Nonprofit activist group, STOP Foodborne Illness, has announced that the organization has finalized recommendations to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to modernize the nation’s food recall system.
The recommendations, titled “Collaborative Plan to Achieve Customer-Focused Recall Modernization,” outline the steps needed for the U.S. to improve its recall process.
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Food recall response time is lengthened by distance between the supplier and manufacturer but reduced when supplier and affected firms operate in related sectors, according to a study.
Researchers found that response time gets worse as more firms are affected by the same recall, potentially due to competitive pressures. It
Continue Reading Study finds FDA data shows recall response time is affected by distance
One month after leaving FDA, I was asked to advise a company that was about to undergo a food recall for the first time.
In my tenure at the Food and Drug Administration, leading communications for the foods program, I was usually involved in recalls tied to major outbreaks or
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Timely and efficient food recalls would cut down on foodborne illnesses, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has yet to figure out to do it.
That’s the bottom line of another report on FDA food recalls by the Office of the Inspector General for the federal Health and Human
Continue Reading FDA chasing after voluntary recalls, but doesn’t often take mandatory route
