CNN transcript

The Packer's Susie Cable passes along this link to a CNN broadcast transcript that addresses produce safety that aired March 7. You will find the discussion about food safety about halfway down the page.
Here is how the story opens:

S. O'BRIEN: There's e. Coli in your spinach. There's salmonella in your peanut butter. There's listeria in your chicken. So, you have to wonder just what's going on in the food supply, and just what is safe to eat. You might be surprised that while we're hearing more about contamination, federal funding for food inspection is actually down. AMERICAN MORNING's Greg Hunter has been doing a little fact checking on this story for us. He's with us.



TK: Funding for FDA is the big issue addressed here, but irradiation was also mentioned as a possible remedy to food safety troubles. This report tries to make the made for TV quick connection between declining food safety inspections and a higher incidence of foodborne illness outbreaks.