Timeline for The Egg safety problem
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| Jun 15, 2013 at 14:11 | comment | added | Aaronut Mod | @MandoMando: It's not even just geographical area that sometimes makes a difference; food safety practices can change over time. For example, once it was determined in North America that trichinella had been virtually eliminated, many of the recommended temperatures for pork were changed. Concerns over specific zoonotic diseases (BSE, avian flu, etc.) may further alter guidelines either temporarily or permanently. But that's why we have these agencies, to keep up with all of that, and we really shouldn't second-guess them on a site where thousands of people will read the answers. | |
| Jun 15, 2013 at 14:08 | comment | added | Aaronut Mod | @MandoMando: If you mean the exact phrase, "the government", has no meaning, then sure. But it's perfectly valid to reference the FDA/USDA and completely unreasonable to expect members to reference other agencies simply for counterpoint, especially when they're known to all agree on most things. If a second answer gets submitted mentioning that the EFSA has different recommendations, and gets upvoted, that's great too. And if someone wants to merge the two answers, that's even better. But there's nothing wrong with submitting an answer referencing just one. | |
| Jun 14, 2013 at 22:00 | comment | added | Cascabel Mod | @MandoMando Yeah, not so much about comparing numbers (could be that US farms are just dirty and contaminated) as saying it's something that happens a lot (that's a case per 2000 people a year!) so I'm not inclined to start possibly increasing that risk. | |
| Jun 14, 2013 at 21:57 | history | edited | CascabelMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2013 at 21:12 | comment | added | MandoMando | And 108,000 in Europe. And they leave their eggs out ;) I think the balanced solution is to warn the readers and provide information that some jurisdictions don't have a problem with eggs being out. | |
| Jun 14, 2013 at 20:48 | comment | added | Cascabel Mod | @MandoMando Sure. For this special case, the reason I'm so determined to prevent people from arguing against the FDA's advice here is that they say 142,000 illnesses each year are caused by consuming eggs contaminated with Salmonella. That's not the kind of thing we want to be messing with here. | |
| Jun 14, 2013 at 20:41 | comment | added | MandoMando | Indeed, it is a special case, which is why I posted the question ;) otherwise I agree that making a reference to any major body is fine. | |
| Jun 14, 2013 at 20:35 | comment | added | Cascabel Mod | @MandoMando Like I said, this is a special case - generally the US and EU agree, and I believe they're the largest serious government food safety agencies (and also most of our users), so we generally can just cite one or the other and be done with it. | |
| Jun 14, 2013 at 20:32 | comment | added | MandoMando |
That's my point, this being a worldwide site, the term "the government" has little meaning. I agree with no-willy-nilly suggestions, but the FDA isn't a world wide arbiter. the EU apparently has different ideas, which we can also pass along too. I think that's the solution here, they're another major source and would provide inclusivity.
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| Jun 14, 2013 at 18:05 | history | answered | CascabelMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |