Food Safety : Selected Issues and Bills in the 111th Congress.

Describes bills in the 111th Congress to alter current U.S. food safety system and increase spending to better meet current obligations to protect consumers from unsafe food. Covers legislation addressing hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls, performance standards, registration, record...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Describes bills in the 111th Congress to alter current U.S. food safety system and increase spending to better meet current obligations to protect consumers from unsafe food. Covers legislation addressing hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls, performance standards, registration, recordkeeping, targeting of inspections, on-farm safety standards, food imports, use of third parties for imports and for laboratory accreditation, product tracing, foodborne illness surveillance and outbreak response, paying for food safety, and organization of food safety responsibilities.
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