If you sort the index by "Quality and Safety", which sounds like the most appropriate for this context, the US comes in 3rd place, behind only Canada and Denmar

If you sort the index by "Quality and Safety", which sounds like the most appropriate for this context, the US comes in 3rd place, behind only Canada and Denmark, which I actually found to be quite surprising. On the other hand, what we perceive as the low quality of food in the US might be more geared towards the "healthiness" of that food and not its safety. For instance, I will often eat fast food for a couple days while recovering from food poisoning because I feel it's generally safer than fresh food. That thing is absent of any nutrition, but it's also almost sterile.