Auditing the food we eat

We rely on our government to regulate the quality of the food that we eat. But recently there have been cracks in that protection. Here is another one. According to an audit of efforts to ensure the quality of meat that is sold in the U.S., high levels of veterinary drugs, pesticides, and heavy metals are not detected or, if detected, still enter the market for us to eat. Additionally, there is no attempt to recall meat, even when tests have confirmed the excessive presence of veterinary drugs. In 2008, when Mexico rejected the entry of U.S. meat for copper levels higher than its acceptable standard, there was no basis to stop this meat from entering the U.S. market since there was no comparable set tolerance level here.