Alabama’s Food Supply Isn’t Safe To Eat

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The scary thing is that it's not.

If you have ever been through a foodborne illness, you know how bad it makes you feel. You also want to make sure you never go through it again.

I recently suffered through a food poisoning episode that came from deli chicken. I don't think I'll ever deli chicken again.

That's a bad kind of sick.

Did you know that Alabama has a division of the International Association For Food Protection? This is a website everyone should have saved or bookmarked on their digital devices.

In theory, the group points out the companies in Alabama that take food safety and protection very seriously. These are companies that set high standards without the government forcing them.

I don't want to eat cucumbers that have been sprayed with water that cows have defecated in...do you?

I didn't think so.

Talk show host John Oliver took a very interesting deep dive into the safety of our food on his weekend HBO show last month.

Several items were quite scary when looking at the testing of individual states and their food standards. Let's just say not everyone has the same standards.

I've learned that it is very, very difficult to find any ONE comprehensive report on the safety of our food supply in Alabama.

Why is that?

I'm not so sure they want us to know how safe or unsafe our food supply is.

It's also confusing when you have TWO bodies that oversee food safety.

The FDA AND the USDA.

Recalls on peanuts, burritos, ice cream, cookies, cookie dough, cucumbers, lettuce, and seltzer drinks to name a few.

We've had a double-digit number of food recalls.

You don't want to see the list for the year (so far).