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August 6, 2008
H ealth
Food Lobby Killed Tougher Rules
For tracking
foodborne
illnesses
(A P) — O ne o f the worst out­
breaks o f foodborne illness in the
U .S. is teaching the food industry
the truth o f the adage, " Be careful
w hat you w ish for because you
m ight get it.”
T h e industry pressured the
Bush adm inistration years ago to
limit the paperw ork com panies
w ould have to keep to help U.S.
health investigators quickly trace
produce that sickens consum ers,
according to interview s and gov­
ernm ent reports review ed by The
A ssociated Press.
The W hite H ouse also killed a
plan to require the irtdustry to
m a in ta in e le c tro n ic tra c k in g
records that could be review ed
easily during a crisis to search for
an outbreak's source. C om panies
com plained the proposals were
too burdensom e and costly, and
w arned they could disrupt the
availability o f consum ers' favor­
ite foods.
The apparent but unintended
consequences o f the lobbying
success: a paper record-keeping
system that has slowed investi­
gators, w ith estim ated business
losses o f $250 million. So far,
nearly 1,300 people in 43 states,
the D istrict o f C olum bia and
C anada have been sickened by
salm onella since April.
Investigators initially focused
on tom atoes as a culprit. Now
they are tu rn in g atten tio n to
jalapeno peppers.
A form er m em ber o f Bush's
Cabinet and three former senior
officials in the Food and Drug
A dm inistration told the AP that
governm ent food safety experts
did not get the strong record­
keeping and trace-back system
o rig in a lly p ro p o sed u n d er a
bioterrorism law to cope with a
m ajor foodborne illness.
"In retrospect, yes, if they (the
regulations) had been broader
Mark Roh, U.S. Food and Drug Administration's acting regional director, holds a bag of
tomatoes being tested for salmonella bacteria at FDA's southwest regional research lab, in
Irvine, Calif. (AP photo)
H ealth W atch
Persuaded Crusade
M ed ica re O p tio n s E x p la in ed - If you are
confused by M edicare, Mt. Hood C om m u­
nity C ollege can help with a free class called
"W elcom e to M edicare.” The course will be
offered on Thursday, Aug. 14 from 7 p.m. to
9 p.m. at the M HCCC Bruning Center, 1484
N. W. Civic Dr. in Gresham . A second session
will be held Saturday, Aug. 16from 10a.m. to
noon in Room 1266 on the M HCC campus.
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Infant C P R -M onday, Aug. I l,fro m 6 p .m .
to 8 p.m., this class will teach fam ilies how to
perform rescue breathing, CPR and choking
maneuvers for infants 1 to 12 months old; $34
fee. For more inform ation and to register, call
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W elco m e to M ed ica re - Thursday, Aug. 14,
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from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 16,
from 10 a.m. to noon, Mt. Hood C om m unity
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M am m ograp h y S creen in g — Early detection
is a key factor in the prevention o f breast
cancer. Call 503-251-6137 to schedule your
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C a n cer R eso u rce C en ter - Providence St.
V incent M edical Center and the Am erican
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first in-hospital resource center providing
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F ree B ody B asies - This physician recom ­
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health conditions. Plan to attend this one-
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for safe exercises, including stretching. Call
503-256-4000to register.
P a ren tin g C la sses — N ew borns d o n 't com e
with instruction m anuals but parents and
and a bit more far-reaching, it
could have helped with this,” said
Robert Brackett, senior vice presi­
dent o f the G rocery M anufactur­
ers A sso ciatio n . "It w o u ld n ’t
have hurt, for sure." Brackett for­
merly w as a top safety official at
the FDA.
U nder pressure in 2003 and
2004, the W hite H ouse agreed to
dilute record-keeping proposals
by FDA safety experts.
"If the FD A had been given
th e re s o u rc e s an d a u th o rity
y ears ag o th at it ask ed fo r to
solve th ese k in d s o f p ro b lem s,
1 th in k w e w ould h av e solved
th is a lre a d y ," sa id W illia m
H ubbard, a fo rm er FD A asso ci­
ate c o m m issio n er.
Tom m y Thom pson, who was
h e a lth s e c r e ta ry d u rin g th e
industry's lobbying cam paign,
acknow ledged that a m ore robust
food-tracking sy stem — opposed
by business groups as too expen­
sive — could have helped stem
the current illnesses and busi­
ness losses.
parents-to-be can learn about a variety o f
to p ic s fro m p a in a n d c h ild b ir th to
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For a schedule o f events, call 503-574-6595 or
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