Now is a very good time to be a vegetarian. I can only imagine how much worse meat is going to get with the gutting of federal regulations.
Before I stopped eating meat, I would be poisoned every other month by some restaurant or another. I know that I can get poisoned by non-meat products, but they seem to be the most common culprit. Since I stopped eating meat I haven't had nearly as many problems.
"The USDA eliminated the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods and the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection, a spokesperson said."
EDIT: It's so hard to keep track up with the seesaw decision making in DC. Here's some positive news re: food safety that just came out this afternoon:
Before I stopped eating meat, I would be poisoned every other month by some restaurant or another. I know that I can get poisoned by non-meat products, but they seem to be the most common culprit. Since I stopped eating meat I haven't had nearly as many problems.