The Center for Disease Control warns consumers to avoid Honey Smacks as it has been a carrier of Salmonella. So far, there has been 100 cases in 33 states linked to the breakfast cereal with 33 being hospitalized. Honey Smacks are being recalled to prevent further outbreak.
Regarding the recent Salmonella outbreaks, food experts say that despite what it seems like, there has not been an increase in food-borne contaminants; it’s just that the ability to detect them has been improved. Basically government and agencies such as local and state health departments are using better technology to better identify, track and contain outbreaks.
Unfortunately, experts say there’s no way to produce an absolutely safe food, but consumers can be more diligent about cooking meat to the recommended temperatures, keeping their hands and food-preparation spaces clean, refrigerating food and being careful not to cross-contaminate raw meat and poultry with ready-to-eat food. Also, compared to decades ago, our food comes from much farther away, so it’s gone through more steps to get to your table, and therefore has more chances to get contaminated along the way.
