FDA, FSIS Explore Traceability Options
Federal food safety agencies held a two-day public meeting this week to discuss what kind of food traceability policies should be pursued to increase the speed and accuracy of foodborne illness and recall investigations.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the two bodies that share jurisdiction over the food supply, heard input from consumer advocates, the food industry, public health experts, and companies offering high-tech traceability solutions.
Though many different opinions were presented on tracing food from farm-to-fork, there was one thing everyone agreed on: we need to be better at it.
“Despite dedicated efforts, our capacity to trace tainted product is seriously limited,” Jerold Mande, deputy under secretary of food safety at USDA told the audience. “We often don’t have all the information we need to protect public health.”
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