As Americans we eat more and more meals out at a wide variety of restaurants. The numbers are increasing each year. Tainted and contaminated food sickens almost 48 million people each year and results in 3000 deaths. The FDA is charged with monitoring and ensuring the safety and integrity of the food we grow, sell and buy in America. The FDA is proposing new rules that are expected to ‘beef up’ monitoring and overall, enhance food safety. The FDA blames its poor performance o