Filthy Seafood
Although most of the seafood Americans eat is imported, only 1 percent is inspected before it comes into the U. S., and a sizeable portion of that is rejected as filthy or tainted with banned drug residue. Take the quiz to see if you can identify popular kinds of seafood.
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Interactive: Test your seafood knowledge.
Cantaloupe
A salmonella outbreak in Oregon and other states is traced to imported cantaloupe grown on a farm in Guatemala, raising questions about how foodborne illness outbreaks are investigated and the steps authorities take to stop them from spreading.
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Graphic: Follow the Cantaloupes
Border Inspections
A rare behind-the-scenes look at border inspection and testing facilities in Southern California shows how federal investigators try to catch contaminated and mislabeled food imports using long-standing techniques like smell testing by an inspector known as the “Nose.”
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