Ethical and legal issues in infectious disease research and control.

Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 7, No. 3 Supplement, June 2001 534 lettuce, strawberries, and broccoli for Salmonella, Shigella, and Escherichia coli O157:H7. To date, 95.4% of these samples have been free of contamination. FDA has worked closely with several countries (e.g., Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras, and Jamaica) to determine their needs and capacities. Examples of training and outreach include a Regional Outreach Meeting on Food Safety in Mexico City, Mexico, and one in Santiago, Chile. To paraphrase The Future of Public Health, the 1988 Institute on Medicine report, food safety is not just what government regulators or industry quality assurance managers do. Food safety is what society does to ensure the conditions under which people can consume food that is safe, as well as wholesome and nutritious. Safe food requires the work of producers and consumers; industry and government; local, state, federal, and, increasingly, international partners.