A Few Reasons Why Food Recalls Happen

We have all seen food recalls on the news and even in warnings at stores. These recalls can be disturbing, but few people take a closer look and examine why they actually happen. The next time you hear the news about food recalls in your area, take a closer look at what is really going on. Here are just a few reasons why food recalls happen.

Internal Bacteria

One of the more common reasons why food recalls occur is due to internal bacteria. Bacteria can come from anywhere such as not washing the product correctly or even a lack of cleanliness in the processing plant, or anywhere along the food’s journey to store shelves. Possible contaminates include bacteria such as salmonella and E.coli. Bacterial contamination can cause consumers to become sick requiring hospitalization and on the rarest occasions, even death.

Foreign Material

We all want to think that food processing plants and everywhere our food touches is completely clean and in perfect working order. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Factories and processing plants maintain large machines and sometimes, those machines malfunction or breakdown. During the breakdown, workers repair the machine and are supposed to clean it thoroughly before food is put through the process. However, on occasion, metals, glass, or other foreign materials may find their way into the final product.

On the small scale, this is not an issue as the food can be thrown away at the facility, but if the issue goes unnoticed by staff, the potential for foreign objects to show up in foods on store shelves is very real. Hospital visits due to internal organ damage are a possibility.

Possible Allergen

Allergies are everywhere these days. There are many theories surrounding the increased allergies in the world, but food processors must work to alleviate the threat of potential allergens in the foods they send out to the public. Even a scant amount of an allergen finding it into certain foods can be very dangerous to the most sensitive individuals.

Packaging warnings are supposed to be placed on foods that may potentially come in contact with common allergens such as peanuts, but if the label is not placed on the food or an allergen is introduced anywhere during the process, the processing company could be held liable for any human harm. Employees all the way up to executives are required to adhere to strict allergy laws to protect consumers from harm.

What to Do?

Food recalls seem to be a part of life. Accidents happen and foreign objects make it into our food. There is little the average consumer can do to stop it. That is until now. Gentle Processing™ is a revolutionary processing procedure that guards against possible food recalls. With Gentle Processing™ food is made safe at every level. From field to table, your food is processed in a much safer manner eliminating the possibility of a food recall. Was your food processed using Gentle Processing?