BARFBLOG: Retailers can do more: market microbial food safety - (barfblog)
August 22, 2008 – 5:36 pmAn editorial in Tuesdays L.A. Times stated that,
Retailers have both the clout to compel high standards and better tracking in agriculture and a direct reason to worry about consumers’ concerns.
In response, the Times published this letter from me:
The Wal-Marts and McDonald’s of the world have been requiring enhanced food safety from their suppliers for more than a decade, and, as your editorial notes, they may be the best advocates for consumers. Making customers sick is bad business.”
For the complete blog post, please visit http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/08/articles/food-safety-communication/retailers-can-do-more-market-microbial-food-safety/
MORE:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=28206
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