Building Trust in Our Food System.

The article focuses on the food safety issues in the food industry in the U.S. The author cites the number of food-safety recalls which have increased by 67 percent from 338 in 2007 to 656 in 2008. It highlights the outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on October 30, 1996 which was linked to apple juice wherein Odwalla Inc. issued a voluntary recall of its products containing apple juice.