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And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illnesses from imported foods are on the rise.
This is food imports to the United States grew to 86 billion dollars in 2010.
From just 41 billion in 1990 man.
Good doctor -- get a box itself dot com Dr.
Manny Alvarez with war.
On this what do you make of it well I mean this is a big problem we used to average anywhere between two -- three outbreaks.
Especially in let's say 20012002.
But since 2005.
To 2010 -- now they're looking at the data.
You're getting six to seven outbreaks a year out when you look at the amount of people getting sick from Salmonella.
From.
You know different kinds of bacteria.
This is a major health problem and that the biggest problem is that the federal government doesn't really know sometime what the Ford is may need.
Because.
For instance they make let's say some -- food in company wants to make and you in new ship orders of some of some kind.
And they may buy some the basic products from -- and they've put together someplace else -- the end of the day.
A lot of -- you don't even know where they're being made front.
So that the biggest warning is that.
This is putting a big spotlight on federal inspections.
They have to do a better job they have to get inspectors overseas into -- -- this global economy going because a lot of people are dying.
Really from black of monitoring as -- so once -- before -- get asked a question on that the FDA says it inspected 1000.
Of the 254000.
Foreign based food processing -- do a better job as -- New York.
By rating all the restaurants with a different letters.
You've got to do better job I mean this is at the end of the book and you report came out this week which we reported functions -- dot com.
That.
GI -- -- -- -- writers have gone up double so when you look at that.
Everything is interconnected whether you don't know about Salmonella what are you talking about what -- -- that the -- which is.
The reason that people get sick because they have to take antibiotics many times -- we don't have any medication nowadays to -- it.
How -- food comes from China to the point that we don't even know.
What -- know what is coming from -- like our.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Not in a -- nuts like bulk not to get in stores and I gotta tell you one of the biggest fears and a half vs fish we have videos or fish fish is the most.
Contaminated.
Food some but you know what I I don't get that -- -- -- don't -- look at the fish and smell it at least I understand not -- -- -- contamination with this.
But not have been any big -- remember right is that what -- -- that that.
About a basic product from China.
But when you look official results allows -- fresh fresh hitting fresh.
They have been frozen.
And then it's -- out ministry frozen again -- that -- you don't policy think well.
-- not really not really you gotta pay attention you gotta pay attention listen I'm not saying that we you know we have did you know not eat food from other countries.
But -- god starts supporting a little bit up our our markets here in the United States.
Go a little more organic.
You know low pool of forms senior state support of those.
The Ford has not much more expensive.
And at the end of the day is I think ten times better for you because this I have got to get better anytime soon it's gonna get worse I look at the expiration date and where the stuff came from -- the two things I look I -- Special store which is like once every eight months left doctor Reddy of the yeah.
End to end Dr.
Manny Alvarez.
