It's the Brian Lairn Show. Welcome back, everybody. I'm Tiffany Hansen in for Brian today. And just a reminder, Brian will be here tonight on air for a special two hour on the election and the media that's a call in it starts at

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us as well at w nyc.org all right we're talking deli meats we're talking quarter pounders boarshead deli

meats macdonald's quarter pound, various brands of frozen waffles,

even some Trader Joe's prepared foods. These are just a few of the tainted foods making consumers,

some consumers, sick in the United States right now. Over the last few months, there have been a slew

of recalls hitting America's favorite foods due to outbreaks of food-borne illnesses.

Earlier this week, almost 12 million pounds of turkey and chicken products were recalled due to suspected

listeria contamination. McDonald's quarter-pounders have been the subject of headlines reporting

10 hospitalizations and one death

as a result of E. coli present in the sandwiches sliced onions, green onions sold by a variety

of supermarket chains are being removed from shelves after testing found traces of salmonella.

You'd be forgiven right now if you questioned any food in the American supply chain.

Is it safe? Why are there so many foods being recalled right now? How can consumers protect

themselves from the variety of food-borne illnesses circulating in the supermarkets with us now?

To answer some of these questions is Ellen Ionis,

who is a World and Weekend reporter at Box. Hi, Ellen. Hello, I'm so happy to be here.

We're glad you're with us. All right. So let's just talk about your piece, which we read,

which is titled, Why Food Recalls Are Every Right Everywhere Right Now? So let's just talk about it. Are food recalls are everywhere everywhere right now so let's just talk about it are food call

food recalls everywhere right now more than they used to be for example right so we are

seeing a lot of recalls right now and I think part of what makes it feel like they're

everywhere and you know there are there are a lot of them is just the high profile of it.

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