Rescuing Good Food From Bad Processes

Eggs, spinach, tomatoes, peanut butter--each of these foods is a vital component of a healthy diet, yet each has been compromised in the public's mind as tainted and thus unhealthy.  The problem is a lack of safety checks on how we mass-produce foods.  In other words, in buying these foods that are produced as cheaply as possible, consumers unwittingly place their health on the chopping block.

There is hope that consumers may receive better protection: the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which has languished in Congress since introduced in 2009, has a new lease on life thanks to NY Sen Kirsten Gillibrand's bill to add better consumer notification when products are recalled.

The Senate is poised to vote on this legislation later this month.  (h/t Serious Eats)