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FDA Launches Faster Food-Safety Alerts

September 9th, 2009 by Editor

na-ba324a_fda_g_20090908220150The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) launched launched an electronic food registry for companies to quickly report potential food-borne illnesses to the federal government.  Food facilities must alert the FDA within 24 hours of finding any contaminant in a product that might severely sicken or kill people or animals.  The system is intended to foster a quicker response to food-borne outbreaks.

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