Disparity in Quality and Safety Produce in Low vs. High-Income Communities

Khadijah Ahmed

Mr. Roddy

IHSS

1/24/22


The article I read was titled, "University of Houston study finds disparity in quality and safety produce in low vs. high-income communities"; this title pretty effectively summarizes what the article was about. Researchers from the University of Houston conducted a study to test the quality and safety of romaine lettuce in high and low income areas. They purchased lettuce from stores in a high-income neighborhood, and lettuce from stores in a low-income neighborhood. Their testing revealed that the lettuce purchased from low-income areas tested positive for multiple harmful microorganisms. The findings showed that 87% of lettuce bought at the low-income stores tested positive for staphylococcus aureus, 53% for salmonella, 13% for listeria monocytogenes, and 4% of samples for E. coli. Meanwhile, none of the high-income area lettuce tested positive for any of these, with the exception of 38% testing positive for (non-deadly) staph. These alarming conclusions led the researchers to the question of how this disparity occurred. The article explains that they have not reached a real reasoning for this contrariety, but rather, this data is able to put numbers behind a real issue. The researchers have come up with a few theories as to why this issue is occurring, such as that the low-income neighborhoods were supplying non-locally grown produce, and this was allowing more opportunities for bacterial exposure. I think this is definitely an important issue, because the safety of your food should not be determined by how much you can afford. 

 https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/09/17/university-of-houston-study-finds-disparity-in-quality-and-safety-produce-in-low-vs-high-income-communities/



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