Recently, GAO personnel changed the name of a document from “Revamping Federal Oversight of Food Safety” to “Improving Federal Oversight of Food Safety.” The move reflects GAO’s belief food safety efforts in the US are disjointed, with 15 different responsible agencies and 30 applicable laws.
FDA has finalized a new food safety rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that will help to prevent food contamination during transportation.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing a rule that would consolidate and streamline existing regulations for meat and poultry products.
Threat assessment and critical control point applies well-understood HACCP principles to protect food and beverage products from intentional and malicious contamination.
Nanjing, China, September 18, 2002: “Police have arrested a snack bar owner who confessed to spreading lethal rat poison into the food of his business rival on Saturday morning, killing 38 people and leaving hundreds seriously ill.”—China Daily.