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Less rhetoric, more data; market cantaloupe safety at retail so consumers can choose; buyers go on price
As the salmonella-in-cantaloupe outbreak reached 178 sick in 21 states with two dead, California melon growers are really starting to lose it, frustrated after the second straight year of seeing their market potentially damaged because of food-safety issues far from … Continue reading
Implementation of the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act: Building a Partnership for Prevention
Welcome Good morning. First, let me thank the conference organizers for inviting me to speak here, and thanks also to my colleagues in the Chinese government, who have given me and our entire FDA delegation a very warm welcome to … Continue reading
The ‘Teeth’ of FDA’s Food Safety Law
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President Obama in January, has been called “historic” because it puts the focus of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on prevention—working to ensure that unsafe foods are not distributed … Continue reading
Safer Fruits and Vegetables: FDA Aims to Set Production Standards
As headlines from Europe implicate tainted vegetable sprouts in more than 4,000 illnesses and dozens of deaths, American consumers may wonder, “Could that happen here?” The U.S. has had its own headline-grabbing outbreaks from contaminated vegetables—such as lettuce in 2010, … Continue reading
Will the Food Safety Modernization Act Help Prevent Outbreaks of Foodborne Illness?
Michael R. Taylor, J.D. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:e1 Large-scale outbreaks of foodborne illness have recently focused attention on the ability of the U.S. food-safety system to protect the public health. The nationwide outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium … Continue reading
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