WASHINGTON: Trust for America’s health: New E. coli outbreak, confusion around salmonella show food safety system remains broken - (Trust for America’s Health)
July 2, 2008 – 6:25 pmTFAH Released Report in April, Recommending Systematic Changes
Washington, D.C. — Richard Hamburg, Director of Government Relations for Trust for Americas Health (TFAH), expressed concern about a new food safety breach today, in the wake of last months nationwide salmonella outbreak. Approximately 530,000 pounds of beef were recalled earlier today, and a nationwide effort is underway to take suspect beef off market shelves. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it is broadening its investigation into the recent salmonella outbreak to other foods, because they are no longer sure that tomatoes were ever the source. TFAH released a comprehensive report, Fixing Food Safety: Protecting America’s Food Supply from Farm-to-Fork in April of 2008, recommending additional funding and systematic reform.
Hamburg said, The beef recall today and the new questions about the salmonella outbreak are sure signs that the food safety system inAmerica is broken. American families should be able […]
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