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We are Hannah and Ashley, Social Studies Methods students studying the topic of food safety or more specifically meat production. We became interested in the topic when discussing the different current event topics that are found in the news. As consumers of many meat based products, we wanted to uncover the details of meat production and the food safety related to it.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Contaminated Spices

So considering this is a food safety blog, I happened to come across something in the news that I believe people should not only be aware of but be concerned about.  Our imported spices have been reported by the USDA as contaminated.  Some of the things that have been found in the spices are enough to make anyone sick yet the some believe that this is not a problem because spices are eaten in such a small quantity that most will not get sick.

http://www.bramptonguardian.com/community-story/4192315-filth-excrement-found-in-imported-spice-fda-says/