US food traceback programme flawed
Saturday, 12 December 2009
FRESNO, Dec 11 (AP): An independent watchdog agency has uncovered flaws in a crucial part of America's rapid-response plan - the ability to trace food to the company it came from during an illness outbreak or bio-terrorism attack.
Federal auditors found that nearly half of all the food manufacturers they surveyed that are supposed to register with the Food and Drug Administration failed to give the agency accurate contact information.
Federal auditors found that nearly half of all the food manufacturers they surveyed that are supposed to register with the Food and Drug Administration failed to give the agency accurate contact information.