Food Safety Recall Procedures

Download or read book Food Safety written by Rosellen McCarthy and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The USDA coordinates & tracks recalls that involve USDA-regulated meat & poultry products, such as ground beef & chicken. The FDA assists, coordinates, & tracks recalls involving all other foods, such as fruit juices & alfalfa sprouts. This report provides info. on: the no. of food recalls by USDA & FDA since 1984, & of those, the no. assoc. with outbreaks of foodborne illnesses; for recalls assoc. with such outbreaks, the extent to which USDA & FDA identified the cause of the outbreak & how the product became contaminated; the extent to which co's. delayed or did not comply with USDA or FDA recalls; & the economic impact of recalls on affected co's.