility, but one of our customer service reps did and they said it was downright nasty. No wonder they got infected.
By the way, listeria contamination is probably the WORST thing that happen to a food-producing factory. This bacteria is incredibly dangerous and very, very hard to get rid of once detected. I’ve known factories that decided to relocate rather than try to deal with an outbreak.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/boars-head-plans-to-reopen-troubled-deli-meat-plant-but-reports-of-sanitation-problems-persist
I appreciate what you’re trying to do here, but I just can’t seem to believe that most food factories are “perfectly fine”.
Especially right now in the US with our way of letting the food industry basically regulate itself.
I have to concede that my experience is entirely a way-too-small sampling of the entire industry, so it’s entirely possible you are right here. However, in my experience, the factories that I’ve been to (granted, not ALL of them) have been incredibly clean and well-maintained and follow very strict guidelines for making sure their product is safe. Obviously, the consequences of delivering a product that is not safe are quite dire (noting the Boar’s Head example and the recent ByHeart recall).
On that note, I never visited the Boar’s Head facility, but one of our customer service reps did and they said it was downright nasty. No wonder they got infected.
By the way, listeria contamination is probably the WORST thing that happen to a food-producing factory. This bacteria is incredibly dangerous and very, very hard to get rid of once detected. I’ve known factories that decided to relocate rather than try to deal with an outbreak.