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FDA: Ten Most Dangerous Foods | Food Poisoning & Product Liability Attorney

This week the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has published a list of the top ten most dangerous foods in America. How can food be dangerous? Unfortunately, food-borne illnesses like e-coli, salmonella and the noro-virus can infect our bodies after being consumed - and often the company who grew, processed, and packaged the food are to blame.

Just in the last few years, tainted peanuts, tainted pistachios, and tainted spinach have caused outbreaks of food-borne illness across the country - a problem that can be deadly in the elderly, the very young, or those with weakened immune systems.

The list of dangerous foods begins with leafy greens like lettuce, spinach, and collards, which are now mass-produced and mixed at factories. Even a small contamination at one farm can spread nationally. Other top offenders included eggs, tuna, oysters, and potatoes. The other foods in the top ten dangerous food list included cheese, ice cream, tomatoes, sprouts, and berries.

The FDA reported that leafy greens had caused over 300 outbreaks of illness in the last 20 years, making 13,000 sick. The best thing you can do to prevent illness from these foods is to wash their food, keep it refrigerated, and cook it well.

While the FDA says these foods are riskier, they do not suggest that consumers avoid buying or eating the foods. However, the government agency also says that it needs to improve its food safety system with more staff and more money. New guidelines have already been put in place for lettuce and spinach to minimize outbreaks of food poisoning.

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