FoodTravelUSA with Elizabeth Dougherty

Food and Travel Nation
with Elizabeth Dougherty
Broadcast Date:  5/21/22

We've seen this firsthand.  The check is handed to you at a restaurant, you pay it, and then the receipt comes back with a different, slightly higher total on it.  Was it a mistake, or a new way to take a few dollars out of the register and no one would notice the difference.

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email:  [email protected]
text: (321) 877-9898

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text: (321) 877-9898

Food and Travel Nation
with Elizabeth Dougherty
Broadcast Date:  5/21/22

Full Show:  So rather than stop the aerial spraying of aluminum, Monsanto is allegedly creating aluminum resistant seeds and you'll hear how badly the FDA and USDA have handled the baby formula mess. In "Restaurant Pet Peeves," we discovered either an honest mistake, or a new way workers can ring up a few extra bucks!  In the travel hour, you'll hear about Florida's notorious Love Bugs and how to get them off your RV.  Elizabeth has more information regarding pilot shortages and in "Destination Unknown" we travel to a small town in Amish Country Indiana.

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Food and Travel Nation
with Elizabeth Dougherty
Broadcast Date:  5/21/22

Only in Washington DC, can a single issue like "food safety" get all messed up. Over the past 150 years, congress has placed the responsibility of food supply and food safety in the hands of no less than three cabinet Level departments, and a big handful of unelected, often unqualified bureaucratic agencies. The USDA, the FDA and EPA all monitor, regulate and track various aspects of the food supply and food safety in America. Within the USDA, you'll find the Food Safety Inspection Service, charged with ensuring that the supply of food products like meat, poultry and egg products are safe. Meanwhile over at the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration's mission statement claims that THEY are responsible for safety of our nation's food supply. The EPA says IT is responsible to protect public health by regulating the use fertilizers and pesticides on animals and food crops.

With all that tracking, regulating and monitoring, the food supply and food safety in the United States, SHOULD be the envy of the world... but as we've seen with the on-going food shortages in the grocery stores, food recalls because of various different contaminations, and now the latest nightmare, the baby formula debacle, clearly government isn't the solution, government is part of the problem!

Writer Helena Bottemiller Evich of Politico, raised concerns that FOOD is NOT a high priority at the Food and Drug Administration. Her report, "The FDA's Food Failure" explains the FDA has structural and leadership problems in the food division and often allows the food industry to monitor itself while it focuses on drugs.

In fact, FDA Director Robert Califf's response this week to the Baby Formula issue, was to appoint another insider, his predecessor, the former acting director of the FDA, Janet Woodcock, who came from the "drug side" of the FDA to head up the government's investigation and create an action plan. Obviously, food ISN'T a high priority at the FDA... and we... as consumers, are paying the price. Elizabeth Dougherty spoke with Helena Bottemiller Evich about her story and food safety issues... here are highlights of that conversation... the entire interview can be found at Food and Travel Nation dot com. Once again, here's Elizabeth.

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Food and Travel Nation
with Elizabeth Dougherty
Broadcast Date:  5/14/22

Elizabeth has been warning that this will happen... that as a result of jab rules, pilots would be falling ill mid-flight.  This week, you'll hear the distress call from a passenger in a small plane whose pilot was slumped over in the captain's chair.  That call was received by an air traffic controller who moonlights as a flight school trainer.  This time, the plan landed safely.  

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Food and Travel Nation
with Elizabeth Dougherty
Broadcast Date:  5/14/22

Elizabeth has the story of a small cruise company in Palm Beach that made a deal with one of the best known brands in the world, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville  In just four months, the company has now launched the totally refurbished ship as a giant floating party boat on the sea!

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Food and Travel Nation
with Elizabeth Dougherty
Broadcast Date:  5/14/22

You'll hear the story of a young woman whose custom-made wheelchair was stolen at JFK Airport and how the airline is treating the incident.  Plus, a family vacation in the Utah mountains ended with a small plane crash.  The entire event was recorded and shared online.  While there were injuries from the crash, all survived.

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