Like the promise that our food supply will be safe for every American, everywhere, every day. It's a promise that touches all of us. And it's a promise that this Administration has been working hard to keep. In a few moments, you'll hear about a few of the Department of Agriculture's initiatives. Prevention, intervention and education.
Prevention is the key to keeping food safe from farm to factory to family table.
To help stop outbreaks of food-borne illness before they start, we've already inspected more than 2,000 domestic seafood processors. And we're going to meet with the rest by the end of year. But sometimes, despite the best prevention efforts and intentions, a food borne-illness manages to strike. And that's when timely intervention becomes critical. We all saw this in the spring, when nearly 200 people became ill as salmonella spread sickness across twelve states and fear across the country.