Food for thought

Some states aren’t doing much to track down food poisoning. NC seems to be among the group of slacker states. The feds aren’t so hot, either. Thanks Minnesota for protecting the nation. (And with only one senator.) NC should be ashamed, but, of course, in these tight budget times . . .

In these and other cases, epidemiologists from Minnesota pinpointed the causes of food scares while officials in other states were barely aware that their residents were getting sick. From 1990 to 2006, Minnesota health officials uncovered 548 food-related illness outbreaks, while those in Kentucky found 18, according to an analysis of health records.