Which Way, L.A.?
Food Safety
Another outbreak of e coli bacteria leaves America wondering again: how safe is the food we eat? The problem isn't with meat alone. What about pesticides and imported fruits and vegetables? Is radiation the answer?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readMichael Hansen: Research Associate, Consumers Union Janet Collins: Vice president, Scientific and Technical Affairs, American Meat Institute. Ph.D in meat science and registered dietician. Jennifer Ferrara: Associate Director, Food and Water, Inc., a non-profit group that has taken the lead in opposing food irradiation. Kathleen Kaufman: Director, LA County Radiation Management. Certified radiation technologist; holds a BS in Radiological science. Been with the department 17 years in this department. Chris Gallagher: Head of Community and Government Affairs, Odwalla Juice Rod Leonard: Executive Director, Community Nutrition Institute. Dr. Carl Winter: Ph.D. Director of Food Safe Program at UC Davis. Author of Pesticides in Food: Residues, Risks and Reality, coming out next year David Hepburn: President, Police Protective League, the union of rank and file members of the Los Angeles Police Department. Mark Gallagher: Attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, representing Governor Wilson and Ward Connerly in their suit to enforce Prop 209.
