Daniel S. Hale Texas A&M University

Publish Date: June 3, 2006

The safety of the foods we eat is the responsibility of every person in contact with it from the farm to the dining table. No matter how effective one segment of the food industry is in ensuring a safe food product, that effort can be compromised by the nest segment in the food chain. Municipal, county, state, and national governmental agencies are responsible for overseeing food production, distribution, procurement, and preparation to assure that food made available to consumers is safe.